{"id":3330,"date":"2025-01-30T17:13:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2025-01-30T17:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T17:13:55","slug":"mixed-loyalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3330","title":{"rendered":"Mixed loyalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2839\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood.jpg 415w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NASB-27645\" class=\"text Acts-20-28\">&#8220;Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NASB-27646\" class=\"text Acts-20-29\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>I know that after my departure\u00a0savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing\u00a0the flock;<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-27647\" class=\"text Acts-20-30\">and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse [distorted, twisted, corrupt] things to draw away the disciples after <strong>them<\/strong>.&#8221; Acts 20: 28-30 NASB<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When you have read this passage before, have you assumed that the &#8220;drawing away&#8221; was to incorrect theology?\u00a0 What if an alternative understanding is that <a href=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=972\">wolves<\/a> , regardless of their professed theology, can subtly cultivate loyalty to themselves in a way that &#8220;draws away&#8221; disciples from loyalty to Christ alone?<\/p>\n<p>How do you think mixed loyalty develops?\u00a0 How is it revealed? Can a member of a church community have mixed loyalty and not know it? How do you balance honor for your church leaders with avoiding the temptation to mixed loyalty?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;Be on guard&#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-3330","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\/3330","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=3330"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3367,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3330\/revisions\/3367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}