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  • God’s Choice

    Hey Brother John,

    During a recent meeting I gave a testimony about a relative being baptized in a river and how she rejected the truth about the holy Ghost baptism. Her rejection of the truth saddened me, and the next day I was feeling kind of down about it. Then a thought came to me which was this; “You didn’t get yourself here, and you can’t get them here either.” That thought lifted that burden off of me. It reminded me that anyone coming to the truth is a work of God.

    My question is this. Isn’t it also true that when someone leaves the truth, that’s also a work of God?

    Billy H.

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    Yes, Billy.  Whenever anyone walks away from the truth of Christ, it is that God has judged them unworthy of it.  We cannot judge the truth; rather, it judges us. Jesus said something like this:

     And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.  He who rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that judges him. The word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (John. 47-48).

    Pastor John

  • What I Want to Be

    Morning pastor John!

    Last night at the meeting when sister Willie spoke about her test results​, it​ was so good to me.​ ​ I feel so blessed to grow in God under saints like sister Willie, Lou and sister Betty. ​Sister Willie’s attitude is perfect. ​ ​If it’s cancer or not​,​ she’s still thankful and still happy and faithful to God. ​ ​That is exactly what I want to be.​ ​ I feel so thankful to have time with these sweet saints of God.​ ​ I have always wished I could have known your father and uncle Joe. ​ ​Just really felt connected to both of them.​ ​ I want to soak up all the gold from those here with us.​ ​ I want to grow and learn.​ ​ What a wonderful example of really living the truth sister Willie is. ​ ​I am thankful to be here in NC, in this part of God’s family.

    I feel very safe in our family.

    Beth

     

  • Wonderful Meeting! (September 2, 2015)

    Hi John,

    It was so good to see Lou in the meeting tonight!  Sweet testimony.  And Sister Willie!  My, so real and full of His work.  And the songs by Gary and Darren–Wow!!!  Thank you, Jesus!!!  I love hearing what God has done, over and over again.  It never gets old!  What a wonderful song: “It’s another one”.  Wow.  Thank you, God!! 

    Stuart

  • 20 Pieces of Silver

    The kids ask me how much the 20 pieces of silver were worth
    That Joseph’s brothers were paid for selling him. I can’t find that information on the Internet. Do you know or have any idea where to look?

    Te

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    There is no consensus, and a lot of different guesses, on what the 20 pieces of silver would be worth today. The same, by the way, can be said for the 30 pieces of silver that Judas received four betraying Jesus, and other weights and measurements of the Bible. Here is what one website said about the the 20 pieces of silver that Joseph was sold for:

    The denomination of the silver coins was called shekels. Coins containing that amount of silver (about the size of an American silver dollar) would be worth about $10 today. Thus the 20 pieces would be worth about $200 today, as bullion silver.

    However, another website makes this honest confession:

    A shekel of silver is the amount of silver which weighs a shekel. We don’t know exactly how much that was (and it may have been different at different times), but most scholars place it at around 10.5 grams– roughly the weight of two US quarters.

    So, to briefly answer your question: Nobody really knows.

    Pastor John

  • Constant and Persistent

    Good morning Pastor John,

    This morning Jesus woke me up with this thought, “He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”  I looked up the word “diligently”, and one of its meanings is “constant in effort to accomplish something”; “attentive and persistent in doing anything”.

    I thought, “Lord, let me be constant in asking you for what I/we need.”  Then, Jesus began laying people on my heart, and I heard prayers come from my heart for different ones and for the body as a whole.  We need Him so much, every minute of everyday.  I want to be constant and persistent in serving and seeking Jesus. 

    Michelle H.

  • John 3:34

    What does “for God gives him the Spirit without measure.” mean?  

    Djc

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    Hi Damien,

    That verse means that we either have the Spirit or we don’t.  (The “him” is not there in the Greek, as you know.)  In general, it means that God either gives His Spirit or He doesn’t.  For God’s people, it shows them that there is no “saved, sanctified, and (then) filled with the holy Ghost”, as many of them claim.  A person is either born again or he is not.

    Pastor John

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    I guess if we received the holy Ghost first, without being baptized with it (as the Assembly of God and other denominations teach), and get the rest later at Spirit baptism, then that would be receiving the holy Ghost WITH measure (i.e. you just get part first, and a second “measure”, later)

    Gary!

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    Yes. That was my point.  It just never happens like that.

    Pastor John

  • Stay Ready!

