{"id":9925,"date":"2021-10-06T06:37:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T11:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-matthew-4\/"},"modified":"2021-10-02T13:05:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T18:05:32","slug":"devotional-on-matthew-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-matthew-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on Matthew"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15646\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P5029291.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P5029291-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"size-large wp-image-15646\" srcset=\"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P5029291-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P5029291-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P5029291-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P5029291-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/P5029291.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 &#8211; Arches National Park, Utah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Going fishing<\/p>\n<p>Matthew 4: I\u2019ll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass.<\/p>\n<p>I almost wish Jesus hadn\u2019t used the words he used concerning \u201cfishing for men.\u201d  Generally speaking, our view of fishing is different than was theirs.  These men fish for a living.  Today, the average person fishes for fun.  We use rods and reels and try to trick the unsuspecting fish into taking the bait.  When we catch a big fish we take a picture so we can show our friends our catch.  For us it\u2019s sport, a nice pastime.  Reaching the lost isn\u2019t about sport and we aren\u2019t to try to trick the lost into the Kingdom of God.  Our motivation is the love and compassion for the lost that flows through our lives.  The problem isn\u2019t that Jesus said the wrong thing as much as it is that we filter it through our own experience.  The result is sometimes less than he intended.  <\/p>\n<p>Take Away: Evangelism is about love and compassion and concern and not about \u201ccatching people.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going fishing Matthew 4: I\u2019ll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass. I almost wish Jesus hadn\u2019t used the words he used concerning \u201cfishing for men.\u201d Generally speaking, our view of fishing is different than was theirs. These men fish for a living. Today, the average person fishes for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1518,1428],"tags":[1188,320],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15647,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9925\/revisions\/15647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}