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I woke up very early yesterday morning and after praying some in bed I got up and found the computer was sleeping and not shut down.  I bumped the mouse and saw that that man [who was offended at “non-Christian recently) had sent another email.   I had known in myself since Saturday night when I received his second email what had happened but still there was a moment of hope.   I read it and I replied briefly to him about being reasonable.   Afterwards I went through thinking “Did I say too much? or, “Am I to blame in some way?”.  The Lord reminded me that I had not even replied to him when I received that second email late after Saturday’s meeting, criticizing us for being non-Christians.

He also let me understand exactly what you later wrote about.  He had listened to 9 tracks of the New Birth series but then was “offended”.  He had all he needed but had gone past his answer and was looking for a way out [of believing the truth].   Then I had one more thought that I put aside as being too sarcastic or “smart”.  It was to write and ask the man to let me know when he no longer believed that the spirit baptism was the new birth experience.

Wednesday morning, we went over John 6:66 in the Greek, and you pointed out how the Greek implies that those people went back to their “former things”, the religion of the Jews, after they left off walking with Jesus.   Later in the afternoon I was working steadily on a report for Cedar Rock when those two things were brought together for me.  That man will go back to his former ways and beliefs and lose the truth God showed him.  The saying was too hard for him and he went away from Jesus.  I guess he will probably come to believe that it was indeed another gospel he was believing in (as he at first had feared, he said) and will thank God for escaping the curse Paul wrote of to the Galatians.

Few are blessed to hear those 9 tracks of the New Birth series.  About 45 minutes more truth than he will ever likely hear in the rest of his life.  It is sad but I am with Peter who said “Where shall we go”  Ha! I checked that.  He didn’t say that at all!  He said “to whom shall we go?”  He was still looking for a man to guide him.

Damien

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Hi Damien,

It struck me as true that you said he had listened to the first 45 minutes of that CD and  was looking for a way out.  That’s usually how it is.  What they point the finger at is almost never what their problem really is.  I told a sister yesterday at lunch that the accusation recently made against them was not the real reason her son and daughter in law won’t come see or call her any longer.  Their hearts had turned from Jesus, and they were looking for something or somebody else to blame.

jdc

Pastor John,

I have a question about honoring parents.  The Lord has been allowing me to see my mother’s moral state better than I ever have.  I see her largely as a bad influence who is also my mom.  (Our relationship has always been distant and strange, so I don’t think I understand “mom” like most people do anyway.)  For two months recently, I thought it would be good for me not to talk to her; connecting with her feels like spiritual chains.  I don’t want to ignore God’s commandment (which comes with a promise), or be cruel, yet talking with her as often as it seems she’d like feels like forcing myself to keep a bad acquaintance.  J– and I are praying about our relationships with our earthly family.  What does it mean to honor one’s parents?

Thank you,

B–

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B&J,

That is not the commandment, atvin least, not as Paul gave it to us (in Ephesians 5:1?)  The commandment is “Children, honor your parents IN THE LORD”.  You must be led by the Lord in all your relationships, even with your mother and father.  Custom of the culture or the expectations of people cannot be the determining factor.  According to everything the gospel teaches, you will please people only if you displease God.  But if you please God and displease people, expect to be misunderstood and maligned.  Such persecution comes with the honor of hearing from and following Him.

jdc

Hey John,

Sunday when I was in Bob’s vineyard picking grapes, I was chewing on what you said to us Saturday night.   I am so thankful to be able to have eyes to see and ears to hear these things that you are teaching us, and it is amazing that we have been chosen out of this whole world to hear and understand it.

Anyway, while thinking this, I had this thought come to me, which had sweet feelings with it too.   It was, “You believed the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth” — and that was it!   It was the phrase that people say when they put their hand on the bible in court, but the word is tell instead of believed (Do you swear to tell the whole truth, etc.)   It felt like the spirit was letting me know why I am here, and everyone else too.  It was a sweet thought I wanted to share.

