{"id":9393,"date":"2016-08-17T00:47:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T05:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/apathycurrent-conditions-apathy\/"},"modified":"2016-08-17T00:47:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T05:47:56","slug":"apathycurrent-conditions-apathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/apathycurrent-conditions-apathy\/","title":{"rendered":"APATHY;\nCURRENT CONDITIONS: APATHY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>The compelling message of John 3:17 is more than a statement of God\u2019s intention towards the human race, for in actuality it constitutes a \u201cproclamation extraordinary!\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Why is there a blank kind of indifference and why is there an incredible apathy to such an extraordinary proclamation of God\u2019s best intentions for us?\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Upon our eyes there seems to have fallen a strange dimness.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Within our ears there seems to have fallen a strange dullness.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>In our minds there is a stupor, and in our hearts, I am afraid, there is a great callousness.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>It is a wonder, and a terrible responsibility, that we should have this message from the heart of God in our possession and be so little stirred up about it!\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Some think that we are spiritual people and that we belong to spiritual churches. In all frankness, I think many would change their minds if they knew how little response there is, how little sensitivity to the Spirit, how little urgency of the heart in spiritual matters.\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>I believe that our attitudes must be a great grief to God himself, as He tries to move us to praise and delight and devotion.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'>John 3:17; Romans 11:33\u201336; Ephesians 3:20\u201321; 1 Timothy 1:17<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal'><i>Christ the Eternal Son,<\/i> 92, 93, 94, 97.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The compelling message of John 3:17 is more than a statement of God\u2019s intention towards the human race, for in actuality it constitutes a \u201cproclamation extraordinary!\u201d\u2026 Why is there a blank kind of indifference and why is there an incredible apathy to such an extraordinary proclamation of God\u2019s best intentions for us?\u2026 Upon our eyes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/apathycurrent-conditions-apathy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;APATHY;<br \/>\nCURRENT CONDITIONS: APATHY&#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-9393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9393","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=9393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}