    Pastor John,

    I woke up at 4 this morning.  Lying there, the Lord brought back memories of 2001.  All those heart feelings!  And not always understanding what was happening!  I just started praying for us all and how we get moved sometimes over the little things.  Pastor John, those times were very tough inside your heart where only God can go!  Some of those times were also the best times.  You could feel him close.  As I was lying there praying, I heard the spirit softly say, “I am coming to visit again.  Stay prepared!”

    Jammie

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    Hi Jammie,

    I have been praying a lot to be prepared for whatever the Lord has determined for us in the future, whether good or bad.  One thing is for sure, namely, whatever it is, it will be too late to get ready for it when it comes.

    Pastor John

  • “Not Healed” from the GCC Stories

    Hey Pastor John,

    Last night I was reading more in the George C. Clark stories and read “Not Healed”, the story about when a woman had come to your father for healing but she wasn’t healed.  Your father was troubled about it and asked Brother Hunnings about it, and he reminded your father of times when Jesus “could do no mighty miracles” because of unbelief.  That settled it in your fathers heart, and he returned to his work of healing.  Then I read this, and it has weighed on my heart:

        “How much faith and how much power Brother Clark must have begun to exercise if what surprised him was not when miracles happened but when they did not!  Who in our time is surprised and perplexed when someone’s prayer to be healed is not answered?

         Somewhere in the saints’ march through time, we have been deceived and robbed of the glory Jesus died for us to possess.  The body of Christ has clearly lost something that must be regained if we ever hope to be the community of faith that Jesus wants us to be.  That something was touched on by Brother Creech, Brother Clark, and a number of other Pentecostal ministers in the early part of the twentieth century.  May God help us to regain it and, this time, cling to it unto perfection.”

    Then this morning going to work I was listening to the cd from 7/22/15, “Gods Above it All”, when Brother Earl was telling his dream and the experience he had.  What stuck out to me is when Brother Earl said that in the beginning of the dream he was trying to convince the people of the power of God and how “The word of God can come to you and it can convince you!  There is something more that comes deeper with healing.” 

    It really fit with what I have been reading about your father. 

    It really stirred up some feelings when you wrote that saints’ through the time have been deceived and robbed of the glory that Jesus died for us to possess.

    Michelle

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    Hi Michelle,

    Pray for the Lord Jesus to again fulfill the scripture that says, “Then I restored what I did not take away.”  He has returned to his people the blessings they threw away many times, and unfortunately, we need him to do it again.

    Pastor John

  • Psalm 148:14

    Hi Pastor John,

    Is “the horn of His people” in Psalms 148:14 referring to Jesus?

    He also exulted the horn of His people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him.  Praise ye the Lord.

    Thank you.

    Billy M

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    Hi Billy,

    No, not directly.  In the Old Testament, one’s “horn” refers to one’s overall status and well-being.  To have your horn exalted was to be happy and blessed.  For example, when Hannah was blessed with children, she exulted, “My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted in the Lord…”  Suffering Job, on the other hand, spoke of his horn being in the dust (Job16:15).

    Of course, the whole Old Testament proclaims the hidden Son of God.  He is, in one way or another, in every verse.  So, when I answer you “no”, that should always be kept in mind.

    Thanks for the question.

    Pastor John

     

  • Wonderful Meeting (August 16, 2015)

    Wow, John, that message today was good about “placating God” with a burnt offering the way He told Moses to do it.  If it was done any other way, he would still be angry with sin because of the way it was done.  Like David said in Psalms, God “is angry with the wicked everyday”!!!  Jesus did what he did so that the Father would be placated with those who repent and receive his spirit – as long as they stay under that blood that he shed forth on our souls.

    I love what God has done for his people!  He made a way for the ones who were his before Jesus came, by giving them the law so that they would be ready to receive his Son when he came later, and if they loved his ways, they were ready.  This has helped me love the law even more than I did already; knowing how much a covering and a way out from sin the Law of Moses was for his people.  Wow!  How much more does it mean to us to know that his Son came and what he did for all his people!!  By the Spirit, he has washed the inside of us forever!  He is our life.  This is the way of life!

    What a wonderful meeting today!  I could feel a stirring in the Spirit.  That feels so good!!!  It is strong, full of substance, life-giving power. I could feel the power and love in what Earl said about God being our friend.  God, be our friend, so we can know you more!  Darren’s song, and Gary’s song!  Wow!  Thank you, Jesus!  What power in the prayer today!!

    Stuart

     

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