Pastor John, 

I love the response that you gave this man. It is not a hard striving but just living in the Spirit this wonderful life that Jesus has given us. Your response felt so sweet and encouraging. We can make it! I can hear Jesus’ calming voice through your response, “Come on, come on!” He has much to show us and love to give us… through daily living and times when we are on our knees praying or reading the Bible. What a blessed opportunity to enjoy! 

Carrie

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Wow, this email touched me!

Having come to the Truth and Pastor John’s House later in life, I empathize with my brother!  I was fortunate that later in my adulthood, going with Jesus (or who I thought in error was Jesus) was always my first choice.  He knew my heart WAY before I knew Him.  It is great that our brother has reached out for prayer and advice!  Someday, I pray he feels the love of the body of Christ strong enough to be open to sharing openly with us. 

I want to share with my brother that, looking back, Jesus led me in letting go of the small things first (cigarettes, TV dramas and sitcoms), then He moved me to let go of larger things (bad relationships, self-hating ideas I carried); finally he blessed me with repentance/conviction and then blessed me with the Holy Ghost.  It was at that point that He started working with me on bigger things I needed to let go of – like my identity as a liberal, Black woman.  My suggestion to our brother would be to let Him work with you on the small things, like going off Facebook for a while.  Taking that small step can lead to taking on larger steps that He might require of you.

What a blessing that Jesus loves me so much that He didn’t stop working on me!  And, there it is; Jesus doesn’t stop working on us!  If we don’t give up on Him, He won’t give up on us!  My suggestion to our brother would be to call out to Jesus for help!  Call out to Jesus for strength!  Call out to Jesus for any and everything he thinks is needed to move through this spot he’s in – to get him “unstuck”.  Jesus is our hope; we are not hopeless if we have His life in us!

Much love is being sent to our brother. 

~Allison

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Hi, Pastor John;

It is always the little things that grow into the big things, if gone unchecked. I remember Ashley’s testimony many years ago when she was corrected for something.  With a lot of us, when we were corrected, we went completely to the far right or left.  Ashley said her correction was a very small correction and fine-tuning, a slight turn of the dial. 

When I was a student pilot, my instructor taught me the small corrections in the beginning of setting up the plane to land lead to small changes just prior to touchdown.  He said, “It’s a good landing when you can walk away, but it’s a better one when you can use the same plane the next day.”

Most of time all we need is to fine-tune ourselves. And as Ashley explained, it is easy and brings joy.

Billy M. 

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Wow,

I read this and was taken back because it sounded so much like me! I had to think hard if I wrote this or not…..

Even though I didn’t write it, the instruction you gave is perfect!!

I have thought for a long time that I don’t want to bother you with stuff concerning me or my family, because you have more important things to do! That I should be able to handle things.

I am thankful that we can come to you in matters like this and get guidance and that it is “small adjustments” like Billy said.

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Morning!

Thank you for sending the notes out from last night.  I took lots of notes last night!  It is so good, and I love how clear things are becoming with us.  When you went over one of the biggest things the Lord has shown us about how Christianity did not start with Christ, never was of God, not even from its inception, it made me think of Sister Donna’s testimony when she was first learning about Jesus.  The Spirit said to her, “Every way you think of me is filth before me.”  It was resonating in my heart how precious that word from the Lord was to her, and to us when He speaks.  He was not kidding.  It takes us a while to catch up to Him sometimes, but God means what He says.  He said, “EVERY WAY you think of me is filth before me.”  Donna has a degree in Christian Education and was a faithful Christian at the time, so the “way” was all the Christian thoughts she had about God and His Son.  When she started to follow Jesus, the voice that was talking to her brought her out of all those ways!  (Ha! I’m telling Donna’s testimony, but it is so good!)

What touched me so much about it last night was that we know how God feels about Christianity.  He’s been saying it to us, but when you take it in and believe it, it takes away a fear and intimidation and respect toward Christianity that doesn’t belong in the hearts of God’s children.  We can think the thoughts that God has toward a thing, and be free!  This last time going through the Iron Kingdom book 4: “The Synthesis”, really opened up my mind and heart to the nothingness of church religion.  The only thing in it that is good is God’s people, and the Spirit is calling them out of it!

That thought of knowing how God feels about Christianity is as precious as someone who has received the Holy Ghost outside of Christianity.  If you can receive God’s baptism outside of church religion, you don’t need it.  And many have!  What Jesus does is sufficient. That’s what he says about his baptism!  If the other way of baptism is “filth before him”, it’s not his baptism.  What other things have we learned that we can do without from Christianity?!  You can apply it to any of the truths of God we have learned.  When Jesus makes it plain, it just is!  Like you said, and have said many times before, it’s not our fault what Jesus has shown us, but thank the Lord he did!  He had mercy on us.

