{"id":577,"date":"2021-03-07T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T09:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgc.ca\/YM\/?p=577"},"modified":"2021-03-13T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T14:07:42","slug":"sermon20210307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20210307\/","title":{"rendered":"Matters of Injustice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span hidden=\"\">Matters of Injustice<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sermonNotes2020\">\n<div class=\"sermonInfoTitle\">2021 Church Theme: One Heart, One Mission<br \/>\nScripture: Acts 7:51-60<br \/>\nSpeaker: Ms. Roxanne Oduro<\/div>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9a2al_WjbC8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio-container\"><audio controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/mp3\/English\/2021_0307_E.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/div>\n<p><u><b>Acts 7:51-60<\/b><\/u> (NIV)<br \/>\n51\u201cYou stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him\u2014 53you who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Stoning of Stephen<\/strong><br \/>\n54When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. 55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56\u201cLook,\u201d he said, \u201cI see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.\u201d<br \/>\n57At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.<br \/>\n59While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, \u201cLord Jesus, receive my spirit.\u201d 60Then he fell on his knees and cried out, \u201cLord, do not hold this sin against them.\u201d When he had said this, he fell asleep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matters of Injustice 2021 Church Theme: One Heart, One Mission Scripture: Acts 7:51-60 Speaker: Ms. Roxanne Oduro Acts 7:51-60 (NIV) 51\u201cYou stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/sermon20210307\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Matters of Injustice&#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":[11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021-sermon","category-ms-roxanne-oduro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577","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=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":582,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mgc.ca\/YM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}