{"id":1827,"date":"2024-05-08T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2024-05-06T10:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:08:28","slug":"lifting-up-the-serpent-part-3-may-8-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/lifting-up-the-serpent-part-3-may-8-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifting Up the Serpent &#8212; Part 3:  May 8, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Recordings\/2024\/Trinity_20240508.mp3\">Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>                    Lifting Up the Serpent - Part 3\n                             Numbers 21:7\n                              05\/08\/2024\n\n\n        7    And the people came to Moses and said, ``We have\n             sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and\n             against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away\n             the serpents from us.'' So Moses prayed for the\n             people.  (ESV)\n\n        Discipline and punishment may look the same to the one being\n   trained.  Were the serpents sent by God a punishment as the\n   children of Israel grumbled against Him, or were they a call to\n   trust in Him at all times?  In the liturgy for God's help in time\n   of a local or national tragedy, the readings are as much a call\n   for repentance as they are for God to ease the burden of all\n   people.\n\n        It is fitting, as we know that we have sinned against God\n   and neighbor, that times of personal and national distress are\n   also a call to trust in God rather than our own abilities.\n\n        And the people came to Moses and said, ``We have\n        sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against\n        you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents\n        from us.'' So Moses prayed for the people.\n\n\n        If the serpents were a punishment, then God's actions had\n   the desired result, show the people their sin.  If the serpents\n   were a form of discipline, a form of teaching, they also had the\n   proper effect, trust in God and His goodness rather than trusting\n   our own desires.  Look to the blessings God gives, knowing that\n   He willingly gives us that which we need to sustain this body and\n   life.\n\n        No matter if the serpents were punishment or discipline, the\n   result was the people calling on God, praying for forgiveness and\n   His almighty help in time of need.\n\n        May our Lord give to us the eyes of faith to trust in Him,\n   to call upon Him in the day of trouble, and to believe that He\n   desires to give us His eternal love and grace.  Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1828,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions\/1828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}