Whew, we have been on a journey, “working the road” as you said last night.  Jesus is really trying to get through to us and to his people everywhere to go beyond just “believing that Jesus is Lord”.  You said last night, “You don’t have to repent to believe God – demons believe.  Jesus said, He that comes to God must believe, [first] that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.  You seek him because you believe He is there.  But, believing is not the reward Jesus gives.  If you diligently seek him, you will go beyond seeking!”  And that is where God’s Spirit, the Holy Ghost, which His Son died for us to have,  is…..that’s what comes next – the reward.

I sure wish God’s people, our brothers and sisters, would believe that, and take it into their hearts.  Do the research.  Find out the history of their religion.  Care enough about your own soul to do it.  The answers are there waiting.  Like you said last night, “You are betting your life on whatever it is that you believe.”  It’s worth finding out.  And there is some really good things to be discovered!  Jesus IS exciting.

I could go on and on, but I just want to say how thankful I am to know the truths of God and see them the way God sees them.  Without Him showing us, we wouldn’t know anything.  Like Sister Willie said last night, “I am out of Christianity as much as I know, but if there is anything still there, I want it out!  I want no part of that.”

Here is sister Donna’s testimony if anyone would like to hear it.  I listened to it this morning.  Wonderful! 🙂

 

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Pastor John,

I want to thank Leann for taking the time to transcribe the Malachi study.  I had a wonderful time reading it this morning.  Here are my highlights from this mornings reading:

The strength that’s required to preach the gospel is greater than the strength required to heal the sick!

If you ever hear a man of God declaring the council of God under this New Testament, you’re witnessing a man doing something that man cannot do – if it’s the real gospel – because the flesh is afraid of it. The nature of man can’t bear it!  If any men could have born it, it would have been Jesus’ disciples, who had already performed miracles themselves and been with him three years or more.

If there were any human beings that were going to be able to bear things from God without having the holy Ghost, they would have.  They couldn’t.

Because this is a new covenant, it requires a new spirit inside you to bear it.  It’s so foreign to the flesh.  It’s so in opposition to the flesh.  It’s so unsavory to your human nature that you have to be delivered from your nature to even want it!  That’s this new covenant!  That’s what the Son of God came to do.  To give you a nature where he could tell you things that the flesh cannot receive!

The flesh opposes this covenant because life in this covenant is not of the flesh. It leaves man out of it!

My father used to say often, “Everything Jesus commanded his disciples to do, they couldn’t do”.  You name it.  What did he tell them to do?  “Go heal the sick.” They couldn’t do it.  He had to anoint them with power and send them out, saying in effect, “Carry this with you and you can do it.”

What’s the difference between Paul taking a handkerchief and sending it to heal somebody and Jesus using a human being and doing it?  Anything carrying the anointing of God can do it!

Jesus could have anointed a rock and thrown it at somebody and healed him!  That doesn’t make that rock alive!  That rock can’t hear the hidden wisdom of God and live in the Spirit.  But there’s even more to it than that.  You haven’t thought about this yet.

It is as impossible to hear and receive and love the word of God in this New Testament as it is to preach it. You have to be made a different creature to hear it. To take it in. You have to be anointed to hear the word of God  This isn’t human life we are experiencing here!

Thank God He made us “different creatures”, John, so we can take this in and hear it.  I was encouraged and made thankful by reading this.  I appreciate LeeAnn taking the time to transcribe it!

Gary

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Going to Jesus.com – Malachi: prophet to an apostate nation 

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Pastor John,

I just finished transcribing Part 1 of your message on Malachi from our Youtube channel. ( Malachi 1:1-11 (Part 1 v.1-6))These are your own words and they are soul stirring!  This whole message was you “declaring the council of God” and I was witnessing something that man cannot do!  Thank God he has given us a new nature that can receive these wonderful things we’ve been reading and hearing.  They are not from this world!

If you ever hear a man of God declaring the council of God under this New Testament, you’re witnessing a man doing something that man cannot do!  If it’s the real gospel. Because the flesh is afraid of it.  The nature of man can’t bear it!  If any men could have born it, it would have been Jesus’ disciples who had already performed miracles themselves and been with him three years or more.  If there were any human beings that were going to be able to bear things from God without having the holy Ghost, they would have.  They couldn’t.  Because this is a new covenant that requires a new spirit inside you to bear it.   It’s so foreign to the flesh.  It’s so in opposition to the flesh.  It’s so unsavory to your nature, that you have to be delivered from your nature to even want it! That’s this new covenant!  That’s what the Son of God came to do.  To give you a nature where he could tell you things that the flesh cannot receive!  The flesh opposes this covenant, because life in this covenant is not of the flesh.  It leaves man out of it!  

