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  • Worldly Unrest

    My Dear Pastor John,

    I needed to testify what Jesus has done for me in matters regarding the unrest happening in some parts of the United States.

    It’s utter foolishness says the Lord smiley face2  For every one atrocity (or fatal accident) there are hundreds of incidents that went without a problem. But, those hundreds don’t get media attention. And, the voice of reason – God and his Son – is so reviled that no peace can be found. I wish His voice could cut through all of this but that’s not His plan I guess.

    I have turned off all social media and am staying filled with the Holy Ghost just as He wants me to do!

    Brad and I love listening to the slander readings and look forward to the day we can be face-to-face again but are hopefully spirit-to-spirit even though we are miles apart.

    With gratefulness and love,

    Allison

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    Amen! This touches me. Allison is choosing what Jesus came to offer all of us. Rest and Peace ( yes capitalized!) from a world that thrives off unrest and chaos. What a beautiful example of Jesus working in the body. This was what was promised us when we took His name. We all have a war out there waiting for us if we choose it. Allison is choosing Jesus and it is beautiful to see.

    Beth

  • Slander in the World

    Hey John,

    In chapter three, you mentioned the three spiritual conditions that have to be present for slander to occur. All of the spiritual conditions are describing children of God. The one doing the slander is defined as the unwise believer (Chapter 2 also calls them the foolish virgins in the body of Christ). But I was thinking on the case of institutionalized slander that is done by Christians who are not necessarily in the body of Christ. That case doesn’t seem to fit the definition of the unwise believer – someone with the holy Ghost.

    I do understand how Christian ministers fool the innocent because they claim to be the body of Christ and the innocent don’t know any better than to trust them (i.e., because everybody just “knows” Christianity is the religion of Christ). Is it because the backslidden true body of Christ is entangled in that institution that gives it and its ministers the same effect as of a trusted unwise believer? Or is it that the spirit of Satan (being the original slanderer and unwise believer) is the one behind that religion. I’m trying to make the connection between the institutionalized form of slander and the definitions that you’ve given. Do you explain this in the book?

    Thanks,

    Lyn

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    Hi Lyn.

    Slander can and does happen in the world at large among sinners. I am concentrating only on how slander works in the body of Christ. I have not made that clear in the book, yet, but I need to. Others have asked about that, as well.

    Thanks for bringing it up.

    Pastor John

  • Slander

    Sincere hearts.

    What Jesus wants is so simple and pure as opposed to that cunning, dark, tangled mess of slander. It really touched me.

    Sincere and open hearts, what can stand against them? Not Christianity, not sin, not Satan, not division. The purity of what Jesus wants from us just touches me!

    Beth

  • Ministers without the Holy Ghost and Slander

    Hi Pastor John,

    I was thinking about the emails we have read on slander, and I had a question. I understand in Chapter 3 how ministers (“foolish virgins”) in Christianity with the holy Ghost are slandering Jesus with their teachings about joining a church, water baptism, communion with bread and wine etc.

    My question is, are those ministers in Christianity who do not have the holy Ghost slandering Jesus when they teach the same thing as the ministers with the holy ghost? Those ministers do not qualify as foolish virgins, or even as believers, since they have not received the Spirit, and I want a right understanding of how they fit into slander.

    Hope this week has been as wonderful as last week!

    Love you and your teachings,

    Randell

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    Hi Randell.

    Yes, Christian ministers who do not have the holy Ghost are slandering Jesus because Christianity itself is slander against him. That is why God is calling His people out of that abomination.

    Thanks for asking.

    Pastor John

  • The Third Kind of Soil

    Hi, Pastor John.

    I’m sure the lot of us have been reading and listening to the Slander readings and manuscripts. In one recording from the beach, it was said that the “Four kinds of soils” is the most important parable. I can only speak of myself, but the third type of soil is very sobering to any of us that have been around a while. We want to bear fruit and we want to be planted in good soil. We don’t want to be among the slanderers or let foolishness abound in our hearts.

    I have a question; maybe others have the same question, and I’m sure you have been asked in the past about this question. We may think you’re okay and doing well, but Jesus weighs the hearts and actions. We may think we know Jesus and may have been around for years, but we read about those in Revelation whom Jesus speaks about “I never knew you”, who have done miracles and mighty works.

    My question: If one is in the third type of soil can they be replanted into good soil and bear good fruit? Or, are they “reserved” for the lake of fire no matter what?

    I know you preached on Livestream that sincerity is an answer for slander, but if you have slandered someone, is there hope, or, once reserved, always reserved for damnation?

    Love always,

    Billy

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    Hi Billy.

