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  • The President

    Pastor John,

    I was praying for President Trump yesterday. I felt such pity for him. I can’t recall anyone in my lifetime in this country that has been more despised. I don’t know how he functions under the weight of it. I asked Jesus to open everyone’s eyes during this impeachment trial to the good the President has done for the Country. And to just help him!

    My next thought surprised me: “Maybe God is helping him. Maybe this impeachment will get him out of politics”.

    I did not expect that. Maybe God loves him and is getting him out of the nasty business of politics.

    Maybe so.

    Jerry

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    It would be a blessing from the Lord, Jerry, if Mr. Trump lost interest in politics and spent his last days filled with the Spirit and happy in Jesus.

    Pastor John

  • Meeting Night!

    Good morning,

    I woke up this morning so excited because it is meeting night! Been thinking about all of us being together there with Jesus! We can have meetings by ourselves, but they sure are not the same. I thought I just feel homesick for us all to be together praising God! Then the sweetest thought came, one day this is all we are going to do together. There will be no interruptions! We are just getting ready for the rest of our lives.

    Sweet feelings this morning!

    Beth

  • The Speed of Life

    Good morning, John;

    I had a thought from the Lord about the “Speed of Life” that you mentioned Wednesday, and at other times. Most of us need to slow down, but there are some of us that need to pick up the pace, and still others are at the place where they should be. Whatever the pace or place in God’s “Speed of Life” that the Lord wants us in the Spirit, is the place where He is for each one of us. It is the place where God is for our lives, and the place where our connection and communion with God is.

    Billy

  • Acts 2:38

    I agree with your stance on the trinity and oneness. Do you believe in Jesus name baptism and receiving the holy according to act 2:38? Thanks your reply

    Dave

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    Hi Dave.

    Thanks for the question. You can read what we teach on baptism here:
    https://goingtojesus.com/gtj_tracts.html?tname=tract-066-baptism

    If after reading that little gospel tract, you still have questions, please feel welsome to ask me.

    Your servant for Christ,

    Pastor John

  • I Feel Sorry for You

    How can you spread these lies?!?! All of your tracts disagree with the Bible! There are a FEW sections that briefly tell the Truth, then you turn around and distort the Scripture. I feel sorry for you and your soul because you will be held accountable for misleading people and their souls. You’ve heard the truth, yet you don’t accept it but in place, need an emotional fulfillment. I hope no one else has the opportunity to read the trash that you pose as the Gospel.

    Vanessa

    Lake City

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    Hi Vanessa,

    Thank you for your comments. If there is something in particular about my teaching that stands out to you as being especially wrong, I am willing to hear what you think about it. I know how important it is to speak the truth, so I try to stay open to learn and be corrected. This is my personal email address, so you can contact me directly.

    Until I hear from you, I pray that Jesus will keep you and yours safe and blessed.

    Your servant,

    Pastor John

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    Well looks like the door is open on your side. As Joe Friday would say “just give me the facts ma’am.”

    Wendell

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    Often it seems that those who place ALL their faith in the scriptures as the infallible word of God have the most trouble discerning the real Truth, which is revealed by the Holy Ghost, to those who have been prepared to receive the Spirit or those who have actually been born again. It reminds me of when Jesus said to the disciples that he would send the Comforter to guide them into all truth, and did not say he would send a book of compiled scriptures to lead them. It’s the spirit of truth that we count on to validate (in our hearts) what is written in the Scriptures, thus, it grieves me when people attack you from their narrow viewpoint, inspired by their reliance on the Bible alone, uninspired by the Holy Ghost.

    However, your humility and kindness is a wonderful thing to observe in dealing with such people. That’s why we love you so much, and why the anointing is so valuable.

    Brad

  • Why Was President Obama Close to Being a King?

    Hi, Pastor John.

    In reading the Iron Kingdom, during Part 1 where you write about the apostasy of Rome, Jerry mentioned that the republic of the United States was going the way of Rome and you said that President Obama was the closest to being an emperor and if he had been assassinated like Julius Caesar was, the rise of a kingdom would have ensued just as it did in Rome.

    I feel all of that is true and I wonder if the reasons why we agree on this truth are the same. I feel it’s true because President Obama offered hope to a groundswell of people who all wanted his presidency to move the country away from a world they saw as not representing them. With that hope, his assassination would have caused civil unrest for sure.

    Would you agree with my reasoning?

    Allison

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    Yes, Allison, I am sure that is close to the hope that many poorer Romans felt concerning Caesar, including the Jews. Caesar was very good to them. And we should also remember that, just like Caesar (and Abraham Lincoln for that matter), President Obama did some things that even he himself knew (and President Obama plainly said in public), he had no legal authority to do. Such clearly unlawful actions provoked in many conservatives as much feeling against him as many liberals felt for him. For me personally, I was grieved when he celebrated at the White House the abomination of queerdom, but then, that is immoral direction that this entire culture is taking, conservative and liberal. God is watching, and men will certainly reap what they sow.

    Let us stay together in peace, Allison, under the wing of Jesus, and stay out of politics. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats provide the children of God with any hope whatsoever; only Jesus does that.

