{"id":210,"date":"2008-09-21T13:48:12","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T18:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/messages\/2008\/the-churchs-refining-rolemdashtransformational-work\/"},"modified":"2011-02-06T00:39:29","modified_gmt":"2011-02-06T05:39:29","slug":"the-churchs-refining-role-transformational-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/2008\/the-churchs-refining-role-transformational-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church&#8217;s Refining Role&mdash;Transformational Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Outline&mdash;Ephesians&nbsp;4:17&ndash;21<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>The raw material of the sinful man (vv. 17&ndash;19)\n<ol class=\"level2\">\n<li>A mind that is handicapped spiritually<\/li>\n<li>Powerless to grasp the truth in Christ<\/li>\n<li>Hardened to the point of no hope<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>The very essence of Christ&mdash;truth (vv. 20&ndash;21)\n<ol class=\"level2\">\n<li>Life of learning vs. natural darkness<\/li>\n<li>Life of hearing with understanding vs. unbridled desires<\/li>\n<li>Life of truth vs. illusion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Take Home Points<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>For the unsaved, life is a nightmare. For the saved, life is anadventure.<\/li>\n<li>Is your life characterized by limitations or is it limitless?Limitations lead to lamentations. Boundlessness leads to blessedness.<\/li>\n<li>A lifelong pursuit of knowing Christ gives you direct access to truthfor life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Download Recording<\/h3>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/audio\/msg20080921hi.mp3\" rel=\"external\">Broadband<\/a> Connection (Approx. 22 MB)<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/audio\/msg20080921lo.mp3\" rel=\"external\">For Dial-Up<\/a> Connection (Approx. 2.7 MB)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline&mdash;Ephesians&nbsp;4:17&ndash;21 The raw material of the sinful man (vv. 17&ndash;19) A mind that is handicapped spiritually Powerless to grasp the truth in Christ Hardened to the point of no hope The very essence of Christ&mdash;truth (vv. 20&ndash;21) Life of learning vs. natural darkness Life of hearing with understanding vs. unbridled desires Life of truth vs. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hanoverbaptistchurch.dreamhosters.com\/messages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}