{"id":691,"date":"2008-01-06T00:08:07","date_gmt":"2008-01-06T00:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=691"},"modified":"2008-01-06T00:08:07","modified_gmt":"2008-01-06T00:08:07","slug":"on-respecting-the-servants-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=691","title":{"rendered":"On Respecting the Servants of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we respect our pastors, our preachers, we respect with the utmost truth. It is not a pretend like the politicians do, it is not forced upon involuntary desire. It is a true respect towards the anointed ones of God, despite their flaws, for no one man is perfect.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, we must discern who truly works for God, that we may learn from them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Jesus said: these teachers sit in Moses&#39; seat, that whatsoever they bid you observe, observe and do. (Matthew 23)<\/p>\n<p>But one must be aware that each one should be mindful of every act, every detail responsibility of oneself. So that one&#39;s righteousness surpasses the righteousness of these scribes and Pharisees. (Matthew 5:20)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[@more@]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we respect our pastors, our preachers, we respect with the utmost truth. It is not a pretend like the politicians do, it is not forced upon involuntary desire. It is a true respect towards the anointed ones of God, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=691\">Continue reading <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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theologization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}