{"id":2048,"date":"2023-12-11T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2023-12-11T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T14:35:02","slug":"pleased-with-a-successful-cover-up-dont-mistake-gods-patience-for-gods-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=2048","title":{"rendered":"Pleased with a successful cover-up?  Don&#8217;t mistake God&#8217;s patience for God&#8217;s approval."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2046\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2-934x1024.jpg 934w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/advent2-768x842.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-30531\" class=\"text 2Pet-3-8\">But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-30532\" class=\"text 2Pet-3-9\">The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,\u00a0as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient\u00a0with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-30533\" class=\"text 2Pet-3-10\">But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.\u00a0The heavens will disappear with a roar;\u00a0the elements will be destroyed by fire,\u00a0and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-30534\" class=\"text 2Pet-3-11 psuedo-selection\">Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"en-NIV-30534\" class=\"text 2Pet-3-11 psuedo-selection\">2 Peter 3:8-11a NIV<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">December 11, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But do not forget this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-thought-for-the-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2048"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}