{"id":5121,"date":"2019-09-30T03:47:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T03:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/churchedge.com\/illustrations\/index.php\/2019\/09\/30\/gods-politicians\/"},"modified":"2019-09-30T03:47:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T03:47:13","slug":"gods-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/gods-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sermon in Proverbs series.                               Proverbs 8:14-16<\/p>\n<p>                              GOD&#8217;S POLITICIANS<br \/>\n                              =================<\/p>\n<p>     I. Who&#8217;s in charge here?<\/p>\n<p>    II. Leaders must uphold justice.<br \/>\n         A. They should make just and wise laws.                    8:15<br \/>\n         B. They should be good at uncovering the truth.           20:8, 25:2<br \/>\n         C. They shouldn&#8217;t show partiality.                        24:23<br \/>\n         D. Crime must be condemned, not let off hook.             24:24-25<\/p>\n<p>   III. Leaders must have compassion for the poor.<br \/>\n         A. Being fair to the poor ensures a secure government.     29:14<br \/>\n         B. Love and faithfulness are firmest political foundation. 20:28<\/p>\n<p>    IV. Leaders must have personal integrity.<br \/>\n         A. Bribes will destroy them.                              29:4<br \/>\n         B. Sex can ruin them.                                     31:3<br \/>\n         C. Booze can corrupt them.                                31:5-6<br \/>\n         D. Evil companions can influence them.                    25:5<br \/>\n         E. Rage is a common problem of kings.            20:2, 16:14, 19:12<br \/>\n         F. Arrogance and lying are unsuitable.                    17:7<\/p>\n<p>     V. Leaders reflect God.<br \/>\n         A. We are told to respect them as we do God.              24:21<br \/>\n         B. Their words are like an oracle\/message from God.       16:10<br \/>\n         C. God remains in charge.  Only he can truly save us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sermon in Proverbs series. Proverbs 8:14-16 GOD&#8217;S POLITICIANS ================= I. Who&#8217;s in charge here? II. Leaders must uphold justice. A. They should make just and wise laws. 8:15 B. They should be good at uncovering the truth. 20:8, 25:2 C. They shouldn&#8217;t show partiality. 24:23 D. Crime must be condemned, not let off hook. 24:24-25 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[410,1156,3,4523,846],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.churchedge.com\/illustrations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}