Belonging House Fellowship

Christ John Otto
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Christ John Otto is the founder of Belonging House, an international fellowship of artists and creative people. Beth Charashim, the House of Artisans, is our Sunday online worshipping congregation. We are a community called to raise up an army of artists who will build Jesus a throne in the earth. Each week Christ John Otto teaches on the Big Ideas relevant to being a disciple of Jesus who is also a culture shaper.

  1. DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU . . . not more.

    5D AGO

    DO WHATEVER HE TELLS YOU . . . not more.

    I am going to make your head explode this Sunday as we look at the Wedding at Cana. This is the first recorded miracle in the Gospel of John and John states that this was the first miracle of Jesus. John says that through this miracle Jesus manifested his glory and this disciples believed in him.   That's a big thing to say about  wine at a party.   Maybe it's not about the wine. You can support Belonging House at https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org or buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto.  We have a Mighty Network for artists and creative people who are committed to a lifestyle of discipleship: https://belonging-house.mn.co You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com

    30 min
  2. The Call is an Act of Creation

    JAN 26

    The Call is an Act of Creation

    This word "call" in Greek, Kaleo, appears 148 times in the New Testament. It is the greek word used for the Hebrew word "cara." This word first appears at the beginning of Genesis when God speaks and he calls the light day and the dark night. In the Bible, and especially in the Gospels, the word "call" has an intrinsic meaning. The call defines a person  and calls them out of one reality  and into another. So Jesus calls fishermen, and in the call itself is the power for those men  to leave their nets, leave their family legacy, leave their place in society, and follow Jesus. And in the call is another reality. The call defines you. So Jesus calls them and says, from now on you will be fishers of men.   Notice what Jesus does here. He does not say You were once fishermen, and now I am going to make you  Christian accountants.   No. The call of God transforms what they are, their natural gifts and abilities, into something much higher. You can support Belonging House at https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org or buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto.  We have a Mighty Network for artists and creative people who are committed to a lifestyle of discipleship: https://belonging-house.mn.co   You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com

    31 min
  3. Illusion and Reality: Baptism in the Holy Spirit

    JAN 18

    Illusion and Reality: Baptism in the Holy Spirit

    God is always calling us out of our illusions and into Kingdom reality. The religious worldly mind  calls us backward into the realm of the past. And that realm of the past will then cause us to live in unreality. God is present future. He is always talking about now and calling us into future. This is why, when we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and then we move into his reality. This is why you feel free. You are back in sync with God. Sadly, many people conjure up and relive the past over and over again and they are living and being defined by things that are gone. This is the illusion that God has not forgiven. The religious mind thinks God forgives us but we still have to do something to make it happen. This is not reality.   In today's gospel, Jesus comes to John and John declares that Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. And then John says this, my ministry is for a season. My ministry and my baptism is only here to point the way to someone else, and this one is here.   And then John gives us the point. The one coming after me will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. You will not be baptized in water, but in the Holy Spirit. You can support Belonging House at https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org or buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto.  We have a Mighty Network for artists and creative people who are committed to a lifestyle of discipleship: https://belonging-house.mn.co You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com

    41 min
  4. You Can Become a Whole Person

    JAN 12

    You Can Become a Whole Person

    Today we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord and I want to talk about a few BIG ideas that will lay out the next season of teaching.   In John chapter three one of the leaders of the sanhedrin, Nicodemus comes to Jesus secretly at night. And Nicodemus makes an observation to Jesus, no one could do the signs that you do unless God is with him.   And the Jesus replies, No one can enter the Kingdom of heaven unless he is born again. And then Jesus explains that unless you are born by water and the Holy Spirit you are not in the Kingdom. Flesh gives birth to flesh and spirit gives birth to spirit. The Kingdom of God is not a kingdom of talk, but a kingdom of power. You can support Belonging House at https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org or buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto.  We have a Mighty Network for artists and creative people who are committed to a lifestyle of discipleship: https://belonging-house.mn.co You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com

    36 min
  5. You Are Sacred Space

    JAN 5

    You Are Sacred Space

    You are the light. Light is only useful in dark places. And you cannot be sacred space unless you learn to listen to the Lord, and do what he tells you. You can support Belonging House at https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org or buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto. We have a Mighty Network for artists and creative people who are committed to a lifestyle of discipleship: https://belonging-house.mn.co You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com

    37 min
  6. Christmas is the Miracle

    12/25/2025

    Christmas is the Miracle

    God delights in you. God is coming to earth, not as conqueror or warrior. God is coming to earth in peace with love, delight, and favor. Heaven is invading earth and it is an invasion of favor. Christmas is the miracle. You can support Belonging House at https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org or buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto. We have a Mighty Network for artists and creative people who are committed to a lifestyle of discipleship: https://belonging-house.mn.co You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com

    14 min
  7. Faith and Reality

    12/21/2025

    Faith and Reality

    This is why when we make scriptural declarations we see so much happen in people's lives. When we declare scriptural truth, even if that truth is not yet reality for us, we begin to see movement from our broken reality into God's reality. The incarnation is everything. Jesus came into a broken world and said I am salvation I am God with you. I am close and I can bring the life and love of God into your broken reality and bring salvation. That word salvation means healing, wholeness, shalom, transformation and blessing. And so we declare salvation over situations. You can support Belonging House at https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org or buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto. We have a Mighty Network for artists and creative people who are committed to a lifestyle of discipleship: https://belonging-house.mn.co You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com Find out more at https://belonging.house

    26 min
  8. Fulfillment: How to receive the answer to your prayer.

    12/15/2025

    Fulfillment: How to receive the answer to your prayer.

    What do you do when the fulfilment comes and it is not what you expected?  There is a back side to the forerunner calling and we need to talk about it. God is fulfilling promises right now in our community, and it is important to understand a core piece of God's fulfillment. Most people miss the day of their visitation and the day of the fulfillment because they are expecting one thing and God does another. God fulfills the word and the promise but it does not look like what we expected. And when this happens people either get disappointed or offended. __ You can support Belonging House at https://belonginghouse.betterworld.org or buymeacoffee.com/christjohnotto. We have a Mighty Network for artists and creative people who are committed to a lifestyle of discipleship: https://belonging-house.mn.co You can get our Friday email at https://belonginghouse.substack.com

    24 min
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Christ John Otto is the founder of Belonging House, an international fellowship of artists and creative people. Beth Charashim, the House of Artisans, is our Sunday online worshipping congregation. We are a community called to raise up an army of artists who will build Jesus a throne in the earth. Each week Christ John Otto teaches on the Big Ideas relevant to being a disciple of Jesus who is also a culture shaper.

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