{"id":5825,"date":"2026-07-22T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:00:36","slug":"abraham-is-our-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5825","title":{"rendered":"Abraham Is Our Father!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>They<\/em> (the Pharisees) <em>answered and said unto him <\/em>(Jesus)<em>, Abraham is our father.  Jesus saith unto them,&nbsp;If ye were Abraham&#8217;s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.<\/em><\/strong>  <em><strong>But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>Ye do the deeds of your father.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father,&nbsp;even&nbsp;God.  Jesus said unto them,&nbsp;If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, <\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Why do ye not understand my speech?&nbsp;even&nbsp;because ye cannot hear my word.<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>Ye are of&nbsp;your&nbsp;father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>And because I tell&nbsp;you&nbsp;the truth, ye believe me not.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?<\/strong><\/em>  <em><strong>He that is of God heareth God&#8217;s words: ye therefore hear&nbsp;them&nbsp;not, because ye are not of God.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>John 8:39-47<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>\u2026let the word of Christ dwell <\/strong><\/em><strong>(take up its life) <\/strong><em><strong>in you richly\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They (the Pharisees) answered and said unto him (Jesus), Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them,&nbsp;If ye were Abraham&#8217;s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=5825\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Abraham Is Our Father!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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\/5825"}],"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=5825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5841,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions\/5841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}