Good morning John,
Ben and I read the first half of the edited section in your Iron Kingdom book on “Paul’s Gospel” last night, and it was really good. I love everything you added. The Shakespearean opening was perfect! You got Billy H’s wonderful new thought in there about God giving the law and God taking it away. One of my favorite lines from Sunday was still there about Moses’ law being robbed of its glory by the surpassing glory of the Son of God who was exalted above the heavens themselves. I especially love that verse you included from Galatians 5:5 when Paul says, “For we await the hope of righteousness by faith in the SPIRIT!“ (Not by faith in ceremonies). I remember that was the verse that triggered my testimony the night we were putting the Montanaus book (Going to Jesus.com – Montanus: Prophet to an Apostate Body of Christ) mailing together.
I love that all of Paul’s faith was in the Spirit alone! I stopped reading last night and told Ben, “THAT’S the basket where you want to put all your eggs. That is, the Spirit of God basket!” Putting your eggs anywhere else dishonors the sacrifice of Christ!! I saw my own relatives who have walked away and are now worshipping in ceremonies without any regard for the Spirit of God that He so mercifully gave them, when I read from Paul, “You are estranged from Christ…you have fallen from grace” (Gal 5:4).
And I love that you included that amazing prophecy from Jeremiah about God making a new covenant with us. The prophecy that God would write His law on our hearts and He would be our God and we would be his people is now our reality! Praise God! I love having his law written on my heart and being one of His people!! To be one of His people is everything!
After we finished reading, I wanted to find something I transcribed several years ago from Sis Edna testifying in a meeting in her farmhouse about her love of the doctrine! It’s so good! Here it is:
“There used to be a scripture; they’d teach me it was [talking about] tobacco, and it said, “Taste not, handle not, with the using all are to perish.” That’s [talking about] the doctrine and commandments of men. Well, I’m glad I found God’s doctrine! D-O-C-T-R-I-N-E. Not doctors. I thank the Lord for the doctrine of God, and because I love it, and I don’t care who knows it. And I want you to know that I been a-standing for it for 50 years! The doctrine of Christ is gonna live on! It never dies! This is something that doesn’t die. The doctrine is just as fresh today as the day when I got it! It ain’t gone dead, and it never will die! Praise God! I’m so glad of it, I don’t know what to do! This thing is living now! I’m so glad of it! My Father is rich! They’re fussin over their inheritance down here, well I’ll tell you one thing! My father is rich! It’s all in his hands.”
Sis Edna testified this in a meeting at least fifty years ago, and I still feel it today because the doctrine she loved so much is still just as fresh today as it was when she said it! The reason I love this section in the Iron Kingdom book on “Paul’s Gospel” so much is because it’s not some boring history about Paul. It’s alive! I told Ben I know exactly why Jesus put Sister Edna and me together in a dream. We have the same testimony, and that one paragraph about her love for the doctrine is part of our testimony!! I felt my spirit stirring while reading her testimony out loud to Ben the same way I felt it stirring while reading this section on Paul’s Gospel! I love it! Thank you for writing it!
My Father is rich!!
Lee Ann
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