    Pastor John

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    Amen, brother John. It’s a miracle that we have been called out of the synthesis of Rome and the fallen body of Christ. It is just as big a miracle that we have been called out of the union of our mother and father – our flesh.
    If we are walking in the spirit of Christ, the flesh is nothing but a dead wrapper, and politics is itself imposed government.

    Jerry

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    And, it feels like looking to a political figure to a political figure for anything other than upholding civil law might lead us down a road where we are looking to political leaders to fulfill a role that should only be filled by Christ and those He has anointed.

    Putting a worldly leader in such a position feels like it’s one part of the “synthesis” equation.

    Allison

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    Agreed.

    Pastor John

  • So Precious

    Hi Pastor John.

    “Since Jesus died the grave has lost its victory.
    If you’re in Christ, death has lost its sting.”*

    1 Corinthians 15:
    54. And when this corruptible puts on incorruption and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death is swallowed up in victory.
    55.O Death! Where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?

    This verse has been ringing in my heart all day. I love the truth in this. I can feel the truth in it. What would we say to Jesus if we really took this in? I was on the deaths doorstep, I was really there, and Jesus came and changed me. Oh, if I would have met him before then. How many will leave this world and plead for what we have been given?

    Sometimes Jesus lets me see what he really did for me, for us, and it overwhelms me so. We have loved ones here that may leave us before long. What it is worth to know what Jesus has done! We have been given such an intimate knowledge of his truth. It is so precious and to so many, it will not be given.

    My heart is bowed down inside of me today.

    Beth

    *”When Dust Shall Sing” (a song by the Wilburns)

  • Exodus 32:32

    Hi Pastor John,

    I was reading the part of Exodus book and I just love to share how Moses loves the Israelites. Moses prayed in Exodus 32:32:

    30 Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people,” You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” 31 Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold! 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written.” 33 And the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.

    A lot of people want their name to be written in the Book of Life and I just thought that nobody wants to pray like that but Moses loves them that he was willing to be blot in the book for the sake of these people. But God is a righteous God he judge righteously and according to our works.

    John 15:13-Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.

    I am amazed what Moses prayed and his heart for the Israelites.

    Thank you,

    Leika

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    Yes, Leika, that is a remarkable expression of love. Paul also felt that kind of love for the Jews:

    Romans 9:3 KJV
    [3] For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

    And of course, Jesus felt it for all of us:

    Galatians 3:13 KJV
    [13] Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.

    Thank God for those who went before us and loved us with the love of God!

    Pastor John

  • Does the Bible Apply to All Men and Women?

    Good morning Pastor John.

    We have been given these scriptures for our edification and education:

    Romans 13:1-2 – Let every soul be subject to the higher powers…the powers that are ordained of God.

    Therefore, whoever resists the power, resists the ordinance of God…and shall receive to themselves damnation.

    1 Peter 2:13-14, 17 – Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake; whether it be to the king…or unto governors… Honor all men. …Love the brotherhood. Honor the king. 

    There is an impeachment in process. A circus of insanity, hypocrisy and self will. That is the secular world’s strife. My question is: do these scriptures apply to the current politicians? Or are they only applicable to the Body of Christ? We know that all who are in the world are evil, some more duplicitous than others, but are we to judge the world according to the truth of God or are they outside the arena of our judgment, i.e., none our business. I’m having a hard time reconciling whether or not to apply those godly exhortations to those who are fighting their worldly fight, or to just ignore them, or dismiss the conflict entirely, for my peace of mind. Are the words of God applicable to them or not?

    This is what inspired me to reflect on this:
    The African American retired Lt Colonel and Congressman from Florida, Allen West:

    “As I watched the impeachment vote unfold, I found it interesting that the party that believes the Constitution is irrelevant—written by “old white men and slave holders”—now wants to defend the Constitution. If this weren’t so serious, the hypocrisy would be laughable.”

    Brad

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    Hi Brad.

    The only commandment in the Bible for sinners in this world is the commandment to repent.

    Acts 17:30 KJV
    [30] And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

    So, let the evildoers do their evil; it will all work for our good if we love God and are called by Him for His purpose.

    Pastor John

  • Philemon*

    John,

    Good Morning: 🙂

    I was curious is there any legitimacy to the comment [“Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant”] which was added (e-Sord KJV version only), when verse 19 says Paul is writing with his own hand.

    A second question, I pondered if Onesimus had not been owned by a Jew (assuming I am right about that) would Paul have sent him back?

    The only version in e-sord that this comment was added was KJV. I just thought it odd it was added to only one version, I checked 9 versions.

    John’s Version
    19. I, Paul, write with my own hand: I will repay it. (However, I do not say to you that you owe me even your very self.)

    e-Sword KJV
    Phm 1:23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus;
    Phm 1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
    Phm 1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.

    JWS

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    Hi there!
    It is possible that Paul could have personally written just that single verse, and not the entire letter. But as to the validity of that comment about Onesimus writing the letter for Paul, nobody knows, and there is no way to find out.

    As for your second question, it is unknown whether Philemon was a Jew, and I believe that Paul would have sent Onesimus back, regardless of who owned him.

    Pastor John

    *To read Pastor John’s translation of Philemon, please follow the link below:

     https://goingtojesus.com/gtj_translation.html?tname=philemon

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