{"id":154,"date":"2023-12-05T23:40:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T04:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/?p=154"},"modified":"2023-12-05T23:40:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T04:40:51","slug":"crucify-him-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"Crucify Him Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Crucify Him. Again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>James 4:1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vs. <em>2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tell me whether or not I\u2019m off track if I apply the following scripture to the above sentence:<br><br><em>Hebrews 6:4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are James and the Hebrew writer speaking of the same thing? Does a believer turn Jesus\u2019 sacrifice into mere murder when, after walking in faith, returns to his lust for physical satisfaction rather than seeking to honor Jesus\u2019 sacrifice on the cross?<br><br>Jesus, my God and Savior, please forgive me when I elevate worldly satisfaction above reconciliation and fellowship with You! I am weak, You are strong. Help me to recognize when I\u2019m nailing You on the cross AGAIN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crucify Him. Again? James 4:1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/?p=154\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crucify Him Again?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[48,50,49],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devo","tag-crucify-james-41","tag-fallen-away","tag-hebrews-64","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sharp.men\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}