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Good Morning,
I was reading this morning and came across a Thought for the Evening, dated 1-16: Jesus was like Us. I thought you might want to read it. It talks about the temptation in the wilderness and your comparing it with Peter’s scene in Matthew 16. It was very good. Hope you have a great day.
Love ya,
Donna
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Hi Donna.
That Thought for the Evening was written by Taylor, and you are right; it was very good.
http://www.goingtojesus.com/site/php/thoughts.php?tname=tfe01-16
jdc
John,
I have a question, is what happened to Jesus be different then what happens to us when we receive the holy ghost? I know that the Son of God left his place and came and took on the flesh of Jesus and lived through him, and I know it says that they saw the spirit descend on Jesus like a dove when the Son took up his abode. But that was not just like receiving the holy ghost right? I mean The Son of God actually lived through Jesus.
And I know that when we receive the holy ghost that the Son said that he and the Father would come and take up their abode with us, so I don’t really know if I am asking this right, but the physical Son of God was in the body of Jesus right? And not in us right?
Thanks
Stuart
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Hi Stuart.
This is a question that most of us have had when we became aware of the fact that God had a Son before Mary did. I don’t know that anyone can fully answer that question, but there are a few things we can say. How did those two sons, God’s and Mary’s, get together? And what happened to the one, or to either of them, when they became one person at the Jordan River? All we know for certain is that they were blended, body, soul, and spirit on that day, and from that time on, Jesus was Jesus Christ, or “Jesus, the Anointed One”. Nothing like that can be done or fully understood by humans; it is accomplished only by power and wisdom which is in God’s kind of life. And it is not unusual for a higher life form to be able to know and do things that lower life forms cannot comprehend or do. Can a turnip, or a bird, read the Bible as you do, or write a letter? So, for God to do something that we cannot do or understand is only to be expected. The good news is that He did it because He loved us and wants us to live with Him forever, happy, healthy, and free.
How is Jesus’ experience different from everyone who has received the Spirit since Pentecost? One fact that comes to mind is that everyone in God’s kingdom receives life from God for a purpose; that is, to occupy a certain place in His kingdom. When Jesus received life, he received the life of the Son of God, which the Son also had received from God. The Son’s life had been given to him to reign over Creation as Lord of Lords and King of Kings, and that is who Jesus became. You and I received the same kind of life but for a different purpose, for we are given different places in our Father’s kingdom. That is the best i can do with that one right now.
As for the Son”physically” coming into Jesus, I know what you are trying to say, but there was nothing physical about him. He like his Father, was a spiritual being, not a physical one. But yes, the person of the Son came from heaven and made his home in the body of Mary’s Son. I would also say that the Father came, too, because the Father and the Son are one in spirit. Didn’t Jesus himself say, “The Father is in me, and I in Him”? So, what do we do with that?
What God did in Christ is just beyond us, Stuart. And that’s a good thing. If it had not been beyond us, it couldn’t have saved us from sin.
Pastor John
Pastor John
I’ve been looking over your website and listening to the personal testimonies of receiving the Holy Spirit. I gotta say i love this site! I would like to learn more about receiving the Holy Spirit, specifically the ” how to “.
Thank you.
JK
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Hi JK!
Thank you for writing. The apostle John wrote, “We love Him because He first loved us.” It is also true that if we want God, it is because He wanted us first!! On our own, human nature does not want God or love Him. If you have a desire in your heart for the Blessing of the Spirit, it is only because God wants you to have it! Isn’t that exciting!
There is no formula for receiving the holy Spirit baptism. It is simply a matter of repentance, obedience, and faith. God has set up this New Covenant in such a way that He has to call each one of us, and each one of us has to seek Him for ourselves and have our own experiences with Him. There is no ceremony for you to perform, no scriptures to quote, and nothing that you can join that will make you acceptable to God. Simple faith in His dear Son is all that He demands.
If there is anything in your life that He is not pleased with, he will let you know. Listen for His voice and follow it. If you do that, you will be guided along the path that leads to the baptism that His Son gives, the baptism of the holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. After that, all that He requires is that you continue to listen to Him and by the Spirit. And if you do that, you will meet God in peace in the end and live in peace with Him forever.
We are excited about what lies ahead of you as you hear His voice and receive your reward. Let us know about your journey!
Pastor John
Hey Pastor John
I had the sweetest experience tonight. As I was watching everyone begin to pray for you I felt the most incredible love, it was overwhelming. I closed my eyes and begin to pray for you and then I had a vision. I saw you in a kitchen wearing a white apron. You were cooking the most marvelous meal and you we’re smiling and so happy I could feel it. I opened my eyes and I begin to speak in tongues and I heard the spirit say ” He is cooking the food I gave Him to feed you.” It was just so sweet!