Thanks!

Cathy B.

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Thanks Cathy.  You are right.  It is such a great blessing for Jesus to open our hearts to what the Spirit is saying.  His mercy is why any of us are “here” together in spirit.  The truth of the gospel creates among us a fellowship that the world cannot understand.  I pray we walk worthy of the Lord so that he will continue to bless us as he has all these years.

jdc

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Brother Damien:

There is still something in me that desires to be known as “a non-Christian servant of Jesus” because of the damage which the religious system of Christianity has done to the name and cause of Jesus Christ.  I will have nothing to do the abomination called Christianity, and I will praise God for the strength He has given us to come out of it.

The comments you forwarded to me (below) from a man who began listening to the New Birth series, but quit, are sad, as you say.  But if after listening to 9 tracks of the series he was offended by one statement from me about being a non-Christian, there isn’t much else for us to say.  Leave him alone.  In my judgment, by the time he got to track 9, he should have been wanting to be a non-Christian servant of Jesus, too!

Where are the souls who desperately, whole-heartedly love the truth of Christ that God graciously shows them?  That’s one reason that I love you so much, Brother Damien.  You have undeniably laid everything down at the feet of Jesus, just because you love his truth — your possessions, your reputation among men, your home and earthly relatives in Australia, etc.  You are leading your family the right way, showing them how to love God with all of one’s heart, mind, soul, and strength, and your neighbor as yourself.  In the formation stage of this nation, Thomas Jefferson, I believe it was, called on his compatriots to join him in pledging to the cause of American freedom from England, “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor”.  It wasn’t worth it.  Jesus is the only cause that is worthy of all that, and you have given him what he deserves.

Keep up the good work, brother.  And my God give us all His non-Christian grace to continue publishing His life-changing — universe-changing — truth!

Pastor John

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From: Damien Callaghan

Date: Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:23 AM

Subject: A brief history

I felt sad that the following happened (see the last email from this man).  The slanderer arrived.

djc

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City:  Roswell, NM

Comments:   I have recently had my thinking up-ended in discovering concepts similar to what you teach in the “The New Birth”, which I am studying now.  This was a difficult transition for me to make.  I was concerned that ‘an angel of light’ may be bringing me ‘another gospel’ (Gal 1:8,9) and the attendant curse.  I searched the scriptures and sought revelation in this matter.  I further studied other contemporary authors to see how they were re-packageing the Word to arrive at contemporary, widely-held view.

I was elated to find in you another teacher presenting the views you teach and the views I now hold.

One nagging question I have is “what percentage of professing christians have actually been adopted into the family of God”?  I am acquainted with two other individuals who hold your general views have estimated a very low number of adoptees.  One estimate arrived at from Jude 14 (“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,”).  A plain reading of the words of Jude 14 does not reasonably permit a staggeringly huge number.  For example, one hundred ‘10,000s’ of saints is a million.  Suppose that estimate is low by a factor of 10.  The estimate then becomes 10 million and that is still a terrifically low number of people adopted into the family of God.  Considering the world’s 6 billion current population, and less than that have lived before in all the prior 2000 years. Using the previous numbers and assumptions, there could be less than 20 million save[d] since the start of the New Covenant.

I hope you are able to make a quick comment.  I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge.

Thank you,

Curtis L

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City:  Roswell, NM

Comments:   I listened to CD#1, track 9 (actually all up to track nine) and at the end the speaker says, in closing, ‘the work is an non-christian effort for Christ'(an approximate quote).  This occurs in the last 1 minute of the audio on that track.  I can not get that to make sense.  I would like to gain some clarification.

Thanks

Curtis

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Damien,

It occurred to me that I made mistake in making an inquiry.  The fact that your would spurn the name of Christ is too much to associate myself with.  I used to be of Washington, a Washington-ian.  Christ-ian would be the same construct — of Christ.  I wouldn’t think of not associating my self with Christ.

