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  • Feelings & Senses

    Hi brother John,

    I’m not sure why, but today at work I began to think on going by your feelings, and the Spirit gave me these thoughts:

    Feelings and senses are two different things. Your five physical senses (hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste) come from the outside. Feelings come from the inside. Your senses can be fooled. The feelings that come from the Spirit cannot be fooled, because God cannot be fooled.

    I guess when you think about it, it makes sense that the two are completely different. But, I had never really thought about it.

    Is there such a thing as having feelings that we can’t trust? I know that we can have wrong thoughts, but what about wrong feelings?

    Vince

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    Hi Vince!

    Solomon said, “The thoughts of the righteous are right.” If our hearts are pure, we can trust what comes out of it, both the thoughts and the feelings. And you are certainly correct in saying that the feelings which the Spirit gives us are not produced by our five senses. Those holy feelings are not from anywhere or anything of earth.

    Jdc

  • Uncle Joe: This is That

    From a classic testimony by Uncle Joe, in late 1973, in a prayer meeting in Grandma’s farmhouse:

    Peter said, “This is that… This is that which was shed forth, this is that which was poured out from heaven.” This is that. If this is not that, then what is that and what is this? I want to know where is that if this is not that? Praise God! If this is not that, then I wanna go where that is. Well I hadn’t find it, but Ive been looking for it. I’ve been going to all these different churches. And I get invited every week to go somewhere. But I’ve already been and I’ve found this, which is that. If this is not that, then I want to know what this is. He said “this is that which was shed forth” . . . Yes we’ve found it!

    If you cannot say of your faith, “this is that”, then you better get out of that you’re in, and get into this that Jesus has given to us!

    Pastor John

  • Comment from Church of God Pastor

    From a man who identified himself only as “Church of God Pastor”:

    Comments:

    I really enjoyed the music but I am disturbd that Pastor John Teaches against Holy Communion. Communion is a Ordinance from Jesus. Do this as often as ye remember me.

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    This astonishes me. I cannot imagine how anyone could think that I teach against holy communion. It’s the unholy communion ceremony that Christians perform that I warn God’s children to avoid. Please do not confuse God’s holy communion in the Spirit with the worthless, fleshly ceremony that Christians perform.

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    Are we to forget about the shed blood and broken Body after Pentecost? It was the Blod that set us free and redeemed us!   Jesus Body was broken for us. Why would you not want to remember that and sacredly honor it?

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    This also astonishes me. Please help me understand how I fail to honor or remember the holy work of our Savior, Jesus? I know we are not to forget about the blood that Jesus shed, whether it was his natural blood at Calvary or his spiritual blood (the holy ghost) on Pentecost.

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    Also the first People to be called christians were at Antioch

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    My point, exactly. They did not call themselves that. They were called that by others.

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    Why would you not want to be called a christian?

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    Because the religious system of Christianity is an abomination to God. My desire is to grow in grace so that I come to hate Christianity as much as Christ does.

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    I find that it is common among pepole that have removed them selves from mainstream churches to have contempt for them. Usually it is because they do not want to submit to authority or they have come out of a church split.Many times the Church won’t ordain them because of too many previous marraiges or something else in their background.

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    Generally, I have found that to be the case, as well. Is there a reason you bring that subject up?

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    Pastor John you are indeed in left field But at least you not begging for money or preaching prosperity. However rejecting Communion after what Jesus did for us and not wanting to be called a christian for fear that people will associate you with the rest of the body of Christ: Those are tremendous errors I never read past those two things.

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    (1) As I explained, I have not in the least rejected the holy communion of Christ, just the ceremonial form of it that Christians practice.

    (2) What does rejecting the title “Christian” have to do with the body of Christ?

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    I will tell you that Paddling your boat by yourself can get you swept out to sea.

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    Amen.

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    No matter how much greek you know It\’s not greek that saves you IT’S GRACE THROUGH FAITH

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    Amen. Thanks so much for writing.

  • The Operation of God

    Pastor John,

    I just wanted to tell some feelings I had this past weekend in NC. I loved hearing about the wise and foolish on Saturday night (what I got to hear, while taking care of Luke). Sunday morning, as the meeting got going and Bro. Ray stood up praying, man, the feelings that flooded my heart were more than I could take. I felt so rich and blessed to see that. I have never heard or felt the spirit like that ever.

