{"id":5661,"date":"2016-08-16T03:47:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/blocking-rescue\/"},"modified":"2016-08-16T03:47:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T08:47:17","slug":"blocking-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/blocking-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOCKING\n  RESCUE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>Topics:<\/b> Evangelism; Example; Testimony<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><b>Reference:<\/b> Matthew 28:19\u201320<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>I was touring China on a bus when the bus in front of us hit a patch of ice, skidded off the road, and tipped over on its side in a rice field.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>I quickly jumped off my bus, ran to the overturned bus, and jumped on top. Windows were shattered, and people inside were obviously hurt. The emergency door was facing upward, so I grabbed the handle of the emergency door and pulled. The door would not open. I kept pulling hard, but it wouldn\u2019t budge.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>By this time, others were pulling people out through the windows, so I gave up on the door and joined them. After I moved away from the door, another man went to the door. He turned the handle, and the door opened.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>I suddenly realized why the door had not opened for me: I was standing on it as I tried to open it. With good intentions to save lives, I had become the biggest obstacle to rescue.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Likewise, those who want to lead others to Christ can become the biggest obstacle to their salvation.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal'>\u2014Charles Chu, \u201cBad Testimonies,\u201d PreachingToday.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topics: Evangelism; Example; Testimony Reference: Matthew 28:19\u201320 I was touring China on a bus when the bus in front of us hit a patch of ice, skidded off the road, and tipped over on its side in a rice field. I quickly jumped off my bus, ran to the overturned bus, and jumped on top. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/blocking-rescue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BLOCKING<br \/>\n  RESCUE&#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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}