Visiting your site was a huge mistake, that I won’t repeat.

Curtis

 

Hey John,

I am typing this through tears of pure joy as I am feeling so thankful for my life and how very good Jesus has been to me.  I was reading the “How I Received the Baptism of the holy Ghost” testimonies on the Isaiah 58 site (wonderful), then I went over to the “Pastor John’s House” site and looked at the slide show of my beautiful family while listening to the most beautiful music I’ve ever heard. Then….. I read my own testimony on the Marriage and Divorce section.  To be reminded of how bad things were and how Jesus rescued me from that is overwhelming!  To be lying here in my bed right now feeling perfectly content in a home that is peaceful and free of sarcasm and cynicism is so sweet!

When I read the part of my testimony about how I didn’t care if I lived to see my next birthday — that was so sad, and it was no exaggeration!  I remember being on my face and crying saying, “God! Please get me out of this!”  It’s good to remember those things, as hard as they were, because it makes me feel even more thankful for the way I am feeling right now!

When I read that about my birthday, I pictured this past year and walking into my house to my birthday surprise and seeing all of the faces of people that I love so much and that love me.  (I can picture your face right in the middle of the crowd).  That’s as good as it gets!!  Then I thought about sitting at the kitchen table last weekend at the beach reading those beautiful stories about a relationship between my Father and his Son that touched me so deep in my soul!  I want to love the people in my life the way they love each other. (We can love that way through the spirit…that is so good)!

Recently, I thought about a time several years ago when Token was testifying about reconnecting with a friend from high school and how they had been having some good conversations about the Lord and he seemed to be showing some encouraging signs of interest in the truth.  She testified about how she would like to have him and his wife out to the neighborhood for supper, and how she hoped if they came to visit that some of the “neighbors” would drop in and share their testimonies with him.  I remember going home so grieved that night!  I told the Lord, “How can I testify to anyone when I feel like this?”  I was so sad not to feel like I could testify!

So, fast forward to now and how wonderful it is to read my testimony of “rescue” on the website.  To be able to write to Michelle in Florida and say “you can be happy” and mean that with my whole heart!  Ohhhhh!  Now that’s a testimony I love to share!  It’s a testimony of hope!  With Jesus, there is always hope.

When I used to get behind a car that had one of those magnetic bumper stickers that read “Life is Good”, I’d just roll my eyes and think how obnoxious those stickers are, but honestly; I wouldn’t mind having one of those stickers for my own car! 🙂  But it would need to give the credit where it’s due, “Jesus Has Made My Life Good”  or something like that!

These feelings have been bubbling around in me for awhile and after reading my testimony tonight, I just had to write someone.  Thank you for all of your love and your help, especially over the past couple of years!  You have been a great encouragement to me!

Good night!  Lee Ann

 

Hey John,

A day or two ago I listened to the CD that Brother Earl sent me [the one where you were preaching about the uselessness of ceremony], and I have been having so many thoughts about freedom since then.  It is a word that should be and IS so liberating, yet the human mind can’t take it in as such.  Or I should maybe say my mind can’t take it in, for I don’t know what is in anyone else’s.  As I have told you, I have been hurting very badly for the last few days, so I have been sitting around and been in the bed a lot, which has left me with my thoughts being right with me.  The girls had a sleep over, so they have been out of the house.  As I lay on the bed, I kept sensing, even though I felt so bad, “It will not forever be like this.  I don’t know just when I’ll be delivered from this illness for it could be tomorrow or the next day, but what I do know is if I live the best I know how in the Lord, it won’t be forever.  One day I will give up this corruptible body, and my faith is to believe I will get a new body that will not have to endure these afflictions.”  It hit me that I AM FREE, and that allows me to rest because of what Jesus has done for me (and for whoever else will trust HIM).

