Pastor John,

If I am quoting you right, you have said that unrest and chaos in the world will set the stage for the rule of the Beast from The Book of Revelation. 

Today I read that “El Salvador reportedly re-elected a man who has already arrested 1% of their entire population, without charges, to thwart gang violence.  It has been effective, and the people cheer him.  But they gave away their rule of law to be safe.”

The man may be right in what he has done.  I just noticed how similar this is to your description of the prophetic Beast bringing peace to a world that is upside down with disorder.  It will not necessarily be a good way to restore order, but I believe you said the people will embrace any version of peace because things will be so bad.

Jerry

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Hi Jerry.

Yes, the “Beast” is God’s name for that wicked man.  The world will call him something else, maybe something like “Savior”.  He will bring an end to the chaos on earth and set the nations in order, and he will seem to be a wise and good ruler (to men).  The whole world will marvel at him.

In the news, I have seen that the phrase going around now about that stern, re-elected El Salvadoran ruler is “the world’s favorite dictator.”  That’s the way it will be with the Beast.

Pastor John

Pastor John,

Chapter 1 of your Montanus book is really good!  Thank you for sending it out!  Right now I’m in the middle of listening to this morning’s reading on Montanus.  It’s so fascinating.  I’m thankful for how clearly we can see the truth about Christianity and its rise.  It feels like the more we learn of its nothingness, the smaller and smaller of a hold it has on us.  I hope I can take it all in!

Samuel

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Pastor John,

Wow, I just listened to this morning’s audio.  Vince and I read Montanus this weekend because we wanted to really know where we are and where you are for tomorrow night.  And hearing your discussion this morning, and talking to you today, it was wow, we are on the same page!  I feel like I have had a “wow” moment after I read your writings on Montanus.  It has left a really good feeling in my soul.

I’m excited about this and praying for you and us all that we can be what Jesus wants us to be to carry this truth on.  I feel honored just to see what we are seeing about Montanus, and seeing what I see right now before our own eyes.  It’s amazing what you have gotten on paper to this point and that you are able to get across these feelings to us.  I’m loving Montanus, just like Paul, and you!  God is going to have someone standing in the gap for His people.

Amy B.

Pastor John,

I just finished watching the Sunday morning meeting, which was wonderful, and towards the end you said something about God’s love that perfectly echoed an experience I had about a week ago. You said something along the lines of Jesus didn’t let his disciples get away with anything.”

I am right now in the process of reducing the amount of gastro resistant tablets I’m taking for my stomach issues, that is, I’ve started taking them every other day instead of one pill per day.  In the meantime, I’ve been learning that I still need to be careful (and apply self-control) about the kind and the amount of dishes I eat.

So, about a week ago I was getting ready to have lunch at my workplace, and I was looking at the selection in the dining room.  Among other things, you could choose a hamburger, as well as a hot-dog.  Just a hamburger or just a hot-dog seemed a bit less than necessary, so I started entertaining the idea of going with a hamburger AND a hot-dog.  A very still and gentle voice inside of me (that I later called the “spirit of a sound mind”) asked me, “Are you sure that’s a good idea?”  I had the thought that I could just choose a soup and a hamburger, but I brushed it off, and ended up going with the hamburger and the hot-dog. 
Well, both were indeed delicious, but 15-20 minutes later, I already started having that straining feeling in my stomach that signals when something is not right in there.  I knew, right away, that it was the consequence of making an unwise choice, even though God did give me a right thought at the time, thus, a chance to do what is good for my health.  I was thinking about just that when I went into the bathroom to wash my hands, and I heard this sentence in my mind: “You don’t get away with anything.”

If I was carnally minded, it could have sounded like a threat, but thanks be to God that I immediately felt and understood how much love was in these words.  I was thinking how thankful I should be that God won’t let me get away with anything because it’s a sign of His love for me.  The words from the book of Hebrews came to mind (as they do so often, praise God!):

“My son, do not lightly esteem the Lord’s correction; neither be discouraged by His reproof, for whom the Lord loves, He chastens, and He scourges every son whom He receives (…) But if you are without chastisement, of which all have been partakers, then you are bastards, and not sons.”

I also thought and had a glimpse of the feeling of terror for the people who get away with everything in this life.  Because that means they don’t even have a chance to repent, to change their ways, to change the way they think and the way they live their lives. 

Thank you, God, for your chastisement!  May we never grow weary or get discouraged by Your reproof, but consider it as a sign of Your love, that You are still treating us as sons and daughters.  And may we grow in wisdom, in holiness, in love, as You’re teaching us Your ways.

I hope you all are having a beautiful week.

Zoli

Good morning Pastor John,

I just read something that you said in the Thought for the Evening (TFE), January 26.  I felt it when I read it.  It made me think of how many saw the dying condition I was in, prayed for a miracle, and then when God sent one, they hated it.  They would rejoice if that dead old girl was propped up in a pew somewhere, but they rejected the life Jesus brought me because they love death. 

That is something! 

What good and sound instruction this is from Jesus.  It is a relief and a comfort.  I love that about the truth. 

And I love you. I am thankful Jesus put me with you. You recently told of how when you were in sin, Jesus showed you that those around you were not better off for knowing you. That brings tears to my eyes even writing this because Jesus certainly changed that.  My soul has flourished under your care. I am only better for knowing you.  Jesus did that…for both of us.

Here is what you wrote in this TFE:

“Always remember this, anyone who does not love the truth loves death. They are blind. Do not follow them.”                                 

https://goingtojesus.com/gtj_thoughts.html?tname=tfe01-26

Beth D.
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Thank you, Beth.

