{"id":1919,"date":"2011-07-25T21:55:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T21:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2011-07-25T21:55:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T21:55:53","slug":"that-christian-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/1919\/that-christian-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"That Christian ‘thing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Your teaching today was such an eye-opener, regarding the truths contained in the writings of Hebrews.<\/span><\/p>\n

The relationship between Father and the Son is so OBVIOUS!! And the facts about salvation are OBVIOUS!!<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s perplexing to see how the insidiousness<\/strong> of Christianity has stolen true hope from the hearts of seekers, so that they barely stand a chance, once they’re ensnared in the web. The confusion surrounding “saved” vs “conversion” is truly Satan’s greatest masterpiece; an accomplishment that grieves my heart day in and day out. The Slanderer replaced hope<\/em> with “you’re saved now.” And millions have bought into it; hook, line and sinker.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a blind arrogance, that, once conceived and established in a believer, robs the truth from that person’s heart, and robs the fear of God, certainly, as well, from their heart, so that they cannot grow in the knowledge of the truth. It’s as if they are stillborn. They stop growing spiritually, yet on the outside it may seem as if they are reformed and born-again. Christianity enables many to act as if<\/em> they are living right, while never having actually experienced forgiveness from God, via the new birth. It is a religion built on “faith alone,” compounded by forms and rituals and phrases that make it all seem so good and pure. . . and pious. Ohh, what a whitewashed facade!!<\/span><\/p>\n

The “pearl” of the day comments on this: A person can<\/strong> be reformed, without being cleansed<\/em> from sin. Their behavior makes them seem<\/em> to be changed, but on the inside. . . well, you know.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m always perplexed by Christians whose lives seem<\/em> to be truly changed by the power of God, and they give Jesus the credit (they claim unashamedly to be disciples of the Lord), yet they embrace an organization that teaches against<\/strong><\/em> THE POWER of God.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am constantly humbled and<\/em> elated by the truth. And I am grateful<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank-you for getting together this morning and teaching this.<\/span><\/p>\n

In appreciation,<\/span>
\nBrad<\/span><\/p>\n

PS<\/span><\/p>\n

How ANGRY I feel, that so many of our brothers and sisters are believing that lie. After all, God “saved” me from that Thing, and it is discouraging that Satan has robbed us from having fellowship with those dear ones who are still IN<\/strong> THAT THING<\/strong>!!!!!!! That steams<\/strong> me!!!!!! Is that a sin to feel this way? I hope not.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John, Your teaching today was such an eye-opener, regarding the truths contained in the writings of Hebrews. The relationship between Father and the Son is so OBVIOUS!! And the facts about salvation are OBVIOUS!! It’s perplexing to see how the insidiousness of Christianity has stolen true hope from the hearts of seekers, so that they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919"}],"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=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}