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  • Luke 3:16-17

    John,

    I have a question concerning Luke 3:16-17:  “John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire”

    I had a man pose a thought to me on the internet today.  He said that it is wrong to want to be baptized with the holy Ghost AND fire.  He said we want the first, but not the second.  He says that John was saying that there are two separate things Jesus was talking about.  The baptism of the holy Ghost is for the wheat – and then the baptism of fire is for the damned, the chaff.  He said the “baptism of fire” is described in Luke 3:17.

    Cloven tongues of fire appeared in Acts 2, that is what I had always thought about the holy Ghost and fire.

    His take was a different one on these verses.  Wanted to know what you thought about that.  Is the baptism of the holy Ghost and fire one and the same?

    Gary

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    Hi Gary:

    Jesus administers only one baptism, the baptism of the holy Ghost and fire.  Neither Jesus nor John, nor Paul, nor any other man of God taught that “the holy Ghost and fire” should be understood to mean that he administers two.

    Let’s keep our focus on the basics.  There is enough work to do, just to persuade God’s saints of the ABC’s of the kingdom, to keep us busy enough.

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    jdc

  • Understanding

    Hi John,

    The things I have been seeing and feeling every since the Labor Day weekend are wonderful to me.  I value what God has been doing for us and teaching us.  I see clearer than ever how evil it is to worship any other way than in spirit and in truth.  In Hosea 4:6, God said through Hosea, “My people are destroyed for lack of  knowledge.”  And in Proverbs 4:7, Solomon said, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom.  With all your getting, get understanding.”

    I have always prayed, “God, let me do what is right even if I don’t understand what I am doing.” That is good, but how much better it is to understand what I am doing, and why, and what it means to God’s people.  How important it is to keep the commandments of God, and it is a commandment to worship him in spirit and truth and not in doctrines and commandments of men and their tradition.

    I can see clearer how evil it really is to continue in something you know is not of God, just because of tradition and doctrines and commandments of men.  God’s people need us to stand fast in what he is letting us understand for their sake, and ours.  Understanding gives us strength and freedom from anything that God is not in, and the strength to say so, no matter what anyone else believes or doesn’t believe.

    John, I am so thankful that God has sent an anointed man such as you to help me and all his people that take it in.  All the understanding and knowledge that He has given you to teach us is more valuable than most of us realize at times.  I thank you for helping me understand what I feel and love so much.

    Stuart

  • Damien’s web correspondence

    Blessings to you!

    I have a question that you might be able to answer.  After I was saved I spent several years in an Assembly of God church.  When someone received a message from the Lord they spoke that word — Word of Knowledge, Prophecy, Tonges and interpretation.

    Once a friend brought me to a meeting of a cult — I’m not sure of the name, but I think it was The Children of God.  At their meeting when they prayed the leader called on people all around the table to speak a word from the Lord.  This seemed strange to me; however, on The 700 Club they do the same thing.  When Pat Robertson and Terry Meussen are praying, Pat will give a word from the Lord, and then he says, “Terry, what is the Lord showing you?”  How does Pat know that the Lord is showing anything to Terry?  If a cult does something strange, well, that’s their business; however, does it seem strange to you that this happens when they pray on the 700 Club?

    Also, what do you think about cults praying in tongues?  I heard those people that my friend took me to meet speaking in tongues, and I have heard that Mormons pray in tongues.  Does the Lord look past our bad theology and fill us with His Spirit if our hearts are truely searching for him but our theology is flawed?

    Thank you for your time and thought.

    God bless!!

    Betty

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    Hi Betty

    God’s children, those who have received the holy ghost baptism with the evidence of speaking in tongues, are in a general state of confusion and ignorance at this time. Whether or not one Christian place is called a cult by other Christian places matters nothing to me or Christ.  Everything that is not according to Spirit and truth is a lie and it  confuses God’s people that do not know the truth.  That is why the only answer for a child of God is to “Come out of her, my people” and “be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.”  So whether people are pressured to “have a word”, or to participate in symbolic ceremonies such as physical communion, it is all contrary to the life of the Spirit Jesus died for us to have.

