{"id":2356,"date":"2019-02-16T16:29:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T16:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2019-03-07T00:56:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T00:56:59","slug":"are-you-offended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=2356","title":{"rendered":"Are You Offended?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I carry a copy of My Testimony<\/em>\u00a0in my back pocket to share with people whenever I get the chance.\u00a0 My Testimony<\/em>\u00a0is the account of how God worked in my life to bring me into a relationship with Himself through His Son, Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I also give it to those who profess to be Christian, in hopes of encouraging them in their faith, and encouraging them in the\u00a0sharing of their own testimony.\u00a0 The long and the short of it is that I will share My Testimony\u00a0<\/em>with anyone who is interested in reading\u00a0or hearing it.<\/p>\n

I do not know who is a genuine believer and who is not.\u00a0 \u00a0Scripture teaches that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.\u00a0 Since the Bible repeats the fallen condition of man over and over throughout it’s pages, I have to assume that everyone is unsaved from the start.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes I am pleasantly surprised by an individual’s response.\u00a0 Recently I shared My Testimony<\/em> with an Urgent Care<\/em> doctor.\u00a0 I mentioned to him that I can lead a horse to water but I cannot make him drink.\u00a0<\/em> The doctor graciously received My Testimony<\/em> and replied; I have been to the trough and have drunk deeply.<\/em><\/p>\n

I cannot know anyone’s true spiritual condition.\u00a0 Sharing the life changing message of Jesus Christ with those who also claim to be a Christian is a good and right practice even though s<\/strong>ome “Christians” are\u00a0 offended by this.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Their offense justifies this practice.\u00a0 Taking offense at the hearing of another’s testimony of salvation reveals a person’s true spiritual condition.\u00a0 I come away from situations like this deeply saddened, but at least I know how to pray for them.<\/p>\n

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear\u00a0thereof, and be glad. Psalm 34:2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I carry a copy of My Testimony\u00a0in my back pocket to share with people whenever I get the chance.\u00a0 My Testimony\u00a0is the account of how God worked in my life to bring me into a relationship with Himself through His Son, Jesus Christ. I also give it to those who profess to be Christian, in … Continue reading Are You Offended?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2356"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356\/revisions\/2425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}