    All such things are in God’s hands, and I have to believe that, as the saying goes, as long as there is life, there is hope. I think that Solomon said something like that, too, in Ecclesiastes.

    Billy, a person can commit a sin without being classified as a sinner. A sinner is someone who lives continually in sin, but even a righteous person can grow weak in spirit and commit a sin (and repenting for it). So, a person could be caught in a weak moment and commit a slander (and repent for it), but that would not make him and a “slanderer” because he doesn’t live that way all the time.

    God is able to heal and forgive anybody, even an unwise person who has become a slanderer, but I would not want to be one and then hope He would heal and forgive me.

    Hope this answers your question.

    Pastor John

  • We Need the Son

    Pastor John,

    I told you this the other day but feel like saying it again because Lee Ann’s email reminded me of that comment you said about sunlight being a disinfectant.

    A couple weeks back now after reading the “Letter from Jesus” email, then later that day reading through Spiritual Light pages 11-14 with very similar feelings for God’s people….I had to get out for a walk by myself. The feelings were too much for me to hold in. I walked and cried and prayed for our situation and for myself and relationships that may not be right or to show me anything I need to do. It was a heart cry and felt good. I passed Lee Ann’s house and turned to go back home and the warm sun suddenly hit my chilly body after walking in the other direction and I put my arms out and thought, “Oh, this feels so good!”

    I immediately heard the spirit say, “You need the Son!” It was the SUN hitting me but I knew that it was about the SON. In that instant I knew that was the answer to everything I was praying about so far on the walk! Reminds me of what you said the other night! Stay in good soil and the sun/Son will help you grow and keep you healthy.

    It was so good to me that I looked around thinking someone else must be outside to share this! I got up passed the French house and I heard a bang. I looked over and Richard was out in the backward burning some things and I walked over and told him on that beautiful sunny day, “We need the Son!” Then he told me about the experience with the roots from the plants he got rid of. Then Amy came out and I got to tell it again and it felt just as good! I loved that I was there for him to tell me that and feel it at the time I was feeling what I got. People’s testimonies are valuable to me and Jesus is valuable to me! I need him. He is my answer 🥰

    Leah 

  • Influences and Slander Message

    Hi John,

    I love Amy’s email. She is me. I read her email and say, “Yes! This is me!” When I heard Stuart’s testimony, “It’s me! He’s me!” And when you were teaching us about slander Monday night, I was learning more perfectly who I am, who we all are in the body. And how to love each other more perfectly. Thank you for teaching us and loving us.

    Donna

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    Hey Good Morning,

    I just wanted to say that I loved everything you taught on slander Monday night. I agree that is was so clearly outlined the ways in which the slander can work. I know that I have heard you preach on the slander many times, but it felt more complete in my heart and mind this time. It made me want to search myself, and pray that I have not hindered anyone! I don’t want to be in that position of “not knowing” and not being able to leave because I’m being used as a vessel of dishonor to try other saints.

    You said so many good things that I wanted to remember that I was trying to write them down but I could not keep up! I am so thankful for a more perfect understanding of the slanderer and how to not be a part of it, to stay clean and pure. To look out for those roots that are unseen and sowing discord in the heart. To not be swept up in someone else’s wrong thoughts, and to call it out as wrong!

    I want to hold on to the love that Jesus gave me from the beginning and keep it alive and let it LIVE!

    Thank you for pouring your heart and soul into this work for all of us!

    Tina

  • Influences and Slander Message

    Good morning,

    All I can say is a big “Amen” to Amy’s email! I really enjoyed reading that this morning.

    There was so much love in your message on Monday night. I trembled at the thought that we could become cursed children of God. Cursed with the inability to leave, and instead, be kept around to seduce unstable souls. Whew! I don’t want to be one of those spots and wrinkles among the body who thinks I’m okay when Jesus sees it differently, and he is only keeping me around to try the hearts around me. Oh Jesus! Help me to see myself the way you see me!

    But I felt such hope that there is a cure for slander if we have sincerity, and hold on to our first love. You told us a seed of slander won’t grow in good soil! And you reminded us that our safety is in openness. You said sunlight is like a disinfectant! That was so good!

    My heart leaped when you said “We’ve been called into fellowship with the Father!” Let me just stop right there and think on that! What a privilege and an honor to have fellowship with the Father! And if I have fellowship with the Father and you have fellowship with the Father, then we can’t help but have fellowship with each other! THAT’S where I want to live. That’s where the peace is. That’s where our safety lies. The slanderer can’t work in that place.

