Writing a letter to a friend, M, on someone she heard was preaching against John Paul Jackson's version of dream interpretation and dreams in general. Dilemma's I've had for a while now.

Dream interpretation is of the Lord. If it was not, there wouldn't be such a big deal about it in the Bible. I think the Allum's have something against John Paul.

I do not agree that JP should charge as much as he does for what he does. However, we all have to make our living in some way. Then again, maybe I'm backward, but Paul, Peter, Barnabas, they all made their living doing what they did, tents, fishing, whatever, and they GAVE away the gospel, they gave away what they knew and what their understanding was. So I think John Paul Jackson should also give away what the Lord has so freely given him. That said, they had to study a lot to get the deeper things of God, the deeper knowledge, so it is right they should charge for it?

Isn't that like me going to esthetician school and then charging for my skills as an esthetician? If I wrote a book on how to make skin care, I would charge for the book as it has to do with knowledge I obtained thru intense study.

So where do we, as Christians, draw the line between what is free and what can be charged money for? THAT is my dilemma.

Freely you have received, freely give. Why are so many trying to make a living off of Christianity? I asked the Lord just now. Pastors, yes, they pastor. Dancers, singers, they entertain, they should be paid for what they do.

If God calls someone to a specific ministry, should that person expect God to support him or should he expect people to support him? If we are looking and listening to God, and if we hear right, shouldn't it be God who supports a person?
[I am listening to myself, because I am struggling to hear God on whether or not I should get a legal separation and have Steve leave or me leave. Part of me thinks I am purposely not hearing God, b/c if God says to get a leg sep, then one of us has to leave and how will the bills of the house be paid for? Steve still doesn't have a job. And there is NO Way I can do everything in the house. My left arm is still in bad shape and I can't open some bottles and jars, no matter what I try. So am I not trusting God?]

I completely and categorically disagree with the Allum's on dream interpretation and on where dreams come from. In my heart it sounds to me like they are 1. jealous of JP or angry at him for charging...something M. There's something behind their 'reasoning'.

I know that I know many of my dreams are from God. Particularly when He is telling me something. The Bible says Pr. 25.2. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

It seems to me lately that there are many things causing confusion to Christians. Confusion does not stem from God. When I learned the earth is not 6000 yrs old but millions, I was SOOO distressed! I thought everything I had learned then, was wrong. Then God told me, 'your salvation is not on how old the earth is, it's on Jesus'.

it doesn't really matter how old it is. ok, so if it's 350 million years old, ok. so what? for me, it's not important.

We as Christians need to use the discernment God gave us to discern right from wrong, true from false and good teachers from bad.

For ME, FOR ME I'm 99% at the point of...if a person teaches wrong things in some aspect of Christianity, then I shouldn't listen to them at all. However, because I've been SO black and white my whole life, I do NOT want to throw out the baby with the bath water and disregard everything if I shouldn't. So that is my current quandry, for the last 2 years. man, some things take forever huh?

Chuck Pierce, I heard from someone in email. Let me see if i still have the email....

here it is. you read it and see what YOU think.
I really appreciate your honest, humorous input on the Issachar "School" of prophets. God has recently connected me with one of the 'cells' of that ministry. We were not really sure what Glory of Zion was all about and have been doing some research on Chuck and his group. So far not impressed at all. I visited a local 'meeting' of about 20 here in xxxxx. I know God sent us there but now we are believing for quite another purpose. The Lord had me to step up and give them a "mini message" on the basics of faith and they all received like hungry dogs! They don't preach or have word from the bible at the meetings, only "prophesy" to each other. Any ways. Thanks for your input. Very strange and interesting. I do believe this is the beginnings of a cult and there are captives that need to be set free! Thanks again, Sis. God bless!

Matt 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits, ye shall know them

So Martha, if a bit of his teachings are tainted, should we listen to anything he says?

but then i think of God's grace to ME. when i screw up, God still speaks to me. When I am in sin, God still speaks to me. Someone said that Chuck is deceived. When we are deceived, does God still give us prophecies? Where does God draw the line and where should I?

Re: dream interpretation. The Allum's are wrong. Daniel interpreted dreams. More than one.

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