{"id":897,"date":"2011-11-26T12:17:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T18:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=897"},"modified":"2014-12-16T11:21:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T17:21:25","slug":"for-your-sakes-he-became-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/?p=897","title":{"rendered":"For Your Sakes He became Poor."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Corinthians 2 8:1-15, Isaiah 9:6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I: Gifts of Men:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Some will be small and inexpensive.<br \/>\n2. Some will cost a small fortune.<br \/>\n3. Some will be bought on time or with the last dollar.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>II: &#8220;He was rich.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n1. &#8220;The cattle on a thousand hills.&#8221; <strong>Psalms 50:1.<\/strong><br \/>\n2. &#8220;The Earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.&#8221; <strong>Psalms 24:1.<\/strong><br \/>\n3. He controlled the Universe and it was His by creation.<br \/>\n4. Angels worshipped Him.<br \/>\n5. He was clothed with the glory of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>III: He became Poor. The Price he Paid!<\/strong><br \/>\n1. By choice with full understanding.<br \/>\n2. Born of the poorest.<br \/>\n3. Never owned a place to lay his head.<br \/>\n4. The curse of suspicion of men. The glory of angels.<br \/>\n5. A crown of glory for a crown of thorns.<br \/>\n6. A throne of power for a borrowed tomb.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV: That you Might be Rich. The gift he gave!<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Brought back from sin.<br \/>\n2. Made partakers of Heavenly riches.<br \/>\n3. Sons and heirs with Christ.<br \/>\n4. Our mission offering a time to give again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>V: The Change it Brought.<\/strong><br \/>\n1. The Captive were set free.<br \/>\n2. The Slaves saw a new hope.<br \/>\n3. Light shone in darkness.<br \/>\n4. Peace came to every heart that accepted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We go to him so often to ask things. How often do we go to him to give?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corinthians 2 8:1-15, Isaiah 9:6 I: Gifts of Men: 1. Some will be small and inexpensive. 2. Some will cost a small fortune. 3. Some will be bought on time or with the last dollar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgefindley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}