    I keep hearing the spirit say, “This is no SMALL thing”! Then you started singing “His Power Can Make You What You Want To Be“. Every time you sang that part of the song, I would hear, “Do you trust me?” It was so clear that I looked around to see if others could hear it. I have been in that same spot when the spirit told me in Nov. 2006, “I wouldn’t put you through it if I didn’t think you could make it.” So, when I left there, I was a little afraid, thinking that I have something God is going to fix.

    But last night GOD showed me in a dream how to do it. I dreamed I was on a table, and I was being cut on, all over, but when saw my face, I was smiling! I heard the spirit say, “The way to make it through it is stay HAPPY!”

    Just wanted to share with you.

    Love ya,
    Jammie

  • Parable of the Wise and the Foolish

    Hi pastor John,

    I have been thinking about the parable of the 5 wise and the 5 foolish virgins that you and Anna and Amy and I read about last night. I was thinking about the oil and what the oil was for. The oil was for light so that they could see, and if they ran out, they could not see. What I was thinking about was that when the bridegroom tarried, the foolish ran out. They had no light because they had no oil to put in their lamps, while the wise did because they took extra in another vessel with their lamps. And when the foolish asked the wise to give them some of their oil for their lamps, the wise told them to go to them that sell and buy for yourselves.

    John, I was thinking about how the wise sent the foolish to a “who” to get some oil. They did not tell them to go make your own oil and fill your lamps. They were sent to a somebody to get oil for their lamps, and they got it, and came back (even thought by then it was too late for them). John I was thinking of how much it means to have a somebody to get some oil from, and the oil is for our light so we can see what is going on around us and stay out of things that rob us of our oil or we can run out because we don’t have enough. Not only do we have oil for our lamps, we have extra oil so we can be wise virgins and not foolish ones. If we stay around the “who” that God has chosen for us, we will have all the oil we need, even if the bridegroom tarries; we will have the extra oil for our lamps.

    Thank you for being there John.

    Stuart

  • 2 Samuel 24

     

    Can you remind me? What was wrong with David taking the census in 2 Sam 24?

    Bekah

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    Each male in ancient Israel was required to bring an offering when a census was taken (Ex. 30:11-16). The only thing I have been able to guess that might have provoked God to such anger is that David did that because wanted money. The problem with that theory is that money collected during a census would have gone to the priests for the upkeep of the tabernacle, not to David, so how could a desire in David for money have played a part?

    There is nothing in the law of Moses that expressly forbade a king to take take a census. Maybe God was the only one who could legitimately call for one, and David was over-reaching.

    That is all I can think of. Taking a census does not seem so bad to us; it seems relatively harmless. Counting people isn’t forbidden by the law. I assume, then, that it was evil in God’s eyes because it had to do with the money.

    Dad

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    Ok, that’s what I thought. The only other possibility I thought of is that God could have been angered if David’s command for Joab to take a census caused the people a big physical burden. Didn’t they have to travel for a census or come together to be counted (which probably took time away from their work, houses, etc)?

    Bekah

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    hmmm. They might have had to do that. Mary and Joseph did, when Augustus Caesar commanded that a census be taken. That’s why they were in bethlehem when Jesus was born. Good thought.

    Dad

  • What Could I Do?

    http://pastorjohnshouse.com/testimonies/johnclark.html

     

    Greetings:

    Thank you, Pastor John, for providing me with a copy of “Why I am Not a Christian”.

    I am quite satisfied with your statement, but my question is, “What about the baptism, marriage, and/or when I die”, who will then perform the ceremonies if I do not belong to a church?

    Would you be kind enough to explain the above?

    Sincerely yours in Jesus’ name.

    Abesos  M.
    August 03, 2010

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    Thanks for writing again!

    You have choices.

    (1) You can always rent a Christian minister for a few hours to do a ceremony for you, even if you do not belong to a church.
    (2) You can just do without any ceremony at all and walk in the Spirit, from the heart, with Jesus. Paul said these kinds of people are the real sons of God (Rom. 8 )

    Hope that helps.

