{"id":1423,"date":"2009-09-05T00:46:24","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T00:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2009-09-05T00:46:24","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T00:46:24","slug":"watching-out-for-the-hand-of-uzzah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1423","title":{"rendered":"Watching out for the hand of Uzzah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nAs I make ready for preaching in Boston and handing out STEMI's rally flyers, reactions from those who knew have me thinking.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNow I have make certain that I am keeping this as subtle as possible. Well within the scope of truth. Despite some background similarities (due to a americanized christendom hence anything out of the &quot;American Dream&quot; is perplexed to them), I do find some impressive differences between those of reformed background and those of charismatic\/evangelical movement. In terms of mature understanding, wisdom and fear of God.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMy only comment is that this Boston mission is as regular as a duty of any Chrisian, not of full time minister or preacher. And when it is done,&nbsp; I am unprofitable servant, I have done that which was my duty to do (Luke 17:10). For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required (Luke 12:48).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen Christ asked some not to spread His miracles sometimes, most of the time, it was due to the misunderstanding. For many believed His name - yet He committed not Himself unto them (John 2:24). For it is for the sake of God' glory and mercy that Christ came, not parlor tricks nor rhetoric.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nToday, in &quot;well developed&quot; countries, the rate of pastors\/priests seems to increase. I've always been skeptically wondering: Are they truly called? or are they merely trying to be as good of an orator as some of their hero rhetoric experts on the church's podium.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen they support missionaries and Christian workers, do they do it because the Lordship of Christ or because of the name of &quot;charity&quot;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhere is the wisdom in support? When examined carefully.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSlow, too slow, but God has been patient and merciful to me, and so must I them.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhat I do now, is not what they think. Because if they know what I do, they would do what I do at the very least. And what they think I do, God has not called me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I make ready for preaching in Boston and handing out STEMI's rally flyers, reactions from those who knew have me thinking. Now I have make certain that I am keeping this as subtle as possible. Well within the scope &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1423\">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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}