{"id":4196,"date":"2023-02-13T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2023-02-13T13:53:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T13:53:18","slug":"sermon-2-12-23-willing-obedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=4196","title":{"rendered":"Sermon 2\/12\/23, &#8220;Willing Obedience&#8221;:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen here: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ross-230212-Willing-Obedience.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Willing Obedience<\/a>&#8220;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>God\u2019s grace is freely given. But when it is accepted, there are costs and responsibilities associated with it.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s like giving your 16 year old a car for his\/her birthday. The car is free, but getting a license will take time and effort, then there\u2019s insurance, gas, maintenance, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Getting the car required nothing, but using it requires time, money, and effort.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wisdom and folly are not a function of intelligence. Intelligence does not make one wise or foolish.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>People can be smart as a whip and still be as foolish as a doorknob, to mix metaphors. Similarly, people without education can be wise beyond measure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>God gives wisdom and folly as a choice, a personal decision. We can choose one or the other. Wisdom comes from God.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notice that it\u2019s the same choice that was given in Deuteronomy: life\/death, good\/evil, wisdom\/foolishness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sermons are available on the website (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:www.stpaulsmarietta.org\/audio\" target=\"_blank\">https:www.stpaulsmarietta.org\/audio<\/a>). Share the link with your family and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen here: &#8220;Willing Obedience&#8220; Sermons are available on the website (https:www.stpaulsmarietta.org\/audio). Share the link<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-4196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worship-this-week","tag-worship-this-week"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Paross","author_link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4198,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions\/4198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}