{"id":4646,"date":"2024-11-25T13:37:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2024-11-25T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:37:44","slug":"sermon-11-24-2024-king-of-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=4646","title":{"rendered":"Sermon 11\/24\/2024: &#8220;King of What?&#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\/11\/Ross-241124-King-of-What.mp3\">King of What?<\/a>&#8220;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>2 Samuel 23:1-7; John 18:33-37<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David was an unlikely king. The story of how he became king is filled with unexpected twists and turns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Israel first wanted a king in order to be like the other pagan nations.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Israel had been in the Promised Land for more than four hundred years without a king. But they had not conquered the other nations because they had not obeyed God.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Their disobedience manifested at many levels, but militarily they failed to totally eradicate the previous inhabitants as God had directed.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We still flinch at the horror of such a command. Nonetheless, that is what God said.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And Israel\u2019s failure has led to the history of conflict in the world ever since.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kings must listen to the Word of God and rule with justice, God\u2019s justice; and when they do, things will go well for the nation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Justice<\/em> is another word for <em>righteousness<\/em>. Without righteousness at the top levels of government and throughout the society, justice is not possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(This is just a teaser. If you want to know more, listen to the sermon.)<\/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>&#8230;if you want justice in society, you must pursue righteousness in your own life.<\/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-4646","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\/4646","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=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4648,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions\/4648"}],"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=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}