{"id":520,"date":"2009-09-23T21:46:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T01:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/Correspondence\/?p=520"},"modified":"2009-09-23T21:46:26","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T01:46:26","slug":"damiens-web-correspondence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/520\/damiens-web-correspondence\/","title":{"rendered":"Damien’s web correspondence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blessings to you!<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a question that you might be able to answer.\u00a0 After I was saved I spent several years in an Assembly of God church.\u00a0 When someone received a message from the Lord they spoke that word — Word of Knowledge, Prophecy, Tonges and interpretation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once a friend brought me to a meeting of a cult — I’m not sure of the name, but I think it was The Children of God.\u00a0 At their meeting when they prayed the leader called on people all around the table to speak a word from the Lord.\u00a0 This seemed strange to me; however, on The 700 Club they do the same thing.\u00a0 When Pat Robertson and Terry Meussen are praying, Pat will give a word from the Lord, and then he says, “Terry, what is the Lord showing you?”\u00a0 How does Pat know that the Lord is showing anything to Terry?\u00a0 If a cult does something strange, well, that’s their business; however, does it seem strange to you that this happens when they pray on the 700 Club?<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, what do you think about cults praying in tongues?\u00a0 I heard those people that my friend took me to meet speaking in tongues, and I have heard that Mormons pray in tongues.\u00a0 Does the Lord look past our bad theology and fill us with His Spirit if our hearts are truely searching for him but our theology is flawed?<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you for your time and thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

God bless!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Betty<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi Betty<\/span><\/p>\n

God’s children, those who have received the holy ghost baptism with the evidence of speaking in tongues, are in a general state of confusion and ignorance at this time. Whether or not one Christian place is called a cult by other Christian places matters nothing to me or Christ.\u00a0 Everything that is not according to Spirit and truth is a lie and it\u00a0 confuses God’s people that do not know the truth.\u00a0 That is why the only answer for a child of God is to “Come out of her, my people” and “be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.”\u00a0 So whether people are pressured to “have a word”, or to participate in symbolic ceremonies such as physical communion, it is all contrary to the life of the Spirit Jesus died for us to have.<\/span><\/p>\n

God gives His Spirit to those who humble themselves to his Son and repent, even if they are taught bad doctrine otherwise.\u00a0 We receive the Spirit by faith, not by knowledge but we are then supposed to “grow in grace and knowledge”.\u00a0 Sadly, this rarely happens at the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leave it all behind.\u00a0 You will never sort that mess out.\u00a0 Jesus doesn’t even want you to try. Come away from it and be happy in Jesus!<\/span><\/p>\n

Damien Callaghan<\/span><\/p>\n

webmaster<\/span><\/p>\n

www.goingtojesus.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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