Freedom is so easy when we focus on the WILL OF GOD FOR OUR LIFE.  I can stop fretting over folks that are not ready to be truly free (whatever their problem may be) for HE has made freedom possible.  Freedom also relieves a person from having to observe rituals that were never intended for them to begin with.  Really it is a burden to have to participate in ceremonies.  I have heard some preachers instruct the people of God to offer an offering, or work some type work to show their sincerity towards God.   I believe that the pride of man can drive them to do these things to be recognized of others, and if that is the case, I don’t believe is acceptable to God in the first place.  Really, Jesus only asks for a lifestyle in him through the spirit.

Anyway, I have found myself having to really focus on not finding something that needs to be done or someone that I believe needs fixing [and just enjoy my freedom].  Doing all that has actually become funny to me.

I have had many liberating things to prick my spirit the last couple days about freedom and Jesus being the answer not in the details etc.

Talk to you soon.

MT

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John

I am very thankful that you asked Donna and I to join you  for the proof reading of your new manuscript, God Had a Son before Mary Did.   I still feel the sober feelings from Tuesday & Wednesday, and I still do not know how to put into words what happened to us on Wednesday while we were reading in chapter 7. It was a life memory.

I know that Jesus put it in my heart to take the time off of work and go down to the beach, because I would not have normally done this. It was the last week of our fiscal year at GR, I still have many tracks to clean for the Father and Son Cd, and I was in Chicago the whole week before working a trade show.  I am so glad that you asked and Jesus put in on my heart to go for the Father & Son proof reading.  I think this is the first time that I have ever been involved in one of the proof reading sessions like this.  Once we arrived around lunch time on Tuesday, I heard you say that Doris Williams started crying while reading in Chapter 2 a few days earlier.  When you made that comment my thoughts were “Chapter 2!  Why would someone be crying, reading Chapter 2 of the Father & Son book?”  Well, I soon discovered just how much I loved reading and listening to others read what you had written.  I felt like a child that was very eager to read more.  The words were sinking into my chest.  At one point, in Chapter 2, I was reading and I was feeling every word that you had written.  I could feel the love of God for his Son and I could feel the tears building up deep inside of me.  Before long, I was crying in Chapter 2 also.  Jesus showed me how Doris could cry in Chapter 2.

I left Wednesday evening a different person from what I was when I arrived on Tuesday.  I had a whole new level of thankfulness and love for the Father & Son, and a whole new level of love for you and the anointing.  To really be able to take in the feelings that come through in the book can be life-changing.  It is one thing to record, clean and mix all the wonderful songs that Jesus has given us, but to join that with the Father & Son book and to have a taste of seeing just how big and special this project is, is big — and I don’t know the half of it.

Thank you for all of your help and love.

Rob

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Thanks, Rob.  Thanks for coming and being a part.  It meant a lot to all of us.

By the way, did I not tell you that you started crying at the exact sentence in the book where that Doris did?  It’s true.

The love of God that comes through the story of the Father and the Son is extraordinary.  If can receive it, it will make us cry.  And if we pass it on, we will live forever.

Let’s keep praying that the Lord will help us to get this work done and make it available for God’s children.  They need to feel this depth of this selfless love of the Father for them.

jdc

Before Brother Billy went to the hospital for his surgery today, we wrote me this:

Hi Pastor John:

I really loved reading again the October 7th TFE about “The Gospel”  It has to be in our hearts, as it states.  If it is, there won’t be any room for any untrue thing.  It’s the only thing that is true, and anything thing left is what we need in our lives.  It goes so very well with what Uncle Joe’s email from this morning.

Wouldn’t it be exciting if all of God’s people had his Gospel, and only his Gospel.  The Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth — Soul help us God (and Jesus)  :).

Your Servant in love,

Billy

Note: Brother Billy’s book, In God’s Shadow is his testimony of how Jesus healed him from cancer.  It is available at the following link.

http://www.pastorjohnshouse.com/store/