{"id":300,"date":"2016-05-30T23:57:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T06:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=300"},"modified":"2016-05-30T23:57:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T06:57:36","slug":"brood-of-vipers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/30\/brood-of-vipers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Brood of Vipers"},"content":{"rendered":"

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We chase after many do’s and don’ts hoping to find something we can hang our assurance on. \u00a0This is known as a “performance” based salvation and is not what God seeks. \u00a0Scripture calls those who teach this practice\u00a0different names; whitewashed, hypocrisy, blind. \u00a0We are not much different though are we. \u00a0We keep a ledger in our mind of the good and bad we do trying to be right in God’s eyes. \u00a0We will never be right in God’s eyes trying to perform good enough. \u00a0Paul said salvation is by the grace of God and not by works lest any man might boast. \u00a0We must be careful to keep our feet firmly planted on God’s\u00a0grace and forevermore be thankful. \u00a0We will never find that peace of God’s that passes all understanding performing for it. \u00a0We only truly find a place of purpose, peace, rest, joy, stronghold, hope, love, mercy, kindness, faith….. when we listen and obey. Listening and obeying is not performing – it is choosing to humbly following \u00a0and be a servant to the Heavenly Father in whom you have placed your heart and soul because of what has been done through Jesus Christ – salvation and eternal life.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Matthew 23:24
\nThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel<\/strong>
\nFor you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self
\nFor you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Samuel 15:22
\n\u201cHas the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
\nas in obeying the voice of the Lord?
\nBehold, to obey is better than sacrifice,<\/strong>
\nand to listen than the fat of rams<\/strong><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8
\nHe has told you, O man, what is good;<\/strong>
\nand what does the Lord require of you<\/strong>
\nbut to do justice, and to love kindness,<\/strong>
\nand to walk humbly with your God<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell We chase after many do’s and don’ts hoping to find something we can hang our assurance on. \u00a0This is known as a “performance” based salvation and is not what God seeks. \u00a0Scripture calls those who teach this practice\u00a0different names; whitewashed, … Continue reading “Brood of Vipers”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[378,408,406,409,407,16,117,405],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-blind","tag-humbly","tag-hypocrisy","tag-kindness","tag-lawlessness","tag-listen","tag-obey","tag-whitewashed"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}