{"id":4227,"date":"2016-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/from-prophet-to-priest-everyone-deals-falsely-they-have-healed-the-wound-of-my-people-lightly-saying-peace-peace-when-there-is-no-peace-jeremiah-613-14-esv\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T00:00:00","slug":"from-prophet-to-priest-everyone-deals-falsely-they-have-healed-the-wound-of-my-people-lightly-saying-peace-peace-when-there-is-no-peace-jeremiah-613-14-esv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/from-prophet-to-priest-everyone-deals-falsely-they-have-healed-the-wound-of-my-people-lightly-saying-peace-peace-when-there-is-no-peace-jeremiah-613-14-esv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;&#8230;from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, \u2018Peace, peace,\u2019 when there is no peace.&#8221; (Jeremiah 6:13-14 ESV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremiah&#8217;s prophecy of God&#8217;s coming judgment on Judah even included charges against those who should have joined him in warning their people. It&#8217;s a sad state of affairs when the prophets and priests who claim to represent God &#8220;deal falsely,&#8221; filling their congregant&#8217;s ears with lies of peace when war is at their gates. Better to hear bad news from one&#8217;s physician and be able to get help, than to hear lies and be left dying with a false prognosis. In the same way, it&#8217;s better to follow a pastor who preaches God&#8217;s Word without apology, than one who offers human platitudes to tickle the ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremiah&#8217;s prophecy of God&#8217;s coming judgment on Judah even included charges against those who should have joined him in warning their people. It&#8217;s a sad state of affairs when the prophets and priests who claim to represent God &#8220;deal falsely,&#8221; filling their congregant&#8217;s ears with lies of peace when war is at their gates. Better to hear bad news from one&#8217;s physician and be able to get help, than to hear lies and be left dying with a false prognosis. In the same way, it&#8217;s better to follow a pastor who preaches God&#8217;s Word without apology, than one who offers human platitudes to tickle the ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1291],"scripture-chapter":[1339],"oyb_day":[1805],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4227","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-jeremiah","scripture-chapter-1339","oyb_day-october-5"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4227","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=4227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}