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Pastor John,
Today was the best description I have ever heard as to what it means to come together in your home for a “meeting.”
You said “the meeting place is not this house, it is a spiritual condition.”
We are just bringing our bodies to your home so we can share that experience together.
The meeting is being had everyday with Jesus for each of us, if it is. And it seems that Jesus lets the light burn brighter when all the experiences come together in unity.
Jerry
Hey Pastor John,
This morning I came across something in Proverbs 8 that was so good to me! I knew about the bible verses talking about Jesus being with God in the beginning and being “daily His great delight”, but I thought that was something that was just inserted into Proverbs without any prior references to Jesus. Instead, I found that the verses began by talking about “wisdom”, and then it shifted towards talking about Jesus as an individual. When I went back a few verses and started reading it again, I realized that “wisdom” was “interchangeable” with Jesus and it was just being used as another name for Him! That was so neat to me! Maybe Aaron and I can team up to see if the “w” on wisdom can be capitalized! Ha!
Samuel
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Morning, I ran across this verse today looking for a caption for the photo of the day (Feb. 4)*. I don’t think I noticed it quite like I did this morning.
IPeter 4
¶7. But the end of all things is at hand; therefore, be sensible and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers,
That gives you another incentive to walk holy and live right, remembering the prayers you have prayed to be heard. And expands more on what it means to live for others.
Another reason to keep on keeping on. 🙂
Amy B.
Today I was listening to the sermon from 1993, “Destruction by Redefinition”*. WOW! I don’t know if I’ve ever heard that message before. When you said, “I’m not a Christian; I’m a follower of Jesus,” the purest, cleansing wind blew through my truck that I felt from head to toe! I began speaking in tongues and thanking Jesus for rescuing us from that abomination! Wow, I still feel that! Thank you, Jesus!
I loved it! When I first started listening to it, you were saying it but not saying those words. Then when you said it, “I’m not a Christian”, you could feel it! That was amazing! It felt like Jesus was showing you as you were speaking, and you could just feel the relief!
Michelle
Pastor John,
Today while I was working, I had the Bible app playing, and at the end of Job (39), it talked about unicorns. I had always thought of these creatures as mythological animals. But in Job, it clearly talks about them. The question I have on this is were they real animals back then, or is “unicorn” representative of something else?
Steve
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Hi Steve.
You were listening to the King James Version. The word translated as “unicorn” in those verses is from a rare and difficult Hebrew word, and I am not sure that anyone knows what animal is being referred to. Here is how I translated Job 39:8-10: “Can you hold an aurochs in a furrow with his ropes, or harrow valleys behind him? Will you depend on him because his strength is great and leave to him your labor? Will you trust in him, that he will return your seed and gather your threshing floor?”
An aurochs is an extinct cattle species, thought by some to be the ancestor of modern cattle.
That’s the best I can do with your good question, Steve. Thanks for asking. A lot of people probably wonder about that.
Pastor John
Pastor John,
I’m thinking this morning that many in the world are persuaded to take the “easy street” and claim they are a victim of this life, thereby throwing off responsibility for their own actions. But I remember not long ago hearing brother Bennie Hinn say that Brother Oral Roberts told him, “if you go to this city to preach, you will be killed. And I [the LORD] will hold you responsible for dying.” (I am paraphrasing but that was most definitely the message).
In a world where it has become as normal as breathing to proclaim victimhood, the Spirit of the Lord, I think, is asking questions such as, “Why don’t you know you are being lied to?” “Why don’t you know where to be when the time comes?” The spirit of God in us is real, and it knows how to live this life, and according to brother Benny Hinn’s testimony, God is holding us responsible to follow it.
Jerry
In Isaiah 9:6, talking about names of the Son, Why is he called the “everlasting father” if his father is the one who’s really everlasting? A Trinitarian threw this one at me, trying to convince me that Jesus is the Father, God.
I was just about to explain that Jesus is the everlasting father of many children, born again into the kingdom of God, but I wanted to check with you first, before I conclude that conversation on Facebook.
Brad
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Hi Brad.
Jesus is our God, our brother, our father, and everything else that we need in order to get out of this world alive. In Isaiah 8:18, the Son said this: “Behold! I and the children whom Jehovah has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel!” So we are Jesus’ children as well as his brothers and sisters –– but God the Father made us that, and made Jesus that! It was given to Jesus from the Father to be our God, our King, the Lord of all, and our Savior. Jesus said so: “All things have been given to me by my Father” (Mt. 11:27).
No doubt, this truth will not change that devout Trinitarian’s mind, but at least you can, by God’s grace, be a testimony to him. Keep up the good work.
