{"id":12742,"date":"2022-01-29T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=12742"},"modified":"2022-01-29T21:39:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T21:39:00","slug":"feelings-from-jesus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/12742\/feelings-from-jesus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Feelings from Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, John.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to take the time to write down the beautiful feelings Jesus gave me during the Bible study Wednesday night.\u00a0 I love the way the Spirit floods like a river at times, as Jesus is washing and reminding us of what he has made us as to be as his new creations in Christ!\u00a0 It was so touching to hear with my heart the songs being sung and the glorious preaching and teaching Jesus sent to us!<\/span><\/p>\n

When Gary sang his song, “Over There”, all I could think about was being willing to do whatever it takes to hold onto fellowship with Jesus and you all.\u00a0 Being willing to examine my heart honestly and continuing to make the changes I need to make are the things that will get me to that place with\u00a0you all, Over There.\u00a0 The Spirit knows how to get us Over There if we will follow it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then Gary sang, “I Gotta Go Now”.\u00a0 For just a few moments, Jesus took my thoughts back to being a 9-year-old in that Baptist church I grew up in, where I had sincere questions for the pastor about speaking in tongues, and if that was for us today.\u00a0 He didn\u2019t have God\u2019s answers for me, and of course, I had never, ever heard that Christianity was not of God; I was just a young girl longing for real answers about the Jesus I had read about in Bible stories, and I thought he would have answers from Jesus for me.\u00a0 The pastor didn\u2019t know anything beyond his Baptist doctrine, such as Jesus having to go away to make his sacrifice so that the Comforter could come to bring Life to truly repentant souls.\u00a0 Even though he was kind to me, the pastor was as ignorant as I was about Jesus.\u00a0 We were ignorant together in Christianity.\u00a0 But Jesus had a plan for me!\u00a0 He wanted me!\u00a0 My heart felt so safe as I heard those words of life in Gary\u2019s song, remembering how Jesus had rescued me, filled me with his Spirit, and created a love for his truth in my heart!<\/span><\/p>\n

John, I loved hearing you teach about slander and how you said, \u201cBe wrong with Jesus and choose him over [human] rightness.\u201c\u00a0 Judas was right according to the law, but it was just a front to cover his wicked heart.\u00a0 He influenced the rest of the disciples by his subtle talk, making it seem that he cared more about those poor people than Jesus did.\u00a0 And then, when Jesus rebuked the disciples for their indignation towards him in Matthew 26:8, it revealed where each of their hearts were: Judas left and made his deal to betray Jesus, and the rest of the disciples stayed with Jesus, even though they didn\u2019t understand him.\u00a0 Jesus kept working to help them be prepared for the day when his Spirit would come and fill them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I loved how you told us that as the disciples didn\u2019t know Jesus while he was among them.\u00a0 It\u2019s the same now with God\u2019s sincere children who are entangled in Christianity.\u00a0 They don\u2019t know what they have in the holy Ghost \u2013 they don\u2019t know him.\u00a0 That was an echo of what I was feeling during Gary\u2019s song, “I Gotta Go Now”.\u00a0 God rescued me from the awful snare of Christianity, and He rescued me from being one of His ignorant sheep who doesn\u2019t understand the New Birth.\u00a0 How big God\u2019s love is for us that He would have us to know that the holy Ghost is proof \u2013 His personal testimony \u2013 about His Son!\u00a0 And to hear you say that we belonged to God from before the foundation of this world, that we were never part of this world, it brought so much comfort!\u00a0 With Jesus, I have a home now, where I can live without any condemnation or regrets.\u00a0 It is worth everything to keep my heart clear so that nothing hinders the fellowship Jesus has blessed me with, with you and this family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for feeding us the good things Jesus gives to you.\u00a0 He is wanting each one of us to live!<\/span><\/p>\n

Bess<\/span><\/p>\n

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