{"id":994,"date":"2016-08-21T02:58:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T02:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=994"},"modified":"2016-08-31T02:16:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T02:16:09","slug":"sermon-august-21-2016-the-purpose-of-prophecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-august-21-2016-the-purpose-of-prophecy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon \u2013 August 21, 2016: \u201cThe Purpose of Prophecy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-994-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/aug21-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/aug21-16.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/aug21-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Genesis 49<\/p>\n<p>Questions that need to be asked<br \/>\n\u2022 Has every detail of Jacob\u2019s prophecy come to pass as predicted?<br \/>\n\u2022 What purpose does the prophecy serve Jacob\u2019s sons?<br \/>\n\u2022 Why did Moses record Jacob\u2019s words?<br \/>\n\u2022 Why did Reuben, Simeon and Levi receive rebuke for their sins and Judah receive blessing?<\/p>\n<p>Purpose of Prophecy<br \/>\n\u2022 Prophecy focuses our attention on future things.<br \/>\n\u2022 Prophecy also focuses on present living in light of the future.<br \/>\n\u2022 Though there are specific prophecies concerning the future, there are also general prophecies given to warn people so that things to come may be avoided.<\/p>\n<p>Applying what we learned<br \/>\n\u2022 We have been given promises concerning tomorrow.<br \/>\n\u2022 We can be sure of tomorrow so we don\u2019t have to worry about it.<br \/>\n\u2022 We are freed to live in the present in view of tomorrow.<br \/>\n\u2022 So make the most of the present by living in purity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis 49 Questions that need to be asked \u2022 Has every detail of Jacob\u2019s prophecy come to pass as predicted? \u2022 What purpose does the prophecy serve Jacob\u2019s sons? \u2022 Why did Moses record Jacob\u2019s words? \u2022 Why did Reuben,<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-august-21-2016-the-purpose-of-prophecy\/\"><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,21,43,1,10],"tags":[48,57,24,44,13],"class_list":["post-994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-studies","category-members","category-sermon","category-uncategorized","category-worship","tag-bible-studies","tag-bible-study","tag-members","tag-sermon","tag-worship"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/genesisbanner.jpg?fit=1150%2C400&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":995,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994\/revisions\/995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}