Pastor John,
I heard these things on a CD of a meeting from a few years ago and thought I’d like to pass them on.
From your sermon:
(1) When a person is truly delivered from something , that person has a testimony. If there’s not a testimony , there has been no deliverance; that person has just quit doing something temporarily. The sin is not gone; it’s just on vacation! A real testimony is a real confession of Christ. A real testimony is not in the words that are spoken; it is the experience with God. When you give a real testimony, you are sharing something that has been done by God; that is a real testimony, and that is what overcomes the world.”
(2) Now, the scriptures say ‘Confess your faults one to another, that you might be healed.’ If you confess your faults but don’t want to be healed, you are just bragging about how bad you’ve been.”
From Lou’s testimony:
(1) The flesh feels like it is always right, and if you are in the flesh and I’m in the flesh, then we both feel like we are right, but we are both wrong.”
(2) “When you love the things of God, it is only because you are teachable.”
Amanda F