{"id":4563,"date":"2024-07-22T12:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T12:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=4563"},"modified":"2024-07-22T14:26:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:26:15","slug":"sermon-7-21-2024-transform-conform-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=4563","title":{"rendered":"Sermon 7\/21\/2024: &#8220;Transform, Conform, Reform&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image.png 168w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-102x150.png 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen here: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ross-240721-Transform-Conform-Reform.mp3\">Transform, Conform, Reform<\/a>&#8220;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2:11-22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Church problems. Why are the churches so full of problems? Conflicts, dissension, heresy, apostasy, bickering. Moses complained about it shortly after leaving Egypt.<br>In Numbers the people were blamed. In Jeremiah, the Lord was not blaming the people. He was blaming the shepherds, the leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s bad enough when people complain and bicker, but when the leaders are causing the problems it much worse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The leaders can work with the people to sort out the problems and disagreements. But when the leaders are the problem, who can step in to solve the problems?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeremiah said two things: He said that God would attend to the leaders who were causing the problem; and that He will gather the remnant of His flock Himself, and bring them back to their fold. God Himself would resolve the issues, discipline the leaders, and bring peace.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday morning messages are available on the website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpaulsmarietta.org\/audio\">www.stpaulsmarietta.org\/audio<\/a>). Tell your friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rather than thinking in terms of believers and unbelievers, or Christians and nonChristians, think of the difference as being baby Christians versus mature Christians.<\/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-4563","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\/4563","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=4563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4568,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions\/4568"}],"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=4563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}