{"id":6987,"date":"2018-06-13T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T13:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6987"},"modified":"2018-06-13T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T13:06:47","slug":"i-am-jesus-the-one-you-are-persecuting-acts-95-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/i-am-jesus-the-one-you-are-persecuting-acts-95-nlt","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI am Jesus, the one you are persecuting!&#8221; (Acts 9:5 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fafvg\" data-offset-key=\"6imu6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6imu6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6imu6-0-0\">TO PERSECUTE THE CHURCH IS TO PERSECUTE CHRIST <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fafvg\" data-offset-key=\"dvc78-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dvc78-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dvc78-0-0\">Saul encountered the glorious Christ on the road to Damascus. Saul was going there to arrest any followers of Jesus that he might find. Yet, he was instead found by the Lord Jesus Himself. The question Jesus asked was informative, &#8220;Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?\u201d Saul asked who it was that was speaking, to which he was answered, &#8220;I am Jesus.&#8221; <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fafvg\" data-offset-key=\"5k0r3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5k0r3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5k0r3-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"fafvg\" data-offset-key=\"74vvf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"74vvf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"74vvf-0-0\">The one who persecutes a follower of Jesus, persecutes Jesus Himself. For the Church is the body of Christ and He is its Head (Col.1:18, Eph.1:22-23).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TO PERSECUTE THE CHURCH IS TO PERSECUTE CHRIST<br \/>\nSaul encountered the glorious Christ on the road to Damascus. Saul was going there to arrest any followers of Jesus that he might find. Yet, he was instead found by the Lord Jesus Himself. The question Jesus asked was informative, &#8220;Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?\u201d Saul asked who it was that was speaking, to which he was answered, &#8220;I am Jesus.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The one who persecutes a follower of Jesus, persecutes Jesus Himself. For the Church is the body of Christ and He is its Head (Col.1:18, Eph.1:22-23).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1311],"scripture-chapter":[1342],"oyb_day":[1691],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6987","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-acts","scripture-chapter-1342","oyb_day-june-13"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6987","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=6987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6987"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6987"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6987"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6987"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}