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  • The New Birth

    Pastor John,

    I find what you say about the New Birth very interesting. I want truth as it is the only thing that makes a difference in lives and takes us to the will and purpose of God. I teach my students that we must each always remain a student, a disciple ready and eager to cast off error and traditionalism and learn the ways of God.

    I have long been very uncomfortable about the modern church approach to salvation. Filling our a card or repeating a prayer is simply deception and produces only bragging rights for preachers. This is what I have concluded to date: John 3:16 is a promise that I consider entry level Christianity. This will get you to Heaven. I grew up in a Southern Baptist church where we were all “old sinners saved by grace” and that described our walk and behavior as well. Now as a good Baptist boy I had absolute confidence in my eternal address. Jesus said so.

    However as life progressed and I studied and sought the Lord more and more I began to see that that was only the door. Most Christians it seems are parked in the Door and have never moved from there. In my understanding this is where lost people receive Jesus as Savior. Entry level. To make Him Lord (Ro 10:9-10) as well as Savior takes the believer to a new level. Overcomer, adoption as sons etc. are obviously levels to be sought.

    Your thoughts?

    [a pastor]
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    Dear Brother,

    I am thankful for your correspondence, and my prayer is that Jesus will use it for our mutual benefit.

    For the time being, I will confine my comments to John 3:16, since that is the verse you mentioned. As you know, Paul explained to us that “the Spirit is life” (Rom. 8:10), and Jesus said that the reason God sent him was so that we mortals might “have life, and have it more abundantly”. But it was not for us to have more of our human kind of life that Jesus came; it was to make it possible for us to receive God’s kind of life, that is, His Spirit. The human spirit is corrupt and condemned to death, but God’s Spirit, His life, is holy and eternal. That is the kind of life Jesus was talking about in John 3:16. In other words, the Son of God paid the price for us to receive the Father’s kind of life, His Spirit, so that Jesus might have “many brethren.” John referred to this is John 7:37-39:37.

    On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
    38. He who believes in me, as the Scripture said, from deep within him will flow rivers of living water.”
    39. He spoke this concerning the Spirit, which those who believed on him were going to receive, for the Spirit was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified.”

    To receive the holy Spirit is to receive eternal life; without the Spirit of God men are spiritually dead. Both Jesus and Paul said so.
    That is why Paul wrote, “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his” (Rom. 8:9).
    The only issue, then, is whether or not a person receives the Spirit before he receives the baptism of the Spirit (with the evidence of speaking in tongues, or “stammering lips”).
    Perhaps that will be our next conversation.

    Your servant,
    Pastor John

  • John 16:13

    Pastor John,

    I wanted to write and tell about what happened tonight on the way to the mountains. We were driving through some curvy roads. It was a beautiful sunset. I started have this feeling I have never felt this before. I was praying inside myself, not out loud. I was praying about our trip and for Jesus to keep us all safe, but it was as if I could feel death. I have never felt this before and didn’t understand why I even knew to think it was death. We came around a curve, and you could see there was an accident. Everything looked in slow motion. No one was running around frantic or anything, but it was bad. Someone was on motorcycle and had been thrown off of it across the street, and was tangled in a railing. It must have just happened. There were no emergency people on the scene yet. It was all a matter of minutes from the time I started having that feeling, coming around that curve.

    I am so thankful to Jesus for keeping us safe. I have never felt anything like that before.

    Jammie

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    Hi Jammie,

    Jesus told his disciples that when the Spirit came from heaven and filled those who believe in him, it would show them “things to come” (Jn. 16:13). “Things to come” includes more than the epochal events of revelation. It includes what is just around the corner for each of us. The Spirit showed you a “thing to come”, and it shows all of us many such things so that we can glorify God and praise Him for the help He gives us in this very dangerous world.

    Pastor John

  • Quick note

    http://www.songsofrest.com/playlist.htm

    Just a quick note!
    I’m in my own office now. Listening to the “Songs of Rest” website……….
    How nice it is to hear “praise ye the Lord” while working!!!!

