{"id":4277,"date":"2018-02-14T05:43:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T10:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubfriends.net\/?p=4277"},"modified":"2018-02-14T08:43:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T13:43:47","slug":"the-earthly-reward-of-obeying-samuel-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/the-earthly-reward-of-obeying-samuel-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"The earthly reward of obeying Samuel Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s say you have 2 sheep sure they are both abused by the Shepherd but the one who wins greater favor from the Shepherd gets to take on the role of the abuser over the sheep that loses the competition.\u00a0 Being the abuser can be profitable even if you have to suffer through abuse to get there.<\/p>\n<p>Many people who obeyed Samuel Lee are now in the top of the hierarchy because he favored those who obey him.\u00a0 Sarah Barry has inherited the money and power of Samuel Lee more than those who disobeyed him and were ousted, she was right if I just obey Samuel Lee earthly things will work out in the end but not the spiritual things won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-17193\" class=\"text Prov-27-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23\u00a0<\/sup>Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Prov-27-23\">give careful attention to your herds;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-17194\" class=\"text Prov-27-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24\u00a0<\/sup>for riches do not endure forever,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Prov-27-24\">and a crown is not secure for all generations.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-17195\" class=\"text Prov-27-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25\u00a0<\/sup>When the hay is removed and new growth appears<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Prov-27-25\">and the grass from the hills is gathered in,<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-17196\" class=\"text Prov-27-26\"><sup class=\"versenum\">26\u00a0<\/sup>the lambs will provide you with clothing,<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Prov-27-26\">and the goats with the price of a field.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"en-NIV-17197\" class=\"text Prov-27-27\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27\u00a0<\/sup>You will have plenty of goats\u2019 milk to feed your family<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Prov-27-27\">and to nourish your female servants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+27https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+27&#038;version=NIV<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-21317\" class=\"text Ezek-34-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3\u00a0<\/sup>You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ezekiel+34&#038;version=NIV<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-21334\" class=\"text Ezek-34-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20\u00a0<\/sup>\u201c\u2018Therefore this is what the Sovereign\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>\u00a0says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-21335\" class=\"text Ezek-34-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21\u00a0<\/sup>Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns\u00a0until you have driven them away,<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-21336\" class=\"text Ezek-34-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22\u00a0<\/sup>I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.<\/span><span id=\"en-NIV-21337\" class=\"text Ezek-34-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23\u00a0<\/sup>I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend\u00a0them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-21338\" class=\"text Ezek-34-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24\u00a0<\/sup>I the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>\u00a0will be their God,\u00a0and my servant David\u00a0will be prince among them.\u00a0I the\u00a0<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>have spoken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ezekiel+34&#038;version=NIV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s say you have 2 sheep sure they are both abused by the Shepherd but the one who wins greater favor from the Shepherd gets to take on the role of the abuser over the sheep that loses the competition.\u00a0 Being the abuser can be profitable even if you have to suffer through abuse to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}