I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
\nTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the\nHoly Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the\nchurch of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this,\nthat after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing\nthe flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things,\nto draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the\nspace of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.\nAnd now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is\nable to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are\nsanctified. I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Paul, an apostle
\nAct 20:27-33<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fear a Hardened Heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lord asked the disciples in response to their lack of understanding,\nunbelief, and failure to remember what He had done, \u201cHave ye your hearts yet\nhardened.\u201d I fear a hardened heart! \u201cHave ye\u201d is active. Have you hardened your\nhearts? Hardened is passive. All God has to do to harden our hearts is let us\nalone! I fear being hardened toward the Gospel. I fear being hardened toward\nsin! If I am hardened it is my fault and it is the Lord leaving me to myself.\nOh, for a heart softened by the Spirit of God! Oh, to not be left to myself but\nkept by the power of God through faith unto salvation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Todd Nibert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletin-editions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418","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=5418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5419,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions\/5419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}