    God gives His Spirit to those who humble themselves to his Son and repent, even if they are taught bad doctrine otherwise.  We receive the Spirit by faith, not by knowledge but we are then supposed to “grow in grace and knowledge”.  Sadly, this rarely happens at the moment.

    Leave it all behind.  You will never sort that mess out.  Jesus doesn’t even want you to try. Come away from it and be happy in Jesus!

    Damien Callaghan

    webmaster

    www.goingtojesus.com

  • Token – still chewing on it!

    I loved, loved that message on the Perfect Law of Liberty!  It is perfect; it’s this world that’s backwards.  I just want to love it more and understand it more.  To have more of it in me and to encourage more of it in others when I see, because it was beyond beautiful on you Saturday night; it was life.

    Thinking last night on your sermon, I’ve had these thoughts.  The biggest thing to me was to think we are being judged by our response to the liberty given to us.  How well did we follow the freedom Jesus showed us, or did we surrender it?   Certainly if our obedience to the liberty is what Jesus is judging us by AND if we are to follow behind Him, then we should certainly BE FREE and LIVE, as Jesus himself did while he was here.  However there is nothing that has stirred up more hatred and more misunderstanding than when we displayed that liberty to those who have less of it.  That is really odd if you think about because they should be excited to see a brother or sister having more liberty than them, hoping that Jesus can take them there too, but it almost never happens that way because most people are holding on to something and won’t let go and don’t like it when that is shown up.  They get so afraid and angry and suspicious to see somebody walking toward the liberty and loving it because it is easier to do that than to let go of those things and find a new, sweeter way of living.  And if we don’t back down in the spirit, oh boy, how many names they will call us!   And those spirits can really find a way to make us look bad, hard, disrespectful, and it always makes me go to God and say, “Who am I?”  We do need “moral support” then, we need each other!

    But the new thought in this is that: If we do not understand that for us to give in to that, and we do not LIVE, but hold back, that it is not only no good for the others involved (despite how they act) but it is really falling short of our own mark in Christ because we will be judged by that liberty.  It might feel like we are making peace to just be quiet and not rock the boat by living in that liberty, or hold back praising God some, but the only real peace is to go with the feelings Jesus gives you and what the spirit is saying. That is really a mighty weapon, just to hold fast to Jesus with no apology.

    I just feel like this message strengthened my “inner man” to go with Jesus, realizing that in this covenant we are being judged by our obedience to the spirit in the liberty that has been given to us, and what a precious, life-giving gift that is!  I could hear the cry of the spirit in your voice every time you said, “LIVE!”  Help us to really understand your life in us, O God!

    te.

     

  • last night

    Hi John,

    I wanted to thank Jesus, again, for last night.

    The past few meetings, from the Labor Day till now have been something special to my heart.  The feeling of unity that is there when Jesus works, and speaks to us as He has been doing, is out of this world.  I felt so full last night (again).

    What an honor it is to be in a place where Jesus can speak to us, and we can understand it is Him talking.  And what an honor to be encouraged to love the liberty of obeying the Spirit.  Your message last night, Sandy’s message and song, Darren’s new song, and all the testimonies, the help that is there…etc. etc. etc.   I felt so loved by God and so rich.   oohhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I’ve just got to say thank you to someone!  Thank you Jesus. Thank you John, and thank you to all who obey this way.  God put me here.    oohhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Gary

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    Gary, you sound like me!

    oohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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    jdc

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    ha! you both sound like me! oohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!  🙂

    Donna N

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    If I may, I’d like to “echo” Gary’s expression:  “Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

    I feel so good this morning, having been touched by passionate preaching of the Truth, my family’s testimonies and encouragement of one another, and some new music to soothe my soul.

    There are choices in this world:

    We can attend a 90 minute Xn service and get a few crumbs.

