{"id":12357,"date":"2026-10-04T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=12357"},"modified":"2026-10-05T10:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:30:37","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-peculiar-people-2-called-out-of-darkness","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/sermons\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-peculiar-people-2-called-out-of-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does It Mean To Be A Peculiar People \u2013 2 Called Out of Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>We Have A New Way To See<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em> Ephesians 5:8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>We Have To Leave Some Things Behind<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dear friends, I warn you as \u201ctemporary residents and foreigners\u201d to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 Peter 2:11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>We Have A Different Standard<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice\u2026 Don\u2019t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em> Romans 12:1-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Our Difference Should Be Visible<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em> 1 Peter 2:12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Have A New Way To See For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!&nbsp;&nbsp; Ephesians 5:8 We Have To Leave Some Things Behind Dear friends, I warn you as \u201ctemporary residents and foreigners\u201d to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 Peter 2:11 We Have A Different Standard And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[83],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12357","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-tommy-sprinkle","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12360,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12357\/revisions\/12360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=12357"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=12357"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=12357"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=12357"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=12357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}