{"id":557,"date":"2009-10-05T23:42:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T03:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/Correspondence\/?p=557"},"modified":"2009-10-05T23:42:40","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T03:42:40","slug":"a-brief-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/557\/a-brief-history\/","title":{"rendered":"A brief history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastor John\u2019s House Teaching Materials and Music Store<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Brother Damien:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

There is still something in me that desires to be known as “a non-Christian servant of Jesus” because of the damage which the religious system of Christianity has done to the name and cause of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 I will have nothing to do the abomination called Christianity, and I will praise God for the strength He has given us to come out of it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The comments you forwarded to me (below) from a man who began listening to the New Birth series, but quit, are sad, as you say.\u00a0 But if after listening to 9 tracks of the series he was offended by one statement from me about being a non-Christian, there isn’t much else for us to say.\u00a0 Leave him alone.\u00a0 In my judgment, by the time he got to track 9, he should have been wanting to be a non-Christian servant of Jesus, too!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Where are the souls who desperately, whole-heartedly love the truth of Christ that God graciously shows them?\u00a0 That’s one reason that I love you so much, Brother Damien.\u00a0 You have undeniably laid everything down at the feet of Jesus, just because you love his truth — your possessions, your reputation among men, your home and earthly relatives in Australia, etc.\u00a0 You are leading your family the right way, showing them how to love God with all of one’s heart, mind, soul, and strength, and your neighbor as yourself.\u00a0 In the formation stage of this nation, Thomas Jefferson, I believe it was, called on his compatriots to join him in pledging to the cause of American freedom from England, “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor”.\u00a0 It wasn’t worth it.\u00a0 Jesus is the only cause that is worthy of all that, and you have given him what he deserves.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Keep up the good work, brother.\u00a0 And my God give us all His non-Christian grace to continue publishing His life-changing — universe-changing — truth!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor John<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Date: Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:23 AM<\/span><\/p>\n

Subject: A brief history<\/span><\/p>\n

I felt sad that the following happened (see the last email from this man).\u00a0 The slanderer arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n

djc<\/span><\/p>\n

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City:\u00a0 Roswell, NM<\/span><\/p>\n

Comments:\u00a0\u00a0 I have recently had my thinking up-ended in discovering concepts similar to what you teach in the “The New Birth”, which I am studying now.\u00a0 This was a difficult transition for me to make.\u00a0 I was concerned that ‘an angel of light’ may be bringing me ‘another gospel’ (Gal 1:8,9) and the attendant curse.\u00a0 I searched the scriptures and sought revelation in this matter.\u00a0 I further studied other contemporary authors to see how they were re-packageing the Word to arrive at contemporary, widely-held view.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was elated to find in you another teacher presenting the views you teach and the views I now hold.<\/span><\/p>\n

One nagging question I have is “what percentage of professing christians have actually been adopted into the family of God”?\u00a0 I am acquainted with two other individuals who hold your general views have estimated a very low number of adoptees.\u00a0 One estimate arrived at from Jude 14 (“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,”).\u00a0 A plain reading of the words of Jude 14 does not reasonably permit a staggeringly huge number.\u00a0 For example, one hundred ‘10,000s’ of saints is a million.\u00a0 Suppose that estimate is low by a factor of 10.\u00a0 The estimate then becomes 10 million and that is still a terrifically low number of people adopted into the family of God.\u00a0 Considering the world’s 6 billion current population, and less than that have lived before in all the prior 2000 years. Using the previous numbers and assumptions, there could be less than 20 million save[d] since the start of the New Covenant.<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope you are able to make a quick comment.\u00a0 I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you,<\/span><\/p>\n

Curtis L<\/span><\/p>\n

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City:\u00a0 Roswell, NM<\/span><\/p>\n

Comments:\u00a0\u00a0 I listened to CD#1, track 9 (actually all up to track nine) and at the end the speaker says, in closing, ‘the work is an non-christian effort for Christ'(an approximate quote).\u00a0 This occurs in the last 1 minute of the audio on that track.\u00a0 I can not get that to make sense.\u00a0 I would like to gain some clarification.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks<\/span><\/p>\n

Curtis<\/span><\/p>\n

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

It occurred to me that I made mistake in making an inquiry.\u00a0 The fact that your would spurn the name of Christ is too much to associate myself with.\u00a0 I used to be of Washington, a Washington-ian.\u00a0\u00a0Christ-ian would be the same construct — of Christ.\u00a0 I wouldn’t think of not associating my self with Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visiting your site was a\u00a0huge mistake, that I won’t repeat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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