{"id":10515,"date":"2018-11-20T18:02:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=10515"},"modified":"2018-11-20T18:02:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:02:50","slug":"brad-why-we-know-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/10515\/brad-why-we-know-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad: &#8220;Why We Know the Truth?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The humility and grace inherent in your writing, Pastor John, is breathtaking to me.\u00a0 I weep when I read such heartfelt, honest writing.\u00a0 Do you know why I weep?\u00a0 Because I identify with it\u2026with what you wrote&#8230;with your same feelings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">In 1994 (24 YEARS AGO!), I came to know the truth through brother Gary\u2019s efforts (his radio broadcast and the tracts he sent me).\u00a0 Then, after my eyes had been opened, and after I had fully repented, I was born again&#8230;and then I\u2019ve drifted for quite some time, also wondering why Jesus revealed such profound and wonderful truths to me, yet not to others.\u00a0 I have been alone, mostly, for 15 years; but of course, remaining dedicated to you and our family in Christ who have also continued to stay in love with the truth.\u00a0 And I\u2019ve always wondered where I fit in&#8230; into the work God has given you..and I still do not know.\u00a0 I have beside me a wife who has also fallen in love with Jesus and this truth, and we are excited about discovering how and where the Lord will lead us, and if\/when my talents can be put to use in some way for the benefit of your work\u2026or perhaps my\u00a0<i>own<\/i>\u00a0work, to share this truth to those who are hungering to know it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">It seems that very few, indeed, are hungering and thirsting for the truth, as I always was.\u00a0 &#8220;Jesus found\u00a0<i>me<\/i>&#8220;, I tell\u00a0 people, because I was looking but not finding true rest in religious church groups.\u00a0 I obeyed His call to come out, and it has made all the difference in the world, sitting under your tutelage and being blessed\u2014<i>and persecuted<\/i>&#8212;because of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">I\u00a0<b><i>love<\/i><\/b>\u00a0what you have written.\u00a0 It is good for a man to examine himself, to see if he is truly in the faith\u2014<i>and why!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Please pray that I may find my place in God\u2019s plan.\u00a0 I am not sure of where I fit into the big scheme\u2026but I have a heart that yearns to know\u2026and so does my darling wife, Allison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Looking forward to our visit in a few days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Brad<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The humility and grace inherent in your writing, Pastor John, is breathtaking to me.\u00a0 I weep when I read such heartfelt, honest writing.\u00a0 Do you know why I weep?\u00a0 Because I identify with it\u2026with what you wrote&#8230;with your same feelings.\u00a0 In 1994 (24 YEARS AGO!), I came to know the truth through brother Gary\u2019s efforts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}