{"id":2638,"date":"2014-08-11T20:25:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T00:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2014-10-02T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T13:00:27","slug":"how-can-i-live-the-christian-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/11\/how-can-i-live-the-christian-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I live the Christian Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s all grace&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Brennan Manning<\/h2>\n<p>True Christians have a number of\u00a0things in common: an awareness of their own sin, an understanding of Jesus&#8217; sacrifice, a choice of trust that Jesus&#8217; death pays for their sin, and a heart\u00a0that&#8217;s turned\u00a0away from sinful pursuits.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2643\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Clipboard01.jpg?resize=584%2C433\" alt=\"Clipboard01\" width=\"584\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Clipboard01.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Clipboard01.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Clipboard01.jpg?resize=404%2C300&amp;ssl=1 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>There&#8217;s something else we have in common: A realization that we cannot live the Christian life. If you don&#8217;t realize that you cannot live the Christian life, you&#8217;re closing your eyes to reality. But don&#8217;t give up.<\/p>\n<p>This podcast, presented by me\u00a0at Curwensville Alliance on August 10, 2014, addresses the difficulty and explains how the gospel brings the answer. It&#8217;s all grace, you know.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you&#8217;re interested in the sermon notes, contact me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/eadry.gif?w=584\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>~Steve<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8121\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2638-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ShieldsGroup.com\/mp3s\/2014\/20140810bJesusIsOurSanctifier.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ShieldsGroup.com\/mp3s\/2014\/20140810bJesusIsOurSanctifier.mp3\">http:\/\/ShieldsGroup.com\/mp3s\/2014\/20140810bJesusIsOurSanctifier.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/ShieldsGroup.com\/mp3s\/2014\/20140810bJesusIsOurSanctifier.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=2638-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/ShieldsGroup.com\/mp3s\/2014\/20140810bJesusIsOurSanctifier.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20140810bJesusIsOurSanctifier.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s all grace&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0Brennan Manning True Christians have a number of\u00a0things in common: an awareness of their own sin, an understanding of Jesus&#8217; sacrifice, a choice of trust that Jesus&#8217; death pays for their sin, and a heart\u00a0that&#8217;s turned\u00a0away from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/11\/how-can-i-live-the-christian-life\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":464,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,4,2,9,1],"tags":[223,551,204],"class_list":["post-2638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-godly-living","category-grace","category-sermon-podcasts","category-spiritual-life","tag-holiness","tag-purity","tag-sanctification"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvmV-Gy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2638"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638\/revisions\/2651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}