{"id":12892,"date":"2024-11-24T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T18:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=message&#038;p=12892"},"modified":"2024-12-16T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T18:46:56","slug":"a-greater-possession","status":"publish","type":"message","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/message\/a-greater-possession","title":{"rendered":"A Greater Possession"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you understand the great possession offered to in Christ Jesus? Perhaps you once did. But you\u2019ve been feeling disheartened? Maybe you\u2019ve been hurt by someone in the church and you\u2019ve lost sight of the prize you have in Christ. Maybe you\u2019ve wondered if staying faithful is worth the struggle. The early readers of Hebrews faced those same doubts. Some had suffered great loss for their faith. Others were tempted to return to the familiar rituals of their old life. They were at risk of turning away from their greatest treasure: their possession in Christ. Disappointment, suffering, or the busyness of life can distract us. The world promises possessions and comforts that seem tangible and immediate, but these things pale in comparison to the eternal and abiding possession we have in Christ. Hebrews reminds us of the surpassing worth of Jesus!<\/p>\n<p>In Hebrews 10:26-39, the author warned believers to remember their greater possession in Christ. We can remember our greater possession in Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12893,"template":"","tags":[2019],"series":[2938],"scripture-book":[1325],"scripture-chapter":[1343],"speaker":[2007],"class_list":["post-12892","message","type-message","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-exposition","series-jesus-is-greater-an-exposition-of-hebrews","scripture-book-hebrews","scripture-chapter-1343","speaker-gary-combs"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message\/12892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/message"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message\/12892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12894,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message\/12892\/revisions\/12894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12892"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=12892"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=12892"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=12892"},{"taxonomy":"speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker?post=12892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}