    Michelle : )

  • Short testimony

    Hi John:

    I was working at home the other day, and the presence of the Lord filled my office. It was growing stronger and sweeter by the moment. I prayed, “Lord, I want this to last as long as you want it to last; I’m not going to put my phone on hold or busy”. A spirit of prayer followed and I began to cry uncontrollably and began speaking in tongues. The moment the Spirit of prayer lifted and I dried my eyes and composed myself, my business phone rang. I love the “Comforter”. I had some things on my heart, but truly I didn’t know what the Spirit was praying; I’m just glad my heart was able to receive it. It is an honor to feel Jesus.

    billy m

  • Music from Pastor Johns House, Now Available as a Podcast

    Hi John,

    I have been giving Joseph guitar lessons the last several months…. in the course of our banter, he was telling me that he was working on figuring out how to set up iTunes Podcasts, and I asked him if he could set up Music From Pastor John’s House radio program as a podcast (which is kind of like an iPhone radio program that people can get them on their phones, etc…. they are fairly popular).

    Joseph set it all up, and posted our first radio program as a test. And it looks great, and works great. These young people really are learning their technology. (It’s not an easy thing to get this set up and approved by Apple, etc., so great job Joseph!)

    If anyone has iTunes, or an iPhone with podcast app, or even want to get the podcast by computer link for their computer (link at: http://www.buzzsprout.com/7766 ), it’s there.

    Joseph will be adding them episode by episode, and now, we have another hook in the water. He will be formatting a little more, adding keywords for searching and so on, but if you go to iTunes and search for “music from pastor johns house” or just “pastor johns house”, we’re there now, as a podcast!

    Gary

  • Jesus healed my knee during last Sunday’s meeting

    Pastor John,

    For most of Sunday’s meeting I had a terrible stabbing pain in my right knee. Amanda told her testimony how Jesus gave her comfort from her rough week. And Brother Tom talked how Jesus knows our cry, like we know the different cries of our children.

    Brother Earl talked about praying for others, is when he got his best blessings from Jesus. I also remember you talking about staying on the right path with Jesus, and if you feel something is wrong that your not sure where Jesus is then back the truck up and ask Jesus to help you get back on the right path. Then I am remembering Darren and Gary singing Stand By Me. That song blessed me so deep when it says, “Don’t you know how much I love you? Don’t you know I’m everything? So stand by me.” Then you began to talk about the body and some of us having back or knee pain. Just over all us needing healing from Jesus.

    Then someone came up for prayer and in not too long of time the whole body was standing around the meeting room, while you were praying for different ones. When you said Jesus heal us, it got my attention. I was sitting in my chair in my home looking at everyone getting prayed for. I could not stand because of the pain in my knee. All of the sudden I heard Jesus tell me just get on my hands and knees in front of the computer and to put my head on the computer. Then He said, “You pray for the body at Pastor John’s house, don’t pray for your knee.” So without delay I obeyed Jesus and did exactly as He said for me to do. As I was on the floor I started praying for Jesus to heal us, heal my family, touch each of them, you can do it Jesus. After a few minutes of praying I felt a gentle peace come over me. Then I noticed the pain in my knee was completely gone. When everyone was done praying, I had to write in the comment box on Justin TV and tell that Jesus just took my pain in my right knee, while we were all praying.

    Well we went to Huber’s Farm after the meeting and I walked around that whole farm pain free. And now it is Tuesday and my knee still feels great. PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!

    One thing Jesus said to me after healing my knee was to always be available and obey Him, if He calls to us too do whatever He will ask of us. Because we have all prayed for Jesus to heal something at different times in our walk with Him, rather its a bad week at work or a pain somewhere on our physical body. We don’t know when He will show up and just say a pray for your family don’t pray for yourself, and who knows what Jesus will do.

    He is saying just live right and be available and obey Him in everyday because today could be the day He will heal something you prayed for long ago.

