pastor john,
when i read an email of yours today, the lord brought back to me the dream he gave me before i left the pentecostal holiness church i went to. in the dream i was in a taxi cab. i could see the driver but i could not see the person next to the driver. there was a woman in the back seat when i got into the taxi. once i got into the car the woman started to make advances toward me that i knew i did not want. when i tried to open the car door, it was locked like a police car door. she would not stop and as i kept resisting her advances, i realized she was a harlot. my next thought was “why wouldn’t the men up front help me?” when i had this thought, the passenger turned around and it was the pope. after this i woke up.
when i had this dream, i was taking your old testament class at the community college. when i told you about the dream and asked you about it, your answer to me was “Jim, that is where you are.” after you told me, this i still went to the p.h.c., but the spirit kept telling me, “having a form of godliness and denying the power thereof.” i was slow to understand where i was until one sunday morning, while the spirit was moving and people were being blessed, the pastor there at the p.h.c. jumped up from his seat and said, “it’s time for another song” and cut the spirit off. as soon as he did this, God asked me “what are you going to do now?” when i heard this question, i knew what God wanted. i leaned over to debbie and told her i had to talk to the pastor when the meeting ended. when the meeting ended i spoke to the pastor and let him know that i was leaving because the lord wanted me to go to the meetings at your house.
another little bit of my background is that the p.h.c. i was going to is where my grandparents and parents attended. i never thought i would go to meetings anywhere else. God makes things so simple. i am thankful God put you in my life when he gave these experiences to me so i could have a true pastor. i know god can give me the experiences and encouragement I needed to come out of a place “having a form of godliness and denying the power thereof.”
jim g.
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Thanks Jim.
The passenger in the front seat of that taxi was the pope, but the driver was Satan himself. The harlot in the back seat was your ancestors’ particular brand of christianity. I am glad God opened the taxi door and let you out. I have seen him open it for others, and they chose to stay inside.
I teach anyone who will listen that if the place of worship they attend does not welcome the truth and power of God, flee from that death trap and LIVE!
Why not?
jdc