{"id":574,"date":"2011-11-14T07:34:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T12:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=574"},"modified":"2011-11-14T07:34:07","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T12:34:07","slug":"they-have-open-eyes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2011\/11\/they-have-open-eyes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"They Have Open Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0 Do you believe that God\u2019s love is for all people?\u00a0 How does that play out in our \u201canything goes\u201d culture?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 Please read out loud the Great Commandment (found in Matthew 22:37-39) and the Great Commission (found in Matthew 28: 19-20).\u00a0 Now read Acts 1:8.\u00a0\u00a0 What are the basic principles found in each of those verses?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 People today say that all religions are the same.\u00a0 I (Bill) had someone once tell me that there isn\u2019t much difference between Christianity and Islam. (He didn\u2019t like that I rolled my eyes and then disagreed in speech).\u00a0 How would you answer that statement?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. What sets Christianity apart from other religions?\u00a0 <strong>{These were given in the sermon in reference to Christianity as the only one that offers the only real answers to the most basic questions of life}<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 Unity seems to be the big thing on many peoples\u2019 minds these days.\u00a0 Can you think of statements people make to support that thought?\u00a0 How would you answer those statements?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 In biblical days there were definite distinctions made.\u00a0 Can you name one of them?\u00a0 How did God break down the barrier between Jew and Gentile?\u00a0\u00a0 {If not sure check out Acts 2 and Acts 10}<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 How do the following Scriptures back up the idea that Jesus was against \u201cprofiling.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark 7:24<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 8: 5-13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0 Read Galatians 3:28 and ask if that includes everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0 How far does unity go?\u00a0\u00a0 Where do we draw the line?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0 What are some practical ways we can become \u201cworld Christians\u201d rather than merely \u201cAmerican Christians\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0 Do you believe that God\u2019s love is for all people?\u00a0 How does that play out in our \u201canything goes\u201d culture? &nbsp; 2.\u00a0 Please read out loud the Great Commandment (found in Matthew 22:37-39) and the Great Commission (found in Matthew 28: 19-20).\u00a0 Now read Acts 1:8.\u00a0\u00a0 What are the basic principles found in each &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2011\/11\/they-have-open-eyes-2\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-group-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574","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=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":576,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574\/revisions\/576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}