    T. 🙂

  • Michelle – The story of Joseph

    (Michelle has been listening to Pastor John’s Old Testament classes on CD, recently completing Pastor John’s telling of the story of Joseph)

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    Pastor John
    The more I learn about the OT the more I feel whenever I ask Jesus to give me a heart like His. The love and mercy is overwhelming. I just feel so much right now there are no words.

    Michelle

  • Obedience

    Morning Bro. John!

    I love waking up to the words of the Lord and instruction for my life from the Spirit. I awoke this morning with this sweet truth:

    “You have to listen to be saved . . . . and you have to obey what you hear.”

    It reminded me of the first time I heard the Lord’s voice directing me to Romans 6:13 for instruction for my sinful life at that time. As I read, it was laid out there before my eyes what I needed to do to be saved. Would I continue to be a servant of unrighteousness unto sin or become a servant of righteousness unto God? Did I want death or Life? I thank God, Bro. John, that He put it into my heart to consider the two paths shown to me and where they would lead. He knows exactly what we need. Today, I can read the following verse in Romans and praise Him, knowing that it is true only because of the mercy and love of God sent down to me 25 years ago:

    “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.”

    To just have read the verses in Romans that day and put it aside would not have done anything for my life. I would have continued in sin. I had to listen to the words of the Lord, and I had to obey the instruction that was there. To continue on the Path of Righteousness, the same instruction the Lord sent through Romans then, still applies today. To continue on the Path of Righteousness and be saved, I have to listen and obey the words of the Lord delivered to my heart each day.

    I am so thankful He is still speaking to us through His Spirit, still giving instruction and guidance for our lives. Everyday obedience to the words of the Lord will lead us to our salvation. He loves us and will keep us to the end if we listen and obey.

    It is a very good day when you can start it with instruction from the Lord wrapped around your heart. What a good life we have!

    Sandy 🙂

  • Since last Wednesday.​..

    John,

    I wanted to let you know what has been going on since last Wednesday, and what God has been teaching me.

    After I went up for prayer last Wednesday night, my legs felt so good. I was amazed by the touch that I got. I would stand up, sit down, and feel nothing, no pain or blood rushing down my legs. I was so happy! Well, as days went on, the pain started coming back and that “rushing feeling” would come back every time I would change positions. I started to feel discouraged because I knew that God had touched my legs. Every time I would feel something, I would remind God of what He had done on Wednesday night. I started to wonder what God wanted me to learn. As the week has gone on though, slowly, I think that I was getting a sour attitude. Last night, I was going up the stairs and I said something like, “My stinky ol’ legs” because I was feeling discouraged. After I said it though I thought, “Oh, I probably shouldn’t have said that.” I went to bed doing an “attitude check.” In the night I got up to check on David, and I heard the Spirit say, “At least you have two legs.” This morning, I felt very thankful. I’m not on bed rest, I can zip around here and there, and I can take care of my family. This is not a life long problem; some people have life long afflictions. I will be happy and thankful and let the Lord take it from there, whatever He wants for me. I’m not going to keep wondering, what is He going to do…? Heal me or not heal my leg? In the mean time, I’ll just praise Him and be thankful for what He has done. That kind of attitude feels much better!

    Carrie
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    Thanks, Carrie. We are very blessed, and we want to remember how blessed we are even when we face with some problems. I am glad you heard from Jesus. Stick with that, no matter what!

    jdc

  • Hi

    Pastor John

    I just wanted to real quick tell you how much I LOVE listening to you! I LOVE what you teach. Everything is good. I love it. I feel very grateful that God has done what he has for me. And I am so glad God has kept me. I’m all teared up now! I have had the week off, and spent a lot of time listening to CD’s, whether I am around just pottering around, or out walking, or driving somewhere. I have loved it. I hope all is well with you.
    Jenny

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    Hi Jenny,

    I am thankful that you have been blessed listening to the CDs of our meetings and of the music that God has given to some of the gifted folk here. God has been very merciful to us. I feel very blessed to be a part of the little body of saints that meets in my house, and someday, we will get to meet all of God’s children in land where we will never know anything but peace. Isn’t that great? Let’s stay faithful to Jesus so that we will be counted worthy to be there!

    Pastor John

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