Subject: Thank you
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:19:40 -0600
To: webmaster@jesus-is-lord.com

Thank you so much for your web-site. I am 24 years old and my husband I are
born again and live in Springfield, Missouri. We are both deeply frustrated
with the isolation we are experiencing since we left church because of
charismatic apostacy. We have since tried several churches and only found
more
of the poisonous doctrine of the Latter Rain/Manifest Sons of God stuff. We
have Christian friends that are missionaries and family that are believers
but
it is discouraging to see so much of the church doing strange things. The
Assemblies of God headquarters is right here in this town so perhaps that is
why it is seems so concentrated here. Seeing your website gives me hope that
there are other discerning believers out there and it's nice to see we're
not
alone in our views that seem so contrary to all the churchgoing charismatics
around us. I know and have learned the hard way that it is necessary to pray
for the Lord's protection from the deception that is at work right now. I
thought I knew my Bible and I grew up in the Word but even so I was lured
into
the hyper-charismatic lie for a season. It was only by the grace of our Lord
that He opened my eyes to the painful truth of my apostasy. Through that, I
speak from experience that we cannot trust our human judgement, reasoning,
or
our very heart - we must only trust in the Lord Jesus to protect us daily
and
to guard our heart and mind. He is faithful - when I was so confused and
didn't know what to believe, and I earnestly prayed to the Lord, "Lord You
show me Your Truth" He was faithful and restored me. So it is very important
right now that all believers rely on the Lord and to pray for those who need
their eyes opened. I could go on and on but I just wanted to let you know I
appreciate your website.

How I found your website was that I was searching for a particular book on
Google and your site came up in the search. This morning I was having a
conversation with a woman I work with about how we were trying to find a
church home and about the charismatic/pentecostal things we had seen. She
shared with me that at her former church before she moved here - they had a
guest speaker whose name she couldn't remember who was speaking about his
book. This man was a born again believer and a former catholic priest and he
has written a book about some of his observations about the charismatics.
Soon
after becoming a Christian he was curious about some of these "revival
meetings" that these charismatics have and so out of curiosity he went to
one.
>From his catholic background he knew Latin and to his surprise a few of
these
charismatics spouting "tongues" were speaking Latin - and even more
disturbing
he understood what they were saying and they were cursing. He tried to tell
them and explain but of course nobody believed him. So, I'm still trying to
find this book because it sounds interesting and if it's true I have more
than
a few friends that I could share this with. Your site is so right about the
catholic church - it's so obvious. I can't find a picture I thought I had
saved of the pope kissing the koran but you might have it already and it
wouldn't surprise anyone anyway. Thanks again and God bless.