{"id":10825,"date":"2019-11-05T19:41:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T19:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=10825"},"modified":"2019-11-05T19:41:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T19:41:52","slug":"not-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/10825\/not-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good point from Jerry and your Gary.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Looking at these things from another angle John, I was thinking this morning as we were talking, that if we hold on to any grudge about how we, or our ancestors were “treated” by men, then we can’t be thankful for what God has truly done for us NOW.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, if (as is being promoted in the media and political circles now), people in this country should be bitter and “demand reparations” because ancestors were made slaves and mistreated by “oppressors”, then how can we ever<\/span> be thankful to God for making a way for us to be rescued from the jungles, and brought here to America, where we could hear the truth of this gospel and receive the holy Ghost? How can we be angry at those God used<\/span> to have His way in our lives? God did it! How can we want to make them “pay” for blessing us?<\/span><\/p>\n

These carnal victim spirits want to turn men’s hearts from right thoughts about God – and the fact that He works ALL things for our good<\/span>. Let’s not blame our issues on “dead men”. Instead, let’s become one! ha-ha.<\/span><\/p>\n

God had it ALL worked out for us – we can have, as sister Willie says, “a mouth full of thank you!” (And besides all that, we have a “new past”…. and new “ancestors”…. And we are now “slaves of love and of Jesus”!)<\/span><\/p>\n

I love this kind of thinking that comes from what you have taught us, as long as I have known you…. it glorifies God, and man is completely left out. We are NOT victims, we are victors<\/span> (in Christ).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gary<\/span><\/p>\n

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

I was considering some of the things that generations, races, societies, and cultures have gone through before me; injustices and poor treatment in and from this world. I was thinking about how all of us have to get over whatever has befallen us in this world.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I heard this fearful thought from the Lord: <\/span>
\nIf you can hold on to your “grudge” with someone, then the Lord can hold on to His, with you.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I believe that is all I need to know – if I thought I had a problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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Preacher Clark reminded us constantly of Jesus\u2019 commandment for us to pray, \u201cForgive us as we forgive others.\u201d And he always added this warning: \u201cThat is a very dangerous prayer to pray.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Good point from Jerry and your Gary. Looking at these things from another angle John, I was thinking this morning as we were talking, that if we hold on to any grudge about how we, or our ancestors were “treated” by men, then we can’t be thankful for what God has truly done for us […]<\/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-10825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10825"}],"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=10825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}