{"id":14651,"date":"2024-04-03T09:07:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/?p=14651"},"modified":"2024-04-04T09:12:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T14:12:38","slug":"lessons-from-chapter-2-of-the-father-and-son-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/14651\/lessons-from-chapter-2-of-the-father-and-son-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from Chapter 2 of the Father and Son Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning!<\/span><\/p>\n

I was reading the\u00a0Lessons from chapter 2\u00a0of the Father and Son book*\u00a0that you sent out and I had to stop and write how much I love this.\u00a0\u00a0Do you know what I love most, Pastor John?\u00a0\u00a0I love that I know how true it is.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesson #25:\u00a0\u00a0The souls of those who possess God\u2019s kind of life have already been delivered from death (Jn. 5:24; 1Jn. 3:14), and the fear of it (Heb. 2:14\u201315).<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2011, when Jesus really started changing my heart and my feelings, before I got the holy ghost, he did something really big for me.\u00a0\u00a0I had a terror-like fear of dying.\u00a0\u00a0I used to say it was an unnatural fear,\u00a0but I feel like it was the most natural thing about me now.\u00a0\u00a0I should have been terrified of death.<\/span><\/p>\n

One day in 2011,\u00a0Jesus took me flying with him and he took\u00a0away\u00a0that fear of death.\u00a0In that experience that day, I felt the oneness with him,\u00a0and he put it in me that I wouldn’t even think of this world or any loved ones when I was with him.\u00a0\u00a0It is hard to describe,\u00a0but it is just in there now.\u00a0\u00a0And that terrible fear has never been back.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t know what my flesh will feel\u00a0in that moment,\u00a0but my spirit still feels what Jesus put in me that day.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of that experience that day,\u00a0Jesus let go of my hand and dropped me back to earth.\u00a0\u00a0And,\u00a0oh,\u00a0how I\u00a0longed\u00a0for him.\u00a0\u00a0I did not want to be here.\u00a0\u00a0I wanted to be back with Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0I hurt for weeks after that,\u00a0and I still think about what it felt like to be with him all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have told of that experience before,\u00a0and didn’t write it all out again\u00a0now\u00a0because I didn’t want to make this too long for you.\u00a0\u00a0But wow, when I read\u00a0Lesson #25 and really think about that experience, coupled with the understanding of what it really means to be His and be delivered from death AND the fear of it, the truth of that\u00a0Lesson\u00a0takes my breath away.<\/span><\/p>\n

And number 35, look what Jesus did!\u00a0\u00a0I couldn’t stop sinning.\u00a0\u00a0I wanted to,\u00a0but\u00a0I couldn’t be different.\u00a0\u00a0Look what Jesus did!<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesson #35:\u00a0In Christ, we are freed from a sinful nature and the curse of death which attends it (Rom. 7:24\u201325).<\/span><\/p>\n

I know this may be a bit of a ramble,\u00a0but it is too good for me not to write you.\u00a0\u00a0You are always the first person I want to share my “isn’t God amazing” moments with. Jesus did that too!<\/span><\/p>\n

I watched and felt my mama leave this world,\u00a0and it felt awful.\u00a0\u00a0I also watched and felt Natalie and Lou Lou leave this world,\u00a0and I feel comfort knowing they are home\u00a0with Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0It makes me smile to think of them laughing with Jesus and each\u00a0other.<\/span><\/p>\n

It makes number 36, even sweeter! \"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

This is good stuff!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesson #36. When our liberty from death is proved in the resurrection, how greatly we will rejoice!<\/span><\/p>\n

Beth D.<\/span><\/p>\n

*(The Father and Son book, also known as God Had a Son before Mary Did is currently under revision. The original may be found at the link below.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Good morning! I was reading the\u00a0Lessons from chapter 2\u00a0of the Father and Son book*\u00a0that you sent out and I had to stop and write how much I love this.\u00a0\u00a0Do you know what I love most, Pastor John?\u00a0\u00a0I love that I know how true it is. Lesson #25:\u00a0\u00a0The souls of those who possess God\u2019s kind of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14651"}],"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=14651"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14654,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14651\/revisions\/14654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}