{"id":5820,"date":"2015-04-26T15:07:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T15:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=5820"},"modified":"2015-04-26T15:07:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T15:07:43","slug":"spiritual-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/5820\/spiritual-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

It\u2019s kind of frightening to observe a person\u2019s face and mannerisms when they are overcome with anger and incredulity as the truth exposes their darkness.\u00a0 Christians really expose their hypocrisy when they fly off the handle and reject the truth—any truth<\/em>—whether it be about the Trinity, the New Birth, Salvation, the sacrifice of Christ, speaking in tongues, etc.\u00a0 Their demeanor changes completely.\u00a0 Their \u201cChristian\u201d appearance<\/em> of \u201ckindness” and \u201cfellowship\u201d vanish when their sacred cows are challenged, and it turns their faces sour\u2014even bitter.\u00a0 They kick you out of their homes & their churches, giving you the left foot of fellowship, so-to-speak.\u00a0 They really, truly would kill us if they could.\u00a0 And I believe they will, in the future.\u00a0 I can see that now.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They cannot bring themselves to converse with a child of God with an open mind. The LORD\u2019s exhortation through Isaiah to \u201ccome, let us reason together” flies out the window with Christians who can only cling to their Bibles with. . . all. . . their<\/span>
\n . . . might<\/span>. It\u2019s more comfortable, I have found, to discuss the things of God with an atheist than with a Christian, especially those who claim to see the Trinity throughout all of the scriptures, when all I can see<\/em><\/strong> is a loving Father and a Son who share a holy spirit. “BUT THAT SPIRIT IS A PERSON!!!\u201d a man might proclaim. I am sorry. I am not moved by hysterical Christian tempers, nor their inhospitable treatment of me when I gently try to clarify the truth of the gospel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, I thank the Lord. . . for giving us a lesson in persecution, which we endured well.\u00a0 \u200bMy friend \u200bP\u200b— is relieved and refreshed, after reading some tracts, poor thing.\u00a0 She was really crestfallen last night.\u00a0 Bummed out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lonely path, I told her.\u00a0 But with God. . . . !\u00a0 It isn\u2019t all that lonely.\u00a0\u00a0 Lose a friend or relative here and there, but gain a place in Jesus\u2019 mansion.\u00a0 It\u2019s worth it.\u00a0 It\u2019s worth it<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have you<\/strong><\/em> to thank, Pastor John, for the foundation that the Lord gave me, in your teaching; in your example\u2014\u2014 of obedience and \u201csingleness of eye\u201d; and the small measure of articulation He gave me to explain it.\u00a0 Replicating your calm demeanor (and the power of the holy ghost within) helped me to survive what would otherwise have intimidated another child of God.\u00a0 The POWER of GOD is what makes all the difference. . .\u00a0 the demonstration<\/strong> of the SPIRIT; rather than argument. . . or polite Christian scripture discussion.\u00a0 Yeeccch!\u00a0 GIVE ME JESUS!!\u00a0 NIGHT AND DAY!!\u00a0 GIVE ME JESUS!\u00a0 ALL THE WAY!!!\u00a0\u00a0 HE is ENOUGH<\/strong><\/em>!!<\/span><\/p>\n

I look forward to the refreshment of today\u2019s meeting.\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry so many are sick among you, currently.\u00a0 But at least they\u2019re rejoicing in the truth!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Pastor John, It\u2019s kind of frightening to observe a person\u2019s face and mannerisms when they are overcome with anger and incredulity as the truth exposes their darkness.\u00a0 Christians really expose their hypocrisy when they fly off the handle and reject the truth—any truth—whether it be about the Trinity, the New Birth, Salvation, the sacrifice of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5820"}],"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=5820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}