{"id":7144,"date":"2026-07-05T07:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T07:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7144"},"modified":"2026-07-05T07:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T07:47:18","slug":"a-cut-to-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7144","title":{"rendered":"A cut to the heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u201cNow when they heard this, they were&nbsp;pricked in<em>&nbsp;their heart<\/em>&nbsp;and said unto Peter and to the other apostles, Men and brethren what shall we do?\u201d Acts 2:37<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cut to the heart is very painful. To be cut anywhere is not a thing to be desired, but a cut to the heart would not merely be painful, but, in a natural and literal sense\u2014it would be fatal. There are a great many different kinds of impressions made by preachers upon their hearers, but blessed is that preacher who makes a wound right in their hearts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C.H. Spurgeon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us always think of&nbsp;<em>the Holy Spirit&nbsp;<\/em>with holy awe and reverence, remembering that . . .<br>&nbsp;it is the Spirit who&nbsp;<em>quickens<\/em>&nbsp;us,<br>&nbsp;it is the Spirit who&nbsp;<em>instructs<\/em>&nbsp;us,<br>&nbsp;it is the Spirit who&nbsp;<em>sanctifies<\/em>&nbsp;us,<br>&nbsp;it is the Spirit who&nbsp;<em>preserves<\/em>&nbsp;us,<br>&nbsp;it is the Spirit who makes us&nbsp;<em>fit<\/em>&nbsp;to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light!<br>So unto the ever-blessed Spirit be glory and honor and praise, forever and ever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C.H. Spurgeon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNow when they heard this, they were&nbsp;pricked in&nbsp;their heart&nbsp;and said unto Peter and to the other apostles, Men and brethren what shall we do?\u201d Acts 2:37 A cut to the heart is very painful. To be cut anywhere is not a thing to be desired, but a cut to the heart would not merely be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,29,139,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-h-spurgeon","category-faith","category-glad-tidings","category-gospel-preaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144","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=7144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7145,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144\/revisions\/7145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}