{"id":10656,"date":"2022-08-08T07:25:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T11:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2022-08-10T07:19:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:19:17","slug":"runningonempty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2022\/08\/runningonempty\/","title":{"rendered":"Running on Empty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>2022 THEME: For Such a Time. . .<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Series: 8 Cures<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>TITLE: Running on Empty<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Scripture:\u00a0 Matthew 5: 1-3<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDENTIFYING SOME TERMS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Who was Jesus\u2019 audience?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Pharisees- (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Legalists<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Sadducees- (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Liberals<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Essenes- (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Withdraw<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Zealots- (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Rebels<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u201cBlessed\u201d- Happy in the sense of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>internal joy<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDENTIFYING THE LESS THAN OBVIOUS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The Greek word for \u201cpoor\u201d means abject poverty, to crouch or to cower.\u00a0 A good understanding of \u201cpoor in spirit\u201d is (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>humility<\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 Some other Scriptures: Is.66:2; Ps.34:18; Ps.51:17<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Why \u201cpoor in spirit?\u201d essential?\u00a0 R. Kent Hughes<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Poor in spirit is essential to (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>knowing God\u2019s approval<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Poor in spirit is essential to (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>salvation<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Poor in spirit is essential for (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>spiritual<\/strong> <strong>growth<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next Week: \u201c8 Cures\u201d Title: Good Grief!- Mt.5: 1-4<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 THEME: For Such a Time. . . Series: 8 Cures TITLE: Running on Empty Scripture:\u00a0 Matthew 5: 1-3 &nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDENTIFYING SOME TERMS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; Who was Jesus\u2019 audience? 1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Pharisees- (Legalists) 2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Sadducees- (Liberals) 3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Essenes- (Withdraw) 4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Zealots- (Rebels) \u201cBlessed\u201d- Happy in the sense of (internal joy). &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2022\/08\/runningonempty\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10656"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10659,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10656\/revisions\/10659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}