{"id":366,"date":"2024-03-19T19:48:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wheat-and-tares-everybody-is-doing-it\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T19:48:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T19:48:47","slug":"wheat-and-tares-everybody-is-doing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wheat-and-tares-everybody-is-doing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheat And Tares (&#8220;Everybody Is Doing It&#8221;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wheat And Tares (&quot;Everybody Is Doing It&quot;)\" width=\"1104\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Z_2CXzt5y8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I discuss the misconception that everyone in the church is a hypocrite due to bad individuals or incidents. Referring to the biblical parable of the wheat and the tares (Matthew 13:24-30), I emphasize that not everyone is at fault. Instead, I stress focusing on personal faith and avoiding losing hope because of others&#8217; actions. I caution against spreading harmful teachings and underscore the importance of discerning their source. Ultimately, I highlight the need to distinguish between genuine faith and misguided beliefs, emphasizing personal responsibility. #marcusvbrown #izfly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I discuss the misconception that everyone in the church is a hypocrite due to bad individuals or incidents. Referring to the biblical parable of the wheat and the tares (Matthew 13:24-30), I emphasize that not everyone is at fault. Instead, I stress focusing on personal faith and avoiding losing hope because of others&#8217; actions. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-366","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\/366","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=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}