Hi Pastor John,
Last night, I re-watched the Sunday meeting and read over our copy of Chapter 5 of the Iron Kingdom book again. Two things really stuck out to me.
1) You said, “The apostates redefined the new birth from the baptism of the holy Ghost to believing in Jesus” (https://pastorjohnshouse.blogspot.com/). When you said that, my heart and my head were saying yes, but when I got still last night I believe that went in deeper. I had the thought, “That sounds just like Satan! That is what he does, he offers people an alternative, using the name of Jesus”. That thought brought a holy anger with it.
2) After we read Colossian 2:14 and Billy testified about the “He” in that verse being the Father, I slowed down and reread those scriptures again. The feeling I got reminded me of my feelings after doing the Old Testament class (https://www.goingtojesus.com/gtj_otcourse-1010.html). One of the biggest things that changed in my heart was my feelings about God. I learned that He is merciful, kind, long-suffering and very loving. These are the feelings I was having reading last night. The relationship between the Father and Son became so much sweeter in my heart. God created the law to teach His people who He was. He prepared a way for his Son to come to take the place of the law. His Son agreed to come and die for us. Then the Son ascended to his Father and asked his Father for us. The Father said yes! It was love, back and forth. They were together in everything, and everything they did was for us. It put a better understanding of how Jesus wants us to feel about each other and how he wants us to live with each other. Being one, being together. I fell asleep last night feeling the overwhelming sweetness of the Father and Son.
I’m so thankful for what we have been taught. It gets better and better!
Thank you, Pastor John, for passing it all to us! I want to eat it up!
Michelle
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