    There was so much love in the hours you spent preparing this wonderful message for us; listening to the old meetings and looking up scriptures and making notes. And I know it wasn’t easy on your back to stand on that hard basement floor for so long. Thank you for loving us to do that for us! It was wonderful! I agree with Amy that it was the best you’ve ever explained slander, and I feel better equipped to handle any future situations. When you said “I love you all” at the end, I felt those words were coming from you and Jesus, and I believed it!

    I hadn’t planned to write more than an “Amen” to Amy’s email, but I couldn’t help myself! It was just so good to my soul!

    Thank you!

    Lee Ann

  • Influences and Slander Message

    Hey,

    I love the message from last night on slander and influences. I believe it is the best I have ever heard you explain it. It’s so good, I have listened to it again and it takes time to process everything that was said. So many good points. I felt like it cleaned out the dust from the corners or something. And if it didn’t, it should have. There were several times when you said things that only the anointing can say, and when you did, I could feel it go all over me in my spirit. I felt like I got answers to prayers, I felt full and “equipped” as Gary said. I trembled and rejoiced all at the same time. I love how you ended up by saying if you don’t lose your first love, you end up at the same place you started as you go through life. That is so wonderful.

    In your explanation of the things that destroy slander, you mentioned sincerity. It reminded me of this scene I saw the other day on TV. I was watching the news and a reporter was interviewing the mayor or senator of Arizona. President Trump came for a visit to speak there. The reporter constantly worded her questions to the mayor with a negative connotation, and every time, the lady mayor was so thrilled to have the President there, she couldn’t take in the questions. The mayor was smiling and talking about how thrilled she was that the President came and she was so sincere. There was not one thing in her that was answering to be sarcastic or dodge the question or try to be funny. She was sincere. And it frustrated that reporter to no end. She would say, but…and…don’t you think…and reword her question to get a negative slant toward the President every way should could. The reporter was trying to use her questions and the answers she thought she was going to receive to influence her audience and sway them to believe that the President was doing some wrong. It made me chuckle really. The mayor was too happy to worry about her questions. And therefore, didn’t take in anything or pass any negativity on, just her happy smile. It’s like you said last night, if you stay in the good soil, you don’t have to worry about anything. I love that.

    At the end of your message last night, when Gary sang his song “You’re Still God”, I went to my knees in tears and prayer. It felt so good to do that and hear you all doing that. My heart was full, and it was prayerful. What you said about God knowing how to keep people in their own self-will when they won’t have His and that God will make you satisfied with your foolishness. That made me tremble. God help us not be satisfied in anything we think is right in our eyes. That changed my thinking about how to handle things and treat people in my life. Instead of fighting against God when you don’t understand something, you can trust Him, and wait until He shows up with the answer. No matter what the answer is, you should be able to rejoice in it, because God is doing it. It’s a better understanding of relationships in the kingdom of God. I also love how you put the 5 wise and the 5 foolish together. Sometimes you can forget the simpleness of it all and have to be reminded that they were all together in one group, they were not separate. They were intermingled with one another. We really are together in our walk with God.

    Love you John and all the work you put into gathering this for us. It is very much appreciated. Also, when you say at the end, as you have in the past few messages we have received, “I love you all”. I believe it. And I felt the love coming from you and your spirit as you instructed us to live in the Spirit of God.

    Thank you.

    Amy B

  • God’s Justice and Influence

    Dear Bro. John:

    I awoke from a wonderful dream last night. It reminded me of Bro. Gary’s new powerful song on Influences.

    In the dream I was in a courtroom. It was not clear what the case was about but it was a mess. It came time for me to be called as a witness. I was the last witness in the case. After I testified, I was still sitting in the witness booth to the right of the lady judge and it was time for her to announce the verdict. I don’t know how we knew each other, but she knew I had the holy Ghost and remembered I had prayed for her at some time outside of her courtroom scene. She looked over at me before rendering her final verdict in the case, and reached her hand out from where she sat and whispered, “I want you to pray for me like you did that time before.” I laid my hand on top of hers and began to pray in the holy Ghost. She smiled when I finished praying and looked out at the courtroom and said, “Now I know what to do.” She rendered her verdict and it was over. It was God’s Justice that was rendered that day.

    When I awoke, I thought about Bro. Gary’s song and the power of words. Bro. John, that judge remembered the power of the words in the holy Ghost. She knew that the right judgment would be rendered through her that day with the power of God’s word. And once she rendered it, there no longer was a mess. It was right and just and everyone left the courtroom in peace.

    I pray to be that kind of influence in lives. To leave hearts in peace. When we don’t know what to say, the holy Ghost always does. It felt so good to be able to pray for the judge, but it felt really good to know that she remembered the time I had prayed for her before in the holy Ghost. It had left a good influence.

    I love waking up to Jesus! He makes my day!

    Love to all,

    Sandy 🙂

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