{"id":305,"date":"2024-02-07T20:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T20:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/steal-kill-destroy-unmasking-the-thief\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T20:40:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T20:40:41","slug":"steal-kill-destroy-unmasking-the-thief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/steal-kill-destroy-unmasking-the-thief\/","title":{"rendered":"Steal Kill Destroy: Unmasking The Thief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steal Kill Destroy: Unmasking The Thief\" width=\"1104\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9xjTK87YQ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In my understanding, the commonly quoted phrase &#8220;the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy&#8221; from John 10 is often misinterpreted as referring to the Devil. Instead, I believe Jesus was actually referring to false spiritual leaders and teachers who distort God&#8217;s word and lead people astray. It&#8217;s important to discern true spiritual leaders from false ones, as the latter can deceive and harm believers. Recognizing the context of the passage is crucial, and it&#8217;s essential not to replace &#8220;the thief&#8221; with the Devil but to see it as a warning against deceptive spiritual leaders. #marcusvbrown #izfly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my understanding, the commonly quoted phrase &#8220;the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy&#8221; from John 10 is often misinterpreted as referring to the Devil. Instead, I believe Jesus was actually referring to false spiritual leaders and teachers who distort God&#8217;s word and lead people astray. It&#8217;s important to discern true spiritual leaders from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-teachings","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}