Kainos Life Ministries

APRIL 2024

Kainos Events

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Fireside Chat
Natalie and Kevin host
Facebook, Youtube, Zoom
1st & 3rd Mon > 7:00pm
Jonathan and Kelley Hughes
Mon 4/15 > 7:00pm

Heart to Heart
with Natalie & Kevin
Facebook, Youtube
Thursdays > 1:00pm

Immersion
Kevin hosting
John 19
Facebook, Youtube
Wed 4/3 > 1pm

Zoom Bible Intensive
Every Tue > Noon

Anchor Runners
Zoom: contact Denise
Linda Snowden
Seeing/Hearing God
While Caregiving
Tue 4/16 > 6:30pm
Diane Stenwile
Practical Help for Caregivers
Mon 4/29 > 6:30pm

Projects in Progress
1st Monday > 11am
Contact Kim Gifford

Abba's Diamonds
Fridays > 1pm
Contact Heidi Amador

Case Supervision
Closed Zoom Group
Mon 4/30 > 11am

Women's Bible Study
Who's Pushing Your Buttons?
John Townsend
5 Tammie Ann Dr
East Hampton, CT
Contact Lynn
2nd & 4th Fri > noon

Made Complete in Christ
1 on 1 or Group Discipleship
Contact Angela

Our YouTube channel

Our Facebook Live channel

Regional Events

Women @ Work: Luke 24
Emmaus Road
Panel discussion
with Natalie, Robin, Denise
Tue 4/2 > 8:30am

Family Life
Weekend To Remember
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Family Life
Art of Marriage
Cost $40/couple.
Register here.
4/11 > 8:30am-4:30pm

Women's Bible Study
Zoom ID 6039038648
Pwd Freedom
Open discussion group
Contact Cindy Wallace
Every Monday > 8am

Helping Hands Outreach
Norwalk, CT
Making lunch Saturdays,
Outreach every Sunday AM
Contact Marilyn

Men's Bible Study
Saturdays at 9am
Outside Galley restaurant
Norwalk Cove Marina
All men welcome!
Contact Wayne 475-422-1468

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Projects in Progress, a monthly writing workshop begins again April 1st, 2024. We will meet on the first Monday of the month from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It is a time to meet and discuss your writing projects and get feedback on your next steps to see your writing to completion. The cost is $25 a month. If you would like to join and have not taken Kim Gifford's six-week course, no problem, please just contact her first so she can get a sense of where you are in the process. Kimbi802@gmail.com. Payments can be made via Venmo: @Kim-Gifford; Paypal @kimbi802; Cashapp $Kimbi802 or contact Kim directly.

This is a year for creativity! Kevin is debuting his new art pieces at the Glimpse Gallery in Concord, NH. Come up and join us for one of the open houses from now til May 9th! Let us know if you're coming, RSVP for the events are required. You can see Kevin's work and bio here!
Many people connected to Kainos have been launching artistic works to give God the glory! Whether writing, art, video, dance... it's time to showcase your unique expression!

Jonathan and Kelley Hughes return as our guests at Fireside Chat Monday, 4/15 7:00pm on Facebook and Zoom. Jonathan will be sharing about his missions trip to Africa. Join us to be inspired!

Every marriage has its strengths and its stresses. There is not one that can't be improved, fine-tuned, made stronger or even overhauled if needed. Introducing the ALL-NEW Art of Marriage, a transformative marriage resource designed to help you explore new levels of intimacy, communication, and connection with your spouse. Whether you’re newlyweds or have been married for decades, FamilyLife's Art of Marriage is your path to a stronger, more beautiful masterpiece of God’s handiwork.

Join us May 11, 2024 from 8:30am - 4:30pm. Cost $40.00, per couple and includes two books.
Download the itinerary and register here.

DEVOTION

"In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered." Heb 2:10

There are several remazim (plural for remez, or "hints" pointing to Old Testament verses) in John 19. In this passage, the Roman Governor Pilate is trying to wash his hands of Jesus (he does so literally in Matt 27:24). He finds no basis for charge against Him, and yet the Jewish leaders insist on His crucifixion. How it plays out is fascinating.

Pilate was simply trying to see if Jesus was a threat to the empire. A king or someone of high authority might incite an uprising, so Pilate's questioning revolves around Jesus' authority and any perceived threat to Rome. Starting in 18:28, Pilate tries to turn him over to the Jews who want him dead, but Roman law forbids the Jews to execute anyone. When Pilate asked Jesus what He has done, Jesus turns it back to the question of kingship, which is at the heart of Pilate's interrogation. Pilate keeps trying to let him go and is frustrated when He won't speak in His defense. It's like a reversal of Pharoah and Moses: the one in charge tries to let Him go, but Jesus doesn't cooperate! No earthly authority will set God's agenda.

Now let's look at a remez that I found fascinating. Pilate has Jesus flogged, the soldiers put the crown of thorns on His head, and cloth Him in a purple robe. Pilate brings Him out and exclaims "Behold, the man," which causes the leaders to chant "crucify Him!" In searching for "behold the man", I found Zech 6:11-13 (from RSV): "...make a crown, and set it upon the head of Joshua, the son of Jehoz'adak, the high priest; and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: for he shall grow up in his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD... and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule upon his throne." Now I doubt Pilate realized what He just did, but Jesus is equated with the Branch who will ultimately build a temple without hands (Mk 14:58, Isa 66:1-2) and remove the sin of the land in one day (Zech 3:8-9).

The Jews surely picked up on this and it infuriated them even more. They said "according to our law he must die because he claimed to be the Son of God," and when Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid (19:7-8). I'm sure he was! It was the Caesar, the Emperor himself, who declared himself to be the son of god by his own authority. I can almost hear the fear and astonishment in Pilate's response. "Where are you from??" Jesus refuses to answer. "As a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth." (Isa 53:7) Pilate pulls his authority card, but Jesus would have none of that, declaring that there is a higher authority than Pilate. When Pilate again insists on setting Jesus free, the Jews ramp up the political pressure. "If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar." Pilate, in his own political move, degrades them by claiming to execute their "King". Consider the following:

"Here is your king," Pilate said. (19:14)

"You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!" (Isa 40:9)

"We have no king but Caesar." (19:15)

The LORD told Samuel: "Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king." (1Sa 8:7)

At last, Pilate sat down on the judge's seat at a place known in Hebrew as Gabbatha, or the stone pavement (Jhn 19:13). Gabbatha is a raised stone platform and the only other place this word is used is 2 Kings 16:17. Ahaz king of Judah, surrendering to complete apostasy, removed the bronze sea from the temple that the priests used for washing, and for his own use, set it on a "stone base" or Gabbatha. Both Pilate and Ahaz come down to the level of the apostate Jews. Authur Pink states "In the former case it was a Jewish ruler dominated by a Gentile idolater; in the latter, a Gentile idolater dominated by Jews who had rejected their Messiah!"

To sum this up, Jesus is in complete control in the Father's plan. He is presented one last time as the King of the Jews, but they reject their king. The Jews want to kill Him but can't. Pilate doesn't want to kill Him but can. In the end, Jesus chooses the way according to the Father's plan. The Lamb slain on Passover will bring freedom to those in slavery and glory to the weak and oppressed. God will finish as a loving father with sons.

Join me for Immersion on Facebook and Youtube April 3 at 1pm and we'll dig deeper!

By Kevin Messerschmidt

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