    Or we can attend a Skype broadcast–interrupted by technical difficulties yet—-and get BLESSED by a BOUNTY of TRUTH!!!

    I received more nuggets of “wonderfulness” last night , in only an hour, than I would have in a hundred hours of Xn services.  PRAISE GOD!!!!

    I LOVE SKYPE!  It provides us with the opportunity of BEING THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

    Oh sure, there’s some bugs we have to work out, but what little I heard last night has enabled my Spirit to SOAR this morning!!!!  Whooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeee!

    I slept well!  I awoke with energy and enthusiasm to LIVE today to the fullest!  Because last night I got to hear some NEW SONGS, and hear sweet Token crying and testifying from her heart, and John preaching his heart out, telling on God, telling about his daddy, and telling the truth with fervent zeal!  Then, I got a call from Randell and Doris, and we shared stories of what the Lord’s done for us lately; and I got to encourage my sister Cathy Bartow late last night; and meditate some more on the goodness and fullness in the Spirit that each meeting brings.

    Skype makes all this available. . . and accessible.

    I am THANKFUL today, for everyone in my family who is devoted to this work; to this TRUTH.

    . . .and thanks, John David, for your setting this up for us.

    Brother Brad

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    Hey Pastor John

    Darren’s new song last night stirred up such wonderful feelings, as did the testimonies we heard. The song gave me such a thankfulness that God and Jesus wanted all of us.  It took me to Jesus paying a price to make it possible that God would pour out his spirit on Gentiles.

    None of us would be even hearing all the wonderful truth we get to hear, if this had not been God’s choice for us Gentiles.  Really makes you cry with gladness that he did.

    Just some feelings from the song and the meeting.  I’m glad God chose us all to be together.  I love ya and am glad you are in my life.  A pastor like u makes me feel safe.  I have the best family on this planet to share God’s love with.  I want to do my part and help our family out there in Christianity know he has chosen them, too.

    Terrance

  • SIT book orders

    http://www.goingtojesus.com/tongues-at-spirit-baptism.html

     

    Hey Pastor John

    Orders for the free Speaking In Tongues book seem to be picking up again.  There were 23 orders yesterday, 14 today so far, including 8 in the last 30 minutes.

    Damien

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    With God’s help, we are going to make the truth known, Damien.  And I value your help in doing that.

    God’s people have been misled for so long that they don’t even know what questions to ask, but we are helping them.  Years ago, the Lord showed me that we could help His people begin to think in the right direction if we just asked them this simple question:  When were the disciples born again?  Most of the saints have never even considered that issue.  I have had ministers tell me that such a question had never entered into their minds.

    May God help us do our part to wake His children up to His righteousness.  Within the religious system called Christianity, all that men are taught is the righteousness of man because they are not taught to walk and to worship only in the Spirit.

    Pastor John

  • Blog comment

    Hello sir,

    I read through your Blog post on “Tithes before the Law”, and I beg to differ.  There is no record that Jacob ever tithed!  All he said was that he was going to give back to God a tenth of all God will bless him with and we are not told that he paid it or not.

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    So the patriarch Jacob made a vow to God and then failed to perform it?  Your antipathy toward tithing is taking you too far from reason.  Jacob was a righteous man.

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    That Abraham gave a tithe to Melchizedek is not enough scriptural proof for today’s church to do likewise. There is simply no portion of scripture that cites Abraham’s tithing as a reason to institute tithing in today’s church. Even if we decide to follow Abraham’s example, we should at least do it the way he did it: It was not from his personal possessions, it was not done to secure any form of financial gain since he was already wealthy and it was not even done to solicit any form of response from God because God never commanded him to do it neither did he commend him for doing it.

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    Abraham could rightfully do what he wanted to do with what he won in war.  He voluntarily returned to the king of Sodom the goods he brought back, but don’t overlook the fact that it was in Abraham’s power to keep or not to keep what he had won in battle.  Even the king of Sodom understood that.

