{"id":3776,"date":"2014-07-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/when-we-arrived-in-rome-paul-was-permitted-to-have-his-own-private-lodging-though-he-was-guarded-by-a-soldier-acts-2816-nlt\/"},"modified":"2014-07-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T00:00:00","slug":"when-we-arrived-in-rome-paul-was-permitted-to-have-his-own-private-lodging-though-he-was-guarded-by-a-soldier-acts-2816-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/when-we-arrived-in-rome-paul-was-permitted-to-have-his-own-private-lodging-though-he-was-guarded-by-a-soldier-acts-2816-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;When we arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted to have his own private lodging, though he was guarded by a soldier&#8221; (Acts 28:16 NLT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul was under house arrest in Rome for at least two years (Acts 28:30). During this time he was able preach the gospel without restraint to all who would listen. What the enemy had meant as death, the Lord had turned into a platform for declaring life. Paul&#8217;s captivity led to great freedom for his ministry and hearers. Instead of focusing on his difficult circumstance, Paul saw it as an opportunity to preach Christ. I wonder how many Roman guards became Christians during this 2 years? They were Paul&#8217;s captive audience day after day as he taught from the Scriptures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul was under house arrest in Rome for at least two years (Acts 28:30). During this time he was able preach the gospel without restraint to all who would listen. What the enemy had meant as death, the Lord had turned into a platform for declaring life. Paul&#8217;s captivity led to great freedom for his ministry and hearers. Instead of focusing on his difficult circumstance, Paul saw it as an opportunity to preach Christ. I wonder how many Roman guards became Christians during this 2 years? They were Paul&#8217;s captive audience day after day as he taught from the Scriptures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1311],"scripture-chapter":[1361],"oyb_day":[1719],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3776","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-acts","scripture-chapter-1361","oyb_day-july-11"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/3776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3776"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=3776"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=3776"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=3776"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}