{"id":10184,"date":"2018-04-13T15:27:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T15:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=10184"},"modified":"2018-04-13T15:27:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T15:27:28","slug":"free-to-obey-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/10184\/free-to-obey-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Free to Obey God"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastor John,<\/span><\/p>\n

I was talking to the Lord this morning. I believe this was Him, so I wrote it down, below.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Your judgment of this world is in how you live your life; it is not in words.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus didn’t come to condemn the world; they were already condemned.\u00a0 He came to save souls.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are not here to condemn the world; they are already in that condition without a word being said.\u00a0 We are free to use any means to help a soul escape damnation, just as Paul declared: “To a Jew, I am a Jew, to a Gentile I am a Gentile, if by any means I may win their heart to Christ.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are free to do good!<\/span><\/p>\n

God can’t use you \u00a0until you are willing to do anything.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jerry<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi Jerry.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks.\u00a0 It is true that our lives are what most should condemn the world, not so much our mouths.\u00a0 That is what the Bible said about Noah.\u00a0 He condemned the world by building the ark (Heb. 11:7).\u00a0 He felt free to do the will of God, and look at the result!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Seeing that\u00a0God\u00a0uses everybody, even Satan, to accomplish His purposes, I would\u00a0rephrase your last sentence to say\u00a0this:\u00a0“God can’t use you to the fullest degree until you are free enough from superstition to do anything He says.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Religious fear is superstition, and it stymies our growth in\u00a0Christ.\u00a0 But the truth sets us free from all such things so that we may do the will of God gladly, whatever it is.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks again.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor John<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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