{"id":1018,"date":"2022-03-15T07:07:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T14:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2022-03-15T07:07:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T14:07:09","slug":"kh12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12","title":{"rendered":"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><br>Take a moment and find Aenon on the map. Note that Aenon is near the border of Samaria. This is a very important place, and we need to ask the question \u2014 why was John the Baptist near Samaria? What was he doing there? Up until this time, he had spent his time preparing the way for the Messiah among the Jewish people, like a voice crying in the desert, making straight the path (Isa. 40:3). John had been focused on the Jews, so why is he here near Samaria? And by the way \u2014 why did John not leave his ministry of preparing the way and just follow after Jesus like he tells his disciples too? Well, let\u2019s see what we can uncover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png 784w, https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-768x1003.png 768w, https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-1176x1536.png 1176w, https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-1568x2048.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reading<\/strong> [You can read as much as you can, depending on your availability]<br>John 3:22-36<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meditating<\/strong> [Use these questions to start your thinking]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Up to this point, what do you know about John the Baptist?<\/li><li>How would you describe John\u2019s character?<\/li><li>What is John modelling for us?<\/li><li>What other questions do you still have?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sharing<\/strong>: Text ONE of your answers to the questions above to your team. Each team should post a sharing from a team member in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IntroductionTake a moment and find Aenon on the map. Note that Aenon is near the border of Samaria. This is a very important place, and we need to ask the question \u2014 why was John the Baptist near Samaria? What was he doing there? Up until this time, he had spent his time preparing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-knowing-him"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy - Redemption Point<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy - Redemption Point\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IntroductionTake a moment and find Aenon on the map. Note that Aenon is near the border of Samaria. This is a very important place, and we need to ask the question \u2014 why was John the Baptist near Samaria? What was he doing there? Up until this time, he had spent his time preparing the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Redemption Point\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RedemptionPointChurch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-15T14:07:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pastor Bumble\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pastor Bumble\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pastor Bumble\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5add385654d4d302ee7b0f1e2201f41a\"},\"headline\":\"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-15T14:07:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12\"},\"wordCount\":212,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Knowing Him\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12\",\"name\":\"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy - Redemption Point\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-15T14:07:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/kh12#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/\",\"name\":\"RP-rebuild\",\"description\":\"The Gospel Changes Everything\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Redemption Point\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/Untitled-design.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/Untitled-design.png\",\"width\":967,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Redemption Point\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/RedemptionPointChurch\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5add385654d4d302ee7b0f1e2201f41a\",\"name\":\"Pastor Bumble\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c6242ca38bf0e8247546597d2d18d30ad7ddf18d3ef6939f28cdd26276bc4eee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c6242ca38bf0e8247546597d2d18d30ad7ddf18d3ef6939f28cdd26276bc4eee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c6242ca38bf0e8247546597d2d18d30ad7ddf18d3ef6939f28cdd26276bc4eee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Pastor Bumble\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vayhub.us\\\/rdpt22\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy - Redemption Point","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy - Redemption Point","og_description":"IntroductionTake a moment and find Aenon on the map. Note that Aenon is near the border of Samaria. This is a very important place, and we need to ask the question \u2014 why was John the Baptist near Samaria? What was he doing there? Up until this time, he had spent his time preparing the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12","og_site_name":"Redemption Point","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RedemptionPointChurch","article_published_time":"2022-03-15T14:07:09+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Pastor Bumble","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Pastor Bumble","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12"},"author":{"name":"Pastor Bumble","@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/#\/schema\/person\/5add385654d4d302ee7b0f1e2201f41a"},"headline":"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy","datePublished":"2022-03-15T14:07:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12"},"wordCount":212,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png","articleSection":["Knowing Him"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12","url":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12","name":"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy - Redemption Point","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png","datePublished":"2022-03-15T14:07:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/JesusMap2-2-784x1024.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/kh12#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Knowing Him 12: The Source of Real Joy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/","name":"RP-rebuild","description":"The Gospel Changes Everything","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/#organization","name":"Redemption Point","url":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Untitled-design.png","width":967,"height":300,"caption":"Redemption Point"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RedemptionPointChurch"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/#\/schema\/person\/5add385654d4d302ee7b0f1e2201f41a","name":"Pastor Bumble","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6242ca38bf0e8247546597d2d18d30ad7ddf18d3ef6939f28cdd26276bc4eee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6242ca38bf0e8247546597d2d18d30ad7ddf18d3ef6939f28cdd26276bc4eee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6242ca38bf0e8247546597d2d18d30ad7ddf18d3ef6939f28cdd26276bc4eee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Pastor Bumble"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020,"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vayhub.us\/rdpt22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}