    We can agree that Abraham was not seeking personal financial gain when he tithed, but you do not know what Abraham’s thoughts were concerning any anticipated response from God.  And it is clear that, since (according to God Himself) Abraham kept God’s commandments, Abraham was doing the will of God when he rendered tithes and offerings to Melchizedek.

    I have no response to your comment about what today’s church should do concerning tithes (or concerning anything else) because I have no part in church religion.  Church religion is irrelevant to the faith of Christ.

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    The long and short of it all is – tithing is not for today’s church. there is simply no scriptural evidence to support this theory. We it comes to giving, the new testament enjoins us to give freely and cheerfully without adhering to a so-called 10%.

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    As I said, whether or not those who participate in church religion tithe is meaningless to me.

    Perhaps if you would read the book I have written on tithes and offerings, or if you would listen to the audio on the subject (on line at www.PastorJohnsHouse.com), you would see that it is still the will of God for His children to render their tithes and offerings to Him.  At least, you would have a clearer picture of what I teach on the subject.

    Thank you for writing.  I hope you will step back and take another look at the subject of tithes and offerings, especially with the aid of my book.  I think it would give you a more balanced perspective.

    Pastor John

  • Believing and Receiving

    http://www.goingtojesus.com/tongues-at-spirit-baptism.html

     

    Pastor John

    After reading the response from Oral Roberts [in the Speaking in Tongues at Spirit Baptism book], there was a comment stating that nowhere in scripture mentions believers having not received the Holy Ghost. Please explain when believers responded to the question ‘Have you received the Holy Ghost?’ that they had not heard of it though they later received it. Thank you

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    Dear Friend.

    Thank you for reading my book and for writing.  I looked but could not find the statement in my book that you said was in there, and I think you must have misunderstood something you read.  You probably are basing your comment on this statement, which I did write after presenting Brother Oral Roberts’ letter: “There is no example in the New Testament of anyone being born again and, later, being baptized with the holy Ghost.”  That statement is true.

    The Ephesian disciples whom you mentioned had believed the story of the Gospel, but had not received the Spirit.  The word of God had been sown in their hearts, but they had not come to the time of new birth.

    There must always be a believing before receiving, just as there is always a conception before there is a birth.  That is why the author of Hebrews wrote, “He who comes to God must first believe that He exists, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”  In order to be born again, or be baptized with the holy Ghost, one must first believe that Jesus is the resurrected Son of God who died for our sins and that he will baptize us into his body if we repent.

    The basic problem is that Christian ministers teach that the believing, not the receiving, is the new birth.  My book, Speaking in Tongues at Spirit Baptism explains why that is such a dangerous doctrine.

    Thanks for the question.

    Pastor John

    “When a lie becomes the norm, normal people become liars.”

  • on the blog, “The Law is Holy”

    Hi John:

    I love these truths from your latest blog:

    http://pastorjohnshouse.blogspot.com/2009/09/law-is-holy.html

    ” . . . John said the definition of sin is still “transgression of the Law.”

    And then, “The Law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”

    Amen!  And then talking of the New Testament, “It was revealed from heaven when the Son was revealed.”

    I just love it!

    We can add NOTHING to what our great God has done.  He is so great, so good, he’s already done it!  And vain man, in all the theories, postulations, philosophies, and blah, blah, blah, is always looking for a way to explain something.  Our flesh is always looking for an excuse for sin.

    But our God is great!  I love the simplicity and truth of the Gospel.  He has rescued us from sin and even looking for excuses for sin!

    Donna

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    You have said before and said again just the other day that the Beast (of Revelation) is going to have to come to help God’s people get ready for King Jesus by being a king himself because we are so used to a democratic society.  We really do live in a world where everything is negotiable…evolving and democratic.   I have been born into this gray world and therefore something that doesn’t evolve, that never changes and doesn’t need anybody’s help seems fearful, even cold.  But we have to get to the point to where we realize that there is nothing godly in this generation’s mindset, nothing good in ourselves and so we can find relief, not fear, and love in completely trusting Jesus, and His laws in our hearts, which we can feel daily.  What a different place it would be to have King Jesus ruling this wicked planet, who we loved and trusted completely.  I know because of this democratic, ever-changing, Christian society I was born in, I can not understand it unless I walk in the Spirit.  All my thoughts will be wrong.

    te.

