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  • Last Night’s Meeting

    Hi John,

    Your preaching last night about Paul’s letter to the Galatians was out of this world. I don’t know how you could put it any planer or more perfect then you did last night, what Paul was up against before he left this world. And how complete we are in Christ Jesus, we can not add anything else to what Jesus does for us when he fills us with the blessed sweet holy ghost! The only thing we can do after that is walk in the spirit as he leads us and we will not fulfill the lust of this flesh as you said.

    It takes faith to believe that and not be moved by so many people doing the opposite of what you said last night. Jesus is enough!! His spirit is all we need, nothing else on this planet will save anyone from the wrath of God to come on this world.

    I am so grateful and thankful that you and your father and other anointed men of God held fast to this truth and did not compromise for one minute the truth he gave you all! What a breath of Holy Ghost fresh air it was your preaching last night!!

    Thank you John.

    Stuart

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    Amen. I love Stuart’s email. The gospel is so beautiful. As you were finishing up last night, nearing the end of Galatians, I was thinking, ’Can you believe it? Paul’s whole letter to the Galatians was so desperately telling them – Jesus is enough! And this letter survived, and it’s so plain!’ And at that same time what you had said at the beginning was rolling through my mind, that it has been hidden and God has preserved it; otherwise, it would have been destroyed. Thank God for preserving Paul’s letter, and then opening our hearts and minds to hear it, understand it, and love it! And thank God for you – an anointed man who has labored and loved us and taught us. I love what God has done, and that message last night has made the truth brighter and clearer in my soul. God let us eat it all up, and then we will be eaten up. Whew – amen.

    Thank you, Pastor John.

    Donna N

  • Epaphraditus an Apostle?

    Pastor John,

    I was reading your translation of Philippians and noticed something in chapter 2. Am I understanding this correctly, that Paul referred to Epaphraditus as an apostle? Here is the verse, as you translated it:

    Phip. 2:25. I thought it necessary to send you my fellow laborer and soldier, Brother Epaphraditus, your apostle, and a minister to my needs ….

    JWS

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    Hi Wendell:
    The definition of the word “apostle” is “one who has been sent (with something)”. Epaphraditus had been sent by the saints in Philippi to help Paul, financially and otherwise. Note that later on in the same letter, Paul wrote, “I am full, having received from Epaphraditus the things you sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God” (Phip. 4:18). So, yes, Epaphraditus was an apostle of the congregation in Philippi, having been sent by those saints to help Paul.

    Others are called apostles in the New Testament, about whom we know almost nothing, such as Andronicus and Junia, mentioned in Romans 16:7 (and Junia is a woman’s name!) Titus and some other brothers whom Paul sent to Corinth are also called apostles (2Cor. 8:23). Barnabas is called an apostle in Acts 14:14, and Jesus himself is called an apostle in Hebrews 3:1 because, of course, he was sent by God to us.

    Pastor John

     

  • Talk

    Proverbs 16:27-28 KJV
    [27] An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. [28] A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

    This is only true when the “chief friends” are foolish. Be filled with the Spirit, and you will be wise – and talk will not move you.

    jdc

  • “Be filled with the Spirit”

    Greetings, everyone.

    As I was waking up this morning, I started to pray, as I have done many times, “Lord, let me do your will today.” Then I heard this: “Don’t pray to do my will; be filled with the Spirit, and then, you’ll do it.”

    If we’re not filled with the Spirit, we won’t do God’s will, no matter how much we pray that we do it. God would rather we do His will (be filled with His Spirit) than to pray that we will do it.

    Pastor John

  • It’s Not Over…Stay Close

    Pastor John,

    Yesterday, I woke up feeling so good! I was listening to you sing, “All My Life”*, crying and speaking in tongues, feeling so thankful for what Jesus has done for me. Then a little later I started listening to you sing, “Made Up Mind”. I got so happy, I was dancing all around.

    As my day continued I would feel the Spirit. It would just cover me from head to toe, and I would start speaking in tongues. This happened all day yesterday. I kept hearing, “It’s not over; stay close to me.” When I got home last night, I just wanted to get still with Jesus.

    This morning, I woke up and thought, it’s not over. Our life is not finished yet. I felt the importance of staying close to him always. Whatever life holds for each of us, we need Jesus. We need to stay close to him, spend time with him. In those moments is where we find love, strength, encouragement, correction. Whatever it is we need to make it, it’s from Jesus that we get it. I don’t ever want to forget that he is our life!

    Michelle

    *To listen to music by Pastor John and others, please follow the link below:

    https://www.isaiah58.com/music/slimplayer/indexjohnclark.html

  • Heads of Wisdom

    Pastor John,

    I LOVE this picture because it’s mostly men, and seeing all the balding heads of the ‘aged in the Lord’ men while they are praying, gives me feelings of great security and trust in Jesus.

    Thank you,

    Kay

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  • Philippians 2:5-6

    Hey!

    This week’s memory verse for David’s class is this:

    “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;”
    ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:5-6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

    We know that Jesus is not equal to God, so what is this verse saying? Am I misreading it? I read it that it was saying that he did not consider using it to his advantage.

    Thank you!

    Carrie

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    Hi Carrie:

    That’s the Trinitarian perversion of that scripture from Philippians. The correct translation is below (Phip. 2):

    5. Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus,
    6. who, although existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be grasped after.

    Pastor John

  • Tonight

    Pastor John,

    I’m so thankful for tonight and the touch from Jesus. When the meeting first started and Darren was singing, I had the deepest, most desperate prayer in my heart. I was begging Jesus to let me love him and love the truth more than anything or anyone. I know he is the only one that can give me that love, and I desperately want it. Then when Donna started singing, I felt the spirit just pick me up! I felt his strength and I’m so thankful for every touch, every feeling and his sweet keeping power! I felt as if my life just flashed before me, and I saw Jesus everywhere in it.

    He truly has kept me and loved me through everything.
    I’m so thankful that words cannot describe.

    Michelle

  • Blameless?

    Pastor John,

    Was Paul really blameless according to the Law when he was persecuting the saints?

    Wendell

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    Hi Wendell.

    This is what Paul said about that, from Philippians 3:

    4B. If anyone else thinks he has reason to trust in the flesh, I have more:
    5. circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel; of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
    6. concerning zeal, persecuting the Assembly of God; being blameless according to the righteousness that is in the law.

    So, yes, I would have to say he was blameless, as unexpected an answer that may be.

    Pastor John

  • What I Heard Today during Part 1 of the Jerusalem Council*

    “It is sin to be unhappy when God has made you happy.”

    Uzziel was out of God’s order by holding onto grief when God had extended him
    life and joy.

    Jerry

    *The Jerusalem Council

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