{"id":5857,"date":"2017-04-30T07:55:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T11:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=5857"},"modified":"2017-04-30T07:55:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T11:55:42","slug":"then-the-spirit-of-the-lord-came-upon-jephthah-judges-1129-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/then-the-spirit-of-the-lord-came-upon-jephthah-judges-1129-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah&#8221; (Judges 11:29 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dmma1\" data-offset-key=\"dqkst-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dqkst-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dqkst-0-0\">The Lord strengthened Jephthah, the Gileadite, to defeat the people of Ammon who made war against Israel. Jephthah, the son of a harlot, rejected by his brethren, and leader of a worthless band of raiders, seemed an unlikely choice for a judge, yet the Lord empowered him to overcome Israel&#8217;s enemies. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dmma1\" data-offset-key=\"75a6p-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"75a6p-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"75a6p-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"dmma1\" data-offset-key=\"5724c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5724c-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5724c-0-0\">Such men are not the focus of Scripture, but the Lord God is. For He works with sinful man to accomplish His purposes. O what joy, that the Lord would bend down to take note of us, and not only that, but that He would give us His Spirit!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lord strengthened Jephthah, the Gileadite, to defeat the people of Ammon who made war against Israel. Jephthah, the son of a harlot, rejected by his brethren, and leader of a worthless band of raiders, seemed an unlikely choice for a judge, yet the Lord empowered him to overcome Israel&#8217;s enemies. <\/p>\n<p>Such men are not the focus of Scripture, but the Lord God is. For He works with sinful man to accomplish His purposes. O what joy, that the Lord would bend down to take note of us, and not only that, but that He would give us His Spirit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1274],"scripture-chapter":[1344],"oyb_day":[1647],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5857","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-judges","scripture-chapter-1344","oyb_day-april-30"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/5857","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=5857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5857"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=5857"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=5857"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=5857"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=5857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}