I love you, too, and I am very thankful for this family that Jesus has put together.

Pastor John

Dear John,

I wanted to take the time to write down the communion testimony Jesus blessed me with today. I felt too good today to try to tell it!

I received the baptism of the holy Ghost in October 1985, and I received it with joy. Over the next 11 years I would pray and talk to Jesus and he would touch me and give me beautiful testimonies. But like many who are in Christianity, I could not fully understand the depth of the blessing of being filled with the Spirit.

I had been taught that in order to have communion with Jesus, I was to partake of the communion ceremony that was performed at certain times during the year at church services when the congregation together received crackers and grape juice in His name. I loved doing that because I longed for communion with Jesus.

In 1996,  I was watching a Christian tv program which was telling about a famous missionary who had lived in Africa for many years. He loved Jesus so much that he would have communion every day; he set aside time each day to eat his crackers and drink his grape and spend special time with Jesus. He said it was available to anyone who desired communion to do that same thing. I wanted to do that, too, because I loved the thought of being able to have daily communion. Jesus used that program to touched my heart because he knew I desired real communion with him more often than just a few times a year. He was telling me I could have sweet communion with him every day!

I went to the grocery store and bought a small package of crackers and a small container of grape juice. From a sincere heart I told Jesus I longed for him. I put my crackers up on the top shelf of a kitchen cabinet and my juice in the back of the refrigerator. Each day for months  I would find a quiet time with Jesus when Tim was at work and baby Jeremiah was asleep. I would get my cracker and juice and talk to Jesus from my heart.

Throughout the fall of 1996, I had been asking Jesus to let me hear and recognize his voice. Tim had begun going to some of the home prayer meetings of the saints held at Pastor John’s house. Tim never put any pressure on me to go, but by the end of the year, I found myself telling Jesus that even though I had had some very hurtful experiences with church religion and those in authority there, I was willing to put all my eggs in his basket again and go with Tim to the home prayer meetings. And when I went I learned about true communion in the holy Ghost and the fellowship of the believers with Jesus.

Real communion is not in ceremony, but it is in Spirit and in Truth with the blood of Christ flowing from Jesus through the body to cleanse, strengthen and bring joy. He is the bread of life. And fellowship with Jesus and the body can be had anytime we yield ourselves to the power of God. Jesus did not suffer and die to institute a dead ceremony of passing out bread and juice, but he sent back the holy Ghost so we can have a real relationship with him, we can eat and drink of him, and live, and we can have perfect communion with him every day!

Love,
Bess

Hi Pastor John,

There were so many good things said last night at the meeting that I had to go back and re-listen and transpose some of what you said, so that I can refer back to it, and share it, too.

“If you’ll wait on God, He can handle it. He will lead you.  You’ll feel the right thing, and there’s no pressure to do anything or not do anything.  There’s no pressure.  There’s just life.  Rest in the Lord and live.  He’ll bring it to pass.  He’ll take care of the situation.  Pray to stay alive and don’t fall into the trap of form.  If you do, something wrong is going to seem right because it fits the pattern in your head.   And something God does may seem very wrong because it doesn’t fit the form.  We’re not here to celebrate form; we’re here to celebrate the Son of God and what He’s done for us.” 

“The will of God is right now.  You won’t find it in a book; you’ll find it in the Spirit.  What will make Him happy right now?  What will satisfy God and please Him right now?  Whatever you feel in your heart from the Spirit of God, whether to be still or to speak.  Whatever.  There’s just no form to go by.  There’s no form in Heaven. And when it’s in the Spirit, it accomplishes something.”

“Obedience to God will yield the results you’re after.   Waiting on the Lord, you’ll get there.  But do it in God’s way and in God’s time.   Most people who get off the right track with Jesus are trying to do something they think is good.  Wait on the Lord.  David was waiting out there taking care of his father’s flock, playing music, learning how to use a sling, just waiting on the Lord.  God chose to use David, and he had just been waiting, doing what he was supposed to do.  God said, ‘I’ve got something I can use that guy for.’  Just go about your life and live.  Don’t feel any pressure to do anything.  Just do what you’re supposed to do.  Do your job well, do your schoolwork well. ‘Wait on the Lord and He will bring it to pass.’  He may leave us on the shelf…  If he wants to leave me on the shelf, that’s fine as long as He’s happy with me.”

“If you’ll patiently follow the Spirit, love the truth, treat people right, walk in the Spirit, you’ll end up with a whole life of testimonies.  Be patient.  Just go through this life trusting God, waiting on the Lord, or moving when He says move, getting still when He says be still, because the time will come when He’ll bring it to pass, and it will be worth it.”

Thank you for feeding us.

Love, 

Anna

Hey pastor John,

The last few days, I have been thinking about Evolution and Creation.  I had the best time talking to Jesus about it.   Here’s some thoughts from that conversation! 

The world did not just happen to come into existence, and I did not evolve from the flesh into being God’s child.  Jesus came and created a new heart in me.  He created new thoughts and new feelings!  I grow in those new thoughts and new feelings and understanding, but it has nothing to do with that old fleshly nature.  The flesh has no part in any of the new creation Jesus has made me into.

Christianity and Evolution go hand in hand, don’t they?  They both want to leave Jesus out and drag that old flesh along through it all.  They both leave God’s creation out!  They want the flesh to have a part to play somewhere.  It really does leave out the love and care of God, just like you say.

It’s wonderful to my soul to know that God had Jesus make every little detail of this world and every little detail in us too! 

Beth D.