{"id":620,"date":"2026-09-29T18:46:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucid-cannon.82-165-201-93.plesk.page\/?post_type=bicc_sermon&#038;p=620"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:46:54","slug":"the-evidence-of-divine-nearness","status":"publish","type":"bicc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/lucid-cannon.82-165-201-93.plesk.page\/?bicc_sermon=the-evidence-of-divine-nearness","title":{"rendered":"The Evidence of Divine Nearness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preached on Pentecost Sunday in the month of the evidence of divine nearness, this message asks what people see when someone has truly been close to God. Moses&#8217; face shone after time with God (Exodus 34), and the Council marvelled that Peter and John &#8216;had been with Jesus&#8217;. The Holy Spirit gives power to do what the flesh cannot (Acts 1:8), and every believer has the same access to the Father. Walking through Psalm 23, it describes what nearness brings: provision, rest by still waters, a peaceful life, a guided path (Proverbs 3:5-6), and comfort without fear, even in the valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preached on Pentecost Sunday in the month of the evidence of divine nearness, this message asks what people see when someone has truly been close to God. Moses&#8217; face shone after time with God (Exodus 34), and the Council marvelled that Peter and John &#8216;had been with Jesus&#8217;. The Holy Spirit gives power to do what the flesh cannot (Acts 1:8), and every believer has the same access to the Father. Walking through Psalm 23, it describes what nearness brings: provision, rest by still waters, a peaceful life, a guided path (Proverbs 3:5-6), and comfort without fear, even in the valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":621,"template":"","bicc_sermon_series":[40],"bicc_sermon_speaker":[11],"class_list":["post-620","bicc_sermon","type-bicc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","bicc_sermon_series-sunday-services","bicc_sermon_speaker-pastor-joseph-adeyemo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucid-cannon.82-165-201-93.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bicc_sermon\/620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucid-cannon.82-165-201-93.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bicc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucid-cannon.82-165-201-93.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bicc_sermon"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucid-cannon.82-165-201-93.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucid-cannon.82-165-201-93.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bicc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucid-cannon.82-165-201-93.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbicc_sermon_series&post=620"},{"taxonomy":"bicc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucid-cannon.82-165-201-93.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbicc_sermon_speaker&post=620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}