{"id":7161,"date":"2018-09-18T08:56:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T12:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=7161"},"modified":"2018-09-18T08:56:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T12:56:52","slug":"they-tell-the-prophets-dont-tell-us-what-is-right-tell-us-nice-things-tell-us-lies-forget-all-this-gloom-get-off-your-narrow-path-stop-telling-us-about-your-holy-one","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/they-tell-the-prophets-dont-tell-us-what-is-right-tell-us-nice-things-tell-us-lies-forget-all-this-gloom-get-off-your-narrow-path-stop-telling-us-about-your-holy-one","title":{"rendered":"‘They tell the prophets, \u201cDon\u2019t tell us what is right. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies. Forget all this gloom. Get off your narrow path. Stop telling us about your \u2018Holy One of Israel.\u2019\u201d (Isaiah 30:10-11 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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WE CAN’T STOP TELLING OTHERS ABOUT JESUS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Lord told Isaiah that the people of Judah would be known for rebelling against Him, telling the prophets to stop preaching about the coming judgment and the Messiah. In their rebellion against God, it seemed they could no longer tolerate sound teaching, especially anything about the “Holy One of Israel.” <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There are many today who would silence the preaching of God’s Word, especially any mention of the Holy One, Jesus Christ. In some settings, the preacher is actually allowed to pray publicly, but asked not to say the name of Jesus. Yet, there remains a people in the earth who have given their hearts to Christ, who love to hear the name of Jesus and the preaching of His Word.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Besides it isn’t really preaching if we don’t preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. As the apostle Paul said, “I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). And later he said, “Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Cor. 9:16). <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When our preaching team prepares sermons, we always ask ourselves, “Are we preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ?” Otherwise, we are just saying “nice things” that have no power. We cannot stop telling others about the Holy One, Jesus Christ!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WE CAN’T STOP TELLING OTHERS ABOUT JESUS
\nThe Lord told Isaiah that the people of Judah would be known for rebelling against Him, telling the prophets to stop preaching about the coming judgment and the Messiah. In their rebellion against God, it seemed they could no longer tolerate sound teaching, especially anything about the “Holy One of Israel.” <\/p>\n

There are many today who would silence the preaching of God’s Word, especially any mention of the Holy One, Jesus Christ. In some settings, the preacher is actually allowed to pray publicly, but asked not to say the name of Jesus. Yet, there remains a people in the earth who have given their hearts to Christ, who love to hear the name of Jesus and the preaching of His Word.<\/p>\n

Besides it isn’t really preaching if we don’t preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. As the apostle Paul said, “I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). And later he said, “Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Cor. 9:16). <\/p>\n

When our preaching team prepares sermons, we always ask ourselves, “Are we preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ?” Otherwise, we are just saying “nice things” that have no power. We cannot stop telling others about the Holy One, Jesus Christ!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1290],"scripture-chapter":[1363],"oyb_day":[1788],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7161","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-isaiah","scripture-chapter-1363","oyb_day-september-18"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7161","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=7161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}