{"id":330,"date":"2017-07-02T11:30:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/?p=330"},"modified":"2017-07-02T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T16:25:40","slug":"the-seven-churches-in-revelation-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2017\/07\/02\/the-seven-churches-in-revelation-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Churches in Revelation &#8211; Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Church at Smyrna:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This was the persecuted church. During this time in Rome, emperor worship was common and prevalent. Those who did not pray to the Roman emperor would be persecuted.<\/li>\n<li>They were under tribulation and had a lack of money, but they were still rich.\n<ul>\n<li>God&#8217;s grace makes one far richer than money.<\/li>\n<li>Rich people live by faith<\/li>\n<li>God&#8217;s mercy, tolerance and patience are forms of riches\n<ul>\n<li>If we&#8217;ve been given these from the Lord, we have an infinite supply and can give mercy, tolerance and patience to others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Verses:\u00a0<\/strong>Revelation 2:8-11, Ephesians 3:8, Ephesians 1:7-8, James 2:5, Romans 11:33-35, Ephesians 2:4, Romans 2:4, 1 Timothy 6:10<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-330-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7-2-17.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7-2-17.mp3\">http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7-2-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Church at Smyrna: This was the persecuted church. During this time in Rome, emperor worship was common and prevalent. Those who did not pray to the Roman emperor would be persecuted. They were under tribulation and had a lack&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/2017\/07\/02\/the-seven-churches-in-revelation-part-ii\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newhopeforlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}