Pastor John
Pastor John,
I am right now translating the tract about “Works”*, and I paused where you’re listing the kinds of works found in the Bible.
At “Works of men’s hands” your description says “buildings, highways, industries, and other human accomplishments”. I did a quick search, so maybe it wasn’t thorough enough, but the only references I’ve found in the Bible on “works on men’s hands” talks about false gods made from wood, silver, gold, etc. When talking about these idols, the Bible uses the phrase “works of men’s hands”. I didn’t find any references on the things you list in your description though.
Was your intention to demonstrate what works of men’s hands can mean in today’s society? Just wanted to clarify that.
Thank you.
Zoli
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Yes, that is right. But you can put “churches, statues, religious utensils, and the like” if you want to. That might actually be more appropriate to the case.
Pastor John
Pastor John,
I thank God for the meeting I had today, because the Spirit was moving, and the door opened up for me to share the truth. Yesterday I read a booklet A— had given me, it’s about “God’s Work”, and the author is called Watchman Nee. It’s about how God is building the body of Christ, and is filled with wonderful thoughts and wisdom, you can feel while reading it, that the author had a lot of weighty experiences with Jesus throughout his life, but something was really missing from the writing, although I wasn’t surprised by it. It didn’t clarify who exactly belongs to the body of Christ, and how do we know it.
I thought I could bring up this subject in the meeting, but I didn’t feel the Spirit’s permission to do so, so I waited. Finally, we ended up reading from another booklet, in a way that everyone read a paragraph, and we kept going like that in a circle until we reached the end of the chapter. Well, what we were reading was also about the body of Christ, in fact, there was a section with the title: How does one get into the body? But there was no definite answer, as far as I can recall.
A— encouraged all of us to inject any questions or disagreements we might have, so when there was a longer pause, and no one was saying anything, it felt the right moment to pose the question to the group: How do you think one gets into the body? A— and F—– both said some things, and when they were done, A—- encouraged me to share my answer with them. So, I pointed to 1Cor 12:13, showing that the Bible does give us a definite answer; that it happens through baptism, and it’s not a baptism with water, but with Spirit.
I told them that it is this experience by which we are born again, and that I believe it is always accompanied by speaking in tongues or stammering lips. At first, everyone seemed to be okay with what I said, but towards the end of the meeting S—- said that she has a problem with my stance on speaking in tongues, because not everyone receives the same gifts.
I thank God that He gave me the wisdom to answer all the questions and disagreements, and was able to do so with meekness. The meeting seemed to come to a conclusion, but I felt the Spirit telling me to bring up 1John 3:24-4:3. This was the moment when I really started feeling the Spirit touching people, in fact, there was a lady (her name was B—-), who I realized buried her face in her hands, saying she’s tired, and then she started saying things like: “Well, if we have the assurance that we are ‘saved’, that’s good enough, right?” (At the beginning of the meeting I thought she surely has the Spirit, but by the end I wasn’t so sure at all.)
A—- also seemed to become uncomfortable, and I know it was because she was feeling I was speaking the truth. Especially when I brought up that because of our deceitful and desperately wicked heart, our confession of faith is not sufficient, there needs to be a witness from the One who really knows what’s in us.
I know that in the realm of the spirit something very significant happened tonight, and it was, again, something way beyond me. It creates an even greater awe and fear of God inside me.
I don’t know where God is taking us, where He’s taking me, but I know I just need to draw closer to Him, and obey Him, whatever He’s telling me. On February 9 there will be another home prayer meeting, and I am invited to that, too.
Please keep praying for us here in Dunaújváros. May Jesus do his wonderful work in each one of us, may we be humble and obedient to his spirit.
Zoli
We are seeing & experiencing miracles worthy to write in a new bible.
I feel fortunate beyond what words can express, to be a sheep under you, John Clark, our phenomenal Shepherd.
I don’t think there’s anyone else on earth with more grace, graciousness, integrity, authority, and a caring heart.
I said to my darling wife tonight, “Where would you rather be”? 
This was the most rewarding of any event you could choose for something to do on a Saturday night. Damien said, “this is the real Saturday Night Live; Alive!”
Amen. 
In conversation with sister Willie on our drive back to her house, we recognized the indisputable and mysterious fact that we have all been chosen by God to be together in this body under you, brother John, and the more we can appreciate that, the better.
We’ve all been healed tonight. I feel different. Allison feels different. I could see the enormous change in Paul’s countenance, and on Jamie’s face as well. They are different people now, and we have all been touched by this blessing in a glorious way.
Thank you for your connection with God, for our benefit.
Praise God forever!!!
Brad