Michelle
Hey Pastor John,
When Nebuchadnezzar was cursed by God and given the nature of a beast, it changed his appearance. His body changed some what, to agree with it’s nature.
Is this the same thing that happens when the Lord hands people over to [homosexual] spirits? Most of the homosexual people I have seen, physically, do not look either female or male, but a weird cross?
Kay
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Yes, Kay. One’s nature affects the body so much that one’s physical appearance often gives clues to what lie within.
Pastor John
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That’s interesting… kind of goes along with these verses. Never thought of it in that way, but it fits.
Gary
Rom 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Rom 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Pastor John-
Amen amen amen! What a wonderful meeting! I agree with Sister Sandy……….that was some good preachin!!!
I thank God for the milk…. for the meat …..for the wonderful life!!!! Praise God! I just feel like I could float away…………..what a wonderful Saviour!!! Good good good good! I feel so blessed that my eyes can see my ears can hear and my heart can feel these wonderful wonderful feelings! I thank God for His VICTORY! Whew……….this is good!
Lots and lots of love-
Michelle
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Hello Pastor John
I agree with Michelle, what a wonderful meeting today. We could feel the Spirit here at home. I enjoyed that preaching very much. What a blessing it is to hear what we are hearing. Praise God for his goodness and his mercy on us.
Wish we could have been there
We love you all.
Bro. Troy and Sis Dean
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Brother Troy:
It’s a wonderful thing God has made possible for our friends in distant places, to be with us in prayer meetings via the internet. Good things such as that is what the internet is really for.
We love you all, too.
Pastor John
http://www.pastorjohnshouse.com/testimonies/sandysrescue.html
Hi Pastor John
I just finished reading “Sandy’s Rescue by Jesus”. That is one of the sweetest testimonies I’ve ever read. And the way the whole body was affected was amazing to read.
This is so big. As I was reading, I kept thinking, “This is how is suppose to be.” I’m so thankful that the Lord is allowing me to learn how life in Him really suppose to be! I’m thankful that Jesus rescued Sister Sandy so that I would have a chance to know my sweet sister!
Thank you for sharing this.
Michelle
Good morning!
Last night was just wonderful! I felt at times that I just didnt’ know what to do with my body because the wonderful feelings of God were so alive that I just couldn’t hold it in. I woke up this morning, and these were the first words that came to my mind:
I will praise your holy name with my whole heart.
And sing praises unto Thee for your lovingkindness and your truth.
It just makes me want to cry because of the thankfulness I feel for what God has done for us. Whew. Just wonderful. God has blessed us and I love passing it on!
Donna
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Hi Pastor John
I just wanted to write to tell you how much I enjoyed meeting tonight. Jesus knows just what we need and when! I told Amy F. today I felt like Jesus just wrapped her and Richard up and brought them to my door! I really needed that visit, and then to feel such sweet feelings tonight, I feel so loved! Watching my brothers and sisters feeling the spirit just made me smile. I’m so thankful for Jesus, my family, and the sweet life that Jesus has given me. He is truly a sweet sweet Saviour!
Love y’all!
Michelle
John,
After listening to the short audio that Token sent out, what is really beginning to stand out to me is that Jesus truly did divest himself and take on the nature of man. If he had an inside track or a “head start”, as I think Token put it, it wouldn’t have been a test at all, and it doesn’t seem like it would have taken him 40 days to overcome anything. He had to overcome that flesh just as we do. And he now had the same means to overcome it as we do. It seems like the only “advantage” that Jesus had was that he had plenty of faith to believe that anything was possible through the life from God that he now had in that fleshly body.
I have a question: Would Jesus, the man, have been considered a sinner before he was baptized in the Jordan? When Peter, or Paul, or John said that “in him, there is no sin”, were they only referring to Jesus after the Son of God came to his earthly temple? It’s hard to think of Jesus being a sinner at any time, but then without the Spirit of God dwelling in him, wasn’t it in his nature to sin just as any other human being?
Vince
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That’s a question I asked my father many years ago. I said, “Was Jesus sinless from the time he was born in Bethlehem, or just from the time he was born again at the Jordan River?” He said, “It doesn’t matter what Jesus was or did before the Spirit came. The only thing that matters is that he was without sin from that time on because what God made him that day was what was offered to God for sin.”
jdc
Pastor John
I listened to the F&S audio that Token sent out. I felt like a fly on the wall. 😉
I know I have God’s spirit, but hearing this is like I have had a seed that has been buried and you have given it food and it opened up in my soul. So when Jesus over came the flesh in the wilderness he no longer had the nature of a human. The feeling are way more than I can put in an email.
Natalie
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John,
Jesus completely conquered the nature of the flesh in 40 days… He broke/overcame/went beyond the law/rules of nature of the flesh. He has made us “more than conquerers through him that loved us”! Wow… The thoughts from Father and Son book are not from this planet!
Bess