  • All Things

    http://www.pastorjohnshouse.blogspot.com/2009/08/all-things.html

     

    The PastorJohnsHouse.com Blog on All Things is a beautiful massage.  i understand it.  I just want to know how to respond to a question my niece made to me few years ago,  “why does God allows all the sufferings and hungers on kids dying of hunger in Africa and others countries”?

    if you could answer, that will be great.  thank you

    Manny

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    There have been many who asked that question, and the answer is found in the holiness of God.  David understood this and wrote that God “has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities” (Ps. 103:10).  Sin is far worse than people realize because God is far holier than people realize.  If He were perfectly just, instead of being perfectly just AND very merciful, we would all be in hell now.  Thank God that there is more to Him than justice!

    When God destroyed the earth with the cataclysmic event called “the Flood”, there were, no doubt, many infants, toddlers, and elderly folk who choked helplessly in the waters.  God graciously spared a few in the ark with Noah, but think of all the ones who died!  Was this right?  Of course it was because God is right in everything.  We have to adjust our opinions according to the works of God if we want to understand righteousness.  If “God is known by the judgments that He executes”, then in order to know Him, we must see and submit to whatever he does.  Paul speaks of this in some detail in Romans 9.

    An elderly Jewish man who as a boy survived the Holocaust wrote a famous book about it not long ago.  The book was required reading at the High School which my children attended.  When I read it, I could hardly believe the arrogance against God that was in the book.  The biggest lesson the book taught, as far as I could tell, was that human beings are incapable of doing anything deserving of such suffering as the Jews suffered and that there is no adequate explanation for such cruelty as the Nazis imposed upon the Jews.  But that is false, and it was very harmful to the young people who read that book to see God condemned that way.

    The Jews’ cruel rejection of the sweet Son of God when he came made them deserving of even worse punishment than they have received.  This is true because of how good the Son was and how much his heavenly Father loved him.  The Father loves His Son so much that if we love His Son, too, then the Father will take some of His eternal life out of His own bosom and share it with us so that we will live forever.  But if we reject the meek and innocent Son of God who came to earth and died for us, then we are deserving of the greatest of punishments, and we will certainly receive it.  There is, as your niece has observed, great suffering of all sorts in every culture around the world, but whatever suffering exists on earth is less than we humans deserve for the world’s incredibly hateful response to God’s harmless, holy Son when he came.

    Whether or not men understand or believe what I am saying about this makes absolutely no difference to God whatsoever.  Life on this cursed planet is what it is, and God has made it that way because of our sin.

    But there are two sides to the Father’s feelings about His Son.  The Father has promised to bring those who love His dear Son into His very presence, and He has prepared for them a place where no suffering of any sort or degree will ever be known again.  That is as great a blessing as we could ever imagine – just for loving and following Jesus!  So, how much the Father loves His Son is indicated on the one hand by how very much He will bless those who honor His Son, and on the other hand by how much He will curse those who dishonor him.

    Pastor John

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    Pastor John,

    Your reply to Manny is so good!!  It means so much more to me now after learning all the things we did about the father and the son recently.  I had a testimony years ago about being an example for others.  We either are going to be a good example to the body of Christ or if we reject the Son we are going to be a bad example to the body of Christ.  Either way, we are going to be an example, and God is just and holy and right with whatever he does about it.

    Stuart

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    John…this is just simply…brilliant.   I am grateful you answered Manny’s familiar question so thoroughly, articulately, with such understanding and respect for God’s holiness.  This is a great reply to an oft asked question.

    I love you so much.

    Brother Brad

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