{"id":1333,"date":"2010-10-25T21:59:44","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T21:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2010-10-25T21:59:44","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T21:59:44","slug":"amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/1333\/amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing"},"content":{"rendered":"

it’s amazing how much we can know “us.” <\/span><\/p>\n

a friend of mine from Fuller was showing me some of the best guitarist in the world on YouTube tonight. after he went home, he posted a particular video of this Christian guy who he thought plays the guitar very well. <\/span><\/p>\n

i watched the video, but it was so lacking in God at the beginning and end (although that wasn’t the point — the point was the guitarist ability — but how can you NOT be thinking about whether or not someone “singing for God” is actually singing for God?) that i couldn’t really watch it. <\/span><\/p>\n

however, at about 3min in, the guy actually started singing his song, and i felt that familiar feeling of watching someone who had probably really experienced God back in the 60s or 70s in the charismatic movement (more hippy side of it). i have absolutely no idea what in particular about this section of the video made me feel that way b\/c the whole thing was pretty “performance\/concert-ish”, but i just did.<\/span><\/p>\n

so, curious, i googled him, and sure enough, he was a druggie who lost his mother in the 70s and then turned to God. internet says he attended an AoG church in the beginning. unfortunately, he went the Christian rock route — perhaps even helped start it, wouldn’t be surprised. <\/span><\/p>\n

the point is, even among all the garbage aspects of the video, i somehow knew. i think it’s incredible how much that happens. sometimes we’re surprised to find out someone has the HG, but i think that more often than not, we know our brothers and sisters, no matter what shape they may be in. that, for me, has always been such a big confirmation of the Truth concerning the [baptism of the holy ghost being] the New Birth. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

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