Amen!

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John,

This morning I was thinking about your message from this past Wednesday night.  Specifically, when you said, “Jesus says, ‘Will you know me? I know you!’” God Knows You, Will You Know Him? | John D. Clark, Sr.

I watched that part of the meeting again and started having thoughts of Jesus repeating that same question in many different ways.  You mentioned some of these already but I had a good time listing a few other ways Jesus may ask us to get to know him.  I’m sure there are many more.

Tom

  “Jesus says, Will you know me?

I know you.”

  “Will you know my thoughts?

I want to hear your thoughts.”

  “Will you know my feelings?

I know yours.”

  “Will you open your door when I knock?

My door is always open to you.”

  “Will you sup with me?

I long to sup with you.”

  “Will you drink with me?

Come! ‘… I (will) drink  it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.’”

  “Will you follow me?

I have been following you from your beginning.”

  “Will you let me wash your feet?

I long to humble myself and wash your feet.”

  “Will you talk to me?  Will you tell me your heart’s hidden secrets?

I want to hear them.  I want to share what is in my heart with you.”

  “Will you spend time with me?

I want to spend time with you.”

  “Will you let go of that ‘one thing’ you lack?

I know how happy you will be if you do.”

  “Will you let me make you happy and free?

To know me is to love me.” 

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Pastor John,

The blog this morning is so good! Interestingly, last night I was going through 2Timothy 3 and these verses stood out to me written by Paul:

14. Alexander the metalworker did me much harm; may the Lord reward him according to his deeds,
15. whom also you, yourself, watch, for he vehemently opposed our words.
16. At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone forsook me; may it not be held against them.
17. Nevertheless, the Lord stood with me, and he strengthened me so that through me, the preaching might fully be accomplished and all the Gentiles may hear, and I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.
18. And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me for his heavenly kingdom; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

It struck me that Paul asked the Lord to reward Alexander according to his deeds, and then the comfort that Paul got in return, even though there was harm done by Alexander, the  Lord stood with Paul and strengthened him to get the truth to the Gentiles. 

Verses like these help clear the air from the Christian notion that you  must forgive everyone that does harm.   Of course, we do not wish that anyone should perish, but there is also the side that you will be judged according to your deeds.  And it seems here, that the righteous can ask for such a thing.   Jesus did with Judas, even though he thought of him as a friend; Zechariah, as you mentioned, and Paul did a couple of times, and probably more. 

It really comes down to who’s on the Lord’s side?   If you do deeds according to the will of God, you will be judged accordingly , and if you do deeds not of the will of God, the same.   And if they are against the furtherance of the Gospel, there is a penalty, not just forgiveness. 

Amy B.

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That is true, Amy.

In all things, we should keep a balanced view of life.  Here is what Paul said about that: “Behold, therefore, the goodness and the severity of God; toward those who have fallen, severity, but toward you, goodness – if you continue in His goodness.  Otherwise, you, too, shall be cut off” (Rom. 11:22).

I recall that the author of Hebrews, after speaking of what will happen to the disobedient, added this note to the saints to whom he was writing:
Hebrews 6

9. But we are persuaded of better things concerning you, beloved, and things which attend salvation, even though we talk this way.
10. For God is not unjust to forget your work and the labor of love which you have demonstrated toward His name, in that you have served and continue to serve the saints.
11. But we earnestly desire that each of you show the same diligence, in the full assurance of hope, until the end,
12. that you not become lazy, but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

That is how I feel toward the precious saints whom Jesus has put in my care.  I am persuaded of better things of you all, and I want you all to continue on the good path and be crowned with eternal life in the end.

Pastor John

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Thank you for this Blog, John. 

   Carrie’s response was sweet.  I loved how the Blog concluded….”To stay in His love, obey.”  What better thing is there than that?  When I received the Holy Ghost, that is what I received: His mercy for sin and a desire in my heart to know Him and obey.   Nothing has changed… He is still sending mercy, and his spirit is still speaking, guiding in the right way.

   In the Spirit, I think obeying just equals “responding”.  He is the initiator, we are the responders.  He tells us (his commandments), and we say “yes Lord.”  To whatever.  That  reminded me of a tender song that the Lord gave me in Louisville, one of my favorites: “Respond”:

 

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   His ways to me have always been tender and simple.  So, I do pray that God answers the prayers of your heart, for us.  That we will be hoping in His mercy always, and do what you (and God) desires for us.

Jesus has really been feeding us through your writings, blogs, remembers, etc. lately.  That’s a lot of mercy he’s sending right there.  Taking it in is merely responding to what He says.  Thanks for these things, and God’s thoughts.

Gary

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