{"id":6455,"date":"2018-01-29T09:33:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6455"},"modified":"2018-01-29T09:33:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:33:30","slug":"but-i-have-spared-you-for-a-purpose-to-show-you-my-power-and-to-spread-my-fame-throughout-the-earth-exodus-916-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/but-i-have-spared-you-for-a-purpose-to-show-you-my-power-and-to-spread-my-fame-throughout-the-earth-exodus-916-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;But I have spared you for a purpose\u2014to show you my power and to spread my fame throughout the earth&#8221; (Exodus 9:16 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fscfa\" data-offset-key=\"dh7bk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dh7bk-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dh7bk-0-0\">GOD&#8217;S PURPOSE FOR THE TEN PLAGUES<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fscfa\" data-offset-key=\"78lqm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"78lqm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"78lqm-0-0\">The Lord warned Pharaoh that He could have easily wiped them off the face of the earth for holding his chosen people in slavery. But instead he spared them, using the ten plagues to reveal His power and spread His fame in the earth. There were many ways the Lord could have chosen to free the Israelites, but the ten plagues were given to reveal His power over every aspect of life.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOD&#8217;S PURPOSE FOR THE TEN PLAGUES<br \/>\nThe Lord warned Pharaoh that He could have easily wiped them off the face of the earth for holding his chosen people in slavery. But instead he spared them, using the ten plagues to reveal His power and spread His fame in the earth. There were many ways the Lord could have chosen to free the Israelites, but the ten plagues were given to reveal His power over every aspect of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1269],"scripture-chapter":[1342],"oyb_day":[1555],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6455","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-exodus","scripture-chapter-1342","oyb_day-january-29"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6455","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=6455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6455"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6455"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6455"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6455"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}