{"id":91,"date":"2021-03-12T05:01:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T05:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/2021\/03\/12\/our-gang-on-maturity\/"},"modified":"2021-03-12T05:04:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T05:04:44","slug":"our-gang-on-maturity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/2021\/03\/12\/our-gang-on-maturity\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Gang On Maturity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_84593\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/imt68tTMms4?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>1 Corinthians 1:25-27<br \/>\n25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.<br \/>\n26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh,<br \/>\n not many mighty, not many noble, are called.<br \/>\n 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise,<br \/>\nand God has chosen the weak things of the world<br \/>\nto put to shame the things which are mighty;<\/p>\n<p>1 Corinthians 3:1-3<br \/>\n1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal,<br \/>\n as to babes in Christ.<br \/>\n2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food;<br \/>\nfor until now you were not able to receive it,<br \/>\n and even now you are still not able;<br \/>\n 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy,<br \/>\nstrife, and divisions among you,<br \/>\nare you not carnal and behaving like mere men?<\/p>\n<p>Philippians 3:12-14(NKJV)<br \/>\n12 Not that I have already attained,  or am already perfected; but I press on,<br \/>\n that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.<br \/>\n 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended;<br \/>\nbut one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind<br \/>\nand reaching forward to those things which are ahead,<br \/>\n14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God<\/p>\n<p>Proverbs 1 (NKJV)<br \/>\n1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:<br \/>\n2 To know wisdom and instruction,<br \/>\nTo perceive the words of understanding,<br \/>\n3 To receive the instruction of wisdom,<br \/>\nJustice, judgment, and equity;<br \/>\n4 To give prudence to the simple,<br \/>\nTo the young man knowledge and discretion\u2014<br \/>\n5 A wise man will hear and increase learning,<br \/>\nAnd a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,<br \/>\n6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,<br \/>\nThe words of the wise and their riddles.<br \/>\n7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,<br \/>\nBut fools despise wisdom and instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Judges 2:1-3(NKJV)<br \/>\n1 Then the Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said:<br \/>\n \u201cI led you up from Egypt and brought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers;<br \/>\n and I said, \u2018I will never break My covenant with you.<br \/>\n2 And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land;<br \/>\n you shall tear down their altars.\u2019<br \/>\n But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this?<br \/>\n 3 Therefore I also said, \u2018I will not drive them out before you;<br \/>\n but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall  be a snare to you.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hebrews 12 (NKJV)<br \/>\n 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:<br \/>\n \u201cMy son, do not despise the [c]chastening of the Lord,<br \/>\nNor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;<br \/>\n6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens,<br \/>\nAnd scourges every son whom He receives.\u201d<br \/>\n11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present,<br \/>\nbut painful; nevertheless,<br \/>\nafterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness<br \/>\nto those who have been trained by it.<\/p>\n<p>Psalm 139<br \/>\n7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?<br \/>\nOr where can I flee from Your presence?<br \/>\n8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;<br \/>\nIf I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.<br \/>\n9 If I take the wings of the morning,<br \/>\nAnd dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,<br \/>\n10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,<br \/>\nAnd Your right hand shall hold me.<br \/>\n11 If I say, \u201cSurely the darkness shall fall on me,\u201d<br \/>\nEven the night shall be light about me;<br \/>\n12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,<br \/>\nBut the night shines as the day;<br \/>\nThe darkness and the light are both alike to You.<\/p>\n<p>Hebrews 12:2 (NASB1995)<br \/>\nfixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith,<br \/>\nwho for the joy set before Him endured the cross,<br \/>\ndespising the shame,<br \/>\n and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 7<br \/>\n21 \u201cNot everyone who says to Me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019<br \/>\nshall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.<br \/>\n22 Many will say to Me in that day, \u2018Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name,<br \/>\n cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?\u2019<br \/>\n 23 And then I will declare to them, \u2018I never knew you; depart from Me<br \/>\n, you who practice lawlessness!\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Corinthians 1:25-27 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cort-tv","category-interview","wpcat-31-id","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/city-refuge.org\/housechurch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}