{"id":4342,"date":"2015-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/flee-also-youthful-lusts-but-pursue-righteousness-2-timothy-222-nkjv\/"},"modified":"2015-10-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T00:00:00","slug":"flee-also-youthful-lusts-but-pursue-righteousness-2-timothy-222-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/flee-also-youthful-lusts-but-pursue-righteousness-2-timothy-222-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFlee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness&#8221; (2 Timothy 2:22 NKJV)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul told Timothy that there is a time to retreat and a time to advance. As it regards &#8220;youthful lusts,&#8221; the command is to &#8220;flee.&#8221; Unlike the instruction to &#8220;stand firm&#8221; against the devil (Eph. 6:11), lust is not defeated by direct assault. It is to be avoided. When an image in a movie or magazine causes arousal, turn it off or throw it away! When the stomach growls for the apple, get out of the orchard! Run away! And run towards &#8220;righteousness.&#8221; &#8220;Pursue&#8221; it. Chase after it. Pursuing righteousness leaves less time for lustful temptation. Pull your affections off your idols and put them on Jesus. Pursue Christ!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul told Timothy that there is a time to retreat and a time to advance. As it regards &#8220;youthful lusts,&#8221; the command is to &#8220;flee.&#8221; Unlike the instruction to &#8220;stand firm&#8221; against the devil (Eph. 6:11), lust is not defeated by direct assault. It is to be avoided. When an image in a movie or magazine causes arousal, turn it off or throw it away! When the stomach growls for the apple, get out of the orchard! Run away! And run towards &#8220;righteousness.&#8221; &#8220;Pursue&#8221; it. Chase after it. Pursuing righteousness leaves less time for lustful temptation. Pull your affections off your idols and put them on Jesus. Pursue Christ!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1322],"scripture-chapter":[1335],"oyb_day":[1824],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4342","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-2-timothy","scripture-chapter-1335","oyb_day-october-24"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/4342","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=4342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4342"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=4342"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=4342"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=4342"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=4342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}