{"id":1225,"date":"2022-11-06T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2022-11-06T20:30:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T20:30:38","slug":"sermon20221106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20221106\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheep in the Midst of Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sermonNotes2022\">\n<p>2022 Church Theme: Advancing God\u2019s Kingdom in the New Normalcy<br \/>\nScripture: Matthew 10 : 16\u201325<br \/>\nSpeaker: Pastor Obed Rod<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-container\">Audio is available upon request.&nbsp; Please contact English Deacon Board Chair.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><u><strong>Matthew 10 : 16\u201325<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-23434\" class=\"text Matt-10-16\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cI am sending you out like sheep among wolves.&nbsp;Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-23435\" class=\"text Matt-10-17\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17&nbsp;<\/sup>Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils&nbsp;and be flogged in the synagogues.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-23436\" class=\"text Matt-10-18\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18&nbsp;<\/sup>On my account you will be brought before governors and kings&nbsp;as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-23437\" class=\"text Matt-10-19\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19&nbsp;<\/sup>But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.&nbsp;At that time you will be given what to say,<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-23438\" class=\"text Matt-10-20\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20&nbsp;<\/sup>for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father&nbsp;speaking through you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-23439\" class=\"text Matt-10-21\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cBrother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents&nbsp;and have them put to death.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-23440\" class=\"text Matt-10-22\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22&nbsp;<\/sup>You will be hated by everyone because of me,&nbsp;but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-23441\" class=\"text Matt-10-23\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23&nbsp;<\/sup>When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-23442\" class=\"text Matt-10-24\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cThe student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-23443\" class=\"text Matt-10-25\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25&nbsp;<\/sup>It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul,&nbsp;how much more the members of his household!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"poetry top-05\">\n<p class=\"line\">\n<div class=\"poetry top-05\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"poetry top-05\">\n<p class=\"line\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 Church Theme: Advancing God\u2019s Kingdom in the New Normalcy Scripture: Matthew 10 : 16\u201325 Speaker: Pastor Obed Rod Audio is available upon request.&nbsp; Please contact English Deacon Board Chair. Matthew 10 : 16\u201325 16&nbsp;\u201cI am sending you out like sheep among wolves.&nbsp;Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.&nbsp;17&nbsp;Be on your &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20221106\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sheep in the Midst of Wolves&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2022-sermon","category-outside-speaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1237,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}