    God bless you and those with you.
    Pastor John

  • Two Gospels

    Name: Roger S

    comments:  Hello sir, I am a person who has listened to you tracks and read brochures, which i gotten through isaiah 58 broad cast on you tube. I would like tosay i would love to hear more of your preaching or even downlaod them from your website. I am from a pentacostal back ground and believe in the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

    but today i have a question for you. On one of your tracks you talk about a siming contradiction with ephesians 2:8-9 were you explain that its the law

    but i really want us to look at these scriptures. cause to me james is preaching a completly different doctrine than that of Paul. and not just out of the book of james, but also in acts were James tells Paul to go cleanse him self for telling jews to not get circumscised.

    the scriptures are james 2:17-24 and romans 4:2-12 also i am looking at

    romans 4:5 were it says aperson with out works is still justified by faith. lastly to comment on acts 21:17-25

    this really bothers me. cause Paul did teach many times that if you justify yourself with the law you have made Christ of no effect. Paul did preach no circumscision, but circumscison of the heart.

    its if the jewish Christians still carried on doing the the laws, the feasts the sabaths etc , which Paul said was a shaddow pointing to Christ. I see 2 doctrines here one to the jews and one to the gentiles. but if Paul had the Holy Spirit why would James ask hm to go to the temple and be purified? james was still preaching jewish customs when Paul said Hey jews or greeks there is no difference any more we are united by the same spirit.

    I need your help on this,

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    You answered your own question, Roger.  There were two gospels.  Paul acknowledged that reality in Galatians.  He called them “the gospel of the circumcision” and the gospel of the uncircumcision”.  Paul taught the gentiles that they were justified without the works of the law, but he did not teach the jews that doctrine.  On the contrary, he told the Gentiles that whoever was circumcised was duty-bound to keep the whole law (Galatians, again).  That is why Paul, being Jewish, submitted to James’ request that he carry out some works of the law when Paul was among the Jewish believers in Jerusalem.

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    and last question, is the ten commandments the old covenant? and if it is, were the ten done away with to make way for the new? i would love to hear your opnion on that as well.

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    The holy ghost writes the law of God on our hearts, the same law that God gave to Moses.  None of God’s commandments were destroyed, including the ten commandments.  They were all established as being of God by being written by the Spirit on our hearts when we received the Spirit.

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    thanks and God Bless and my address is xxxxxxxxxx

    if you have more tracks i would love to hear them or any sermons

    i have come out of babylon, christ and christianity, keys of the kingdom, the true sabbath, speaking in tongues/baptism of the holy Ghost. a few more cant think of them now thanks again God Bless

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    Thank you, Brother Roger.  Stay in touch!

    For more material, music, books, testimonies, etc., go to these sites:

    www.GoingtoJesus.com
    or
    www.PastorJohnsHouse.com
    or
    www.SongsofRest.com

  • Philippians Online

    Hey Pastor John,

    I noticed that the new translation of Philippians refers to Jesus as “the master”. When I referred to the KJV, and the Good News I noted it wasn’t used in either. I also know it wouldn’t have been used in NIV either.  SO I wondered what made you use that term? Was it the greek word used in  those greek bibles? Jesus is rarely called the master in most translations, I don’t think, so I was interested to know.  I must say I like the use of ‘master’.

    Jenny

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    Hi Jenny.

    A root meaning of the Greek word “kurios” (usually translated as “lord”) is “owner”.  In Paul’s world, slaveowners were called “master”, and I believe that is the characteristic of Jesus that he was trying to convey.  Most often, when modern translations have “servant” or “serve” in the NT, the Greek word is actually “slave”.  Paul was a slave of the Master, Jesus Christ, and he was not shy about saying so.

    Pastor John

  • Coming Out

    http://www.goingtojesus.com/site/php/christorchristianity.html

    I read with interest the article “Christ and Christianity.”

    I am happy to inform you that I love reading your writings, particularly that concerning “Coming out of Christianity”.  It makes sense on the basis of what you have mentioned, for after I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, after a very short while, I began to change and see vividly that it is not true Christianity in the Churches, it is a showy business. It is excellent to be a servant and disciple of Jesus, but do I have to remain outside a church all my life? I already have left the church whatsoever, and do not attend a church.Please I need your advice. Also I would appreciate it if you would provide me with a copy of your “Why I Left Christianity”.

    Thank you and Jesus bless you.

    Sincerely in Jesus name,

    A. S. M.

    July 18, 2010

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    Dear Friend:

    Your sincere question, “Do I have to remain outside a church all my life?” suggests that you still do not fully understand that the Church is an evil institution. Those who really see Christianity for what it is say instead, “Praise God!  He has delivered me from church religion!”

    My advice to you is the same as the advice I have given to others:  If you have heard the call of Jesus to come out of the Babylon of Christianity, you are doing just fine where you are.  Stay close to Jesus, and he will put you together with others who are of like mind and heart.

    Doing the will of God and pleasing Him is far simpler than you know, but you will find it out if you continue following after what is right in His sight!

    God bless you and yours.
    Pastor John

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