{"id":2140,"date":"2012-07-28T11:40:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T11:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2012-07-28T11:40:52","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T11:40:52","slug":"an-apostolic-face-and-a-judas-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2140","title":{"rendered":"An apostolic face and a Judas heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An apostolic face and a Judas heart<\/strong><br \/>\n(Letters of J. C. Philpot)<\/p>\n<p>Many think that a <strong>minister <\/strong>is exempt from such<br \/>\ncoldness, deadness, and barrenness, as private<br \/>\nChristians feel. And the hypocritical looks and<br \/>\nwords of many of Satan\u2019s ministers favor this<br \/>\ndelusion. Holiness is so much on their <strong>tongues<\/strong>,<br \/>\nand on their <strong>faces<\/strong>, that their deluded hearers<br \/>\nnecessarily conclude that it is in their <strong>hearts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But, alas! nothing is easier or more common,<br \/>\nthan <strong>an apostolic face and a Judas heart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Most pictures that I have seen of the \u201cLast Supper\u201d<br \/>\nrepresent <strong>Judas <\/strong>with a ferocious countenance. Had<br \/>\npainters drawn a holy, meek-looking face, I believe<br \/>\nthey would have given a truer resemblance.<\/p>\n<p>Many pass for <strong>angels in the pulpit<\/strong>, who if the truth<br \/>\nwere known, would be seen to be devils and beasts<br \/>\nin heart, lip, and life at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow terrible it will be for you teachers of religious<br \/>\nlaw and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! You are so careful<br \/>\nto clean the <strong>outside <\/strong>of the cup and the dish, but <strong>inside<br \/>\n<\/strong>you are filthy\u2013full of greed and self-indulgence! You try<br \/>\nto look like upright people <strong>outwardly<\/strong>, but <strong>inside<\/strong> your<br \/>\nhearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.\u201d<br \/>\nMatthew 23:25, 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An apostolic face and a Judas heart (Letters of J. C. Philpot) Many think that a minister is exempt from such coldness, deadness, and barrenness, as private Christians feel. And the hypocritical looks and words of many of Satan\u2019s ministers favor this delusion. Holiness is so much on their tongues, and on their faces, that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-j-c-philpot","category-false-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2141,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions\/2141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}