{"id":1324,"date":"2020-08-16T20:29:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T00:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2020-08-16T18:31:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T22:31:47","slug":"a-dream-realized-sermon-on-the-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/?p=1324","title":{"rendered":"A Dream Realized :: Sermon on the Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In The Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is showing us what the kingdom looks like. This kingdom derives from a dream \u2013 a plan that God had since before the foundation of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might say that a dream is being realized. The kingdom of God is at hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can be part of the worship service through <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ghcjAuvk30Q\">this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ghcjAuvk30Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus is clear on who the kingdom is made up of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not made up of people who have pushed the envelope and made themselves righteous. There\u2019s no real room in the kingdom for the self-righteous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not made up of people don\u2019t care and adopt lawlessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those in the kingdom are those who have a keen sense of right and wrong \u2013 a keen sense of light and darkness. And they are disturbed when they see darkness in themselves. They know they cannot personally rid themselves of guilt and shame, but they trust that Christ has done so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And, in humility, they receive his forgiveness \u2013 his righteousness \u2013 as their own.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In The Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is showing us what the kingdom looks like. This kingdom derives from a dream \u2013 a plan that God had since before the foundation of the world. You might say that a dream &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/?p=1324\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,91,93],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-1324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-formation","category-videos","category-worship-services","tag-sermon-on-the-mount"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvLb-lm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1324"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions\/1326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/pastorsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}