{"id":240,"date":"2014-03-27T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/labels-belong-on-jelly-jars-not-people\/"},"modified":"2014-03-27T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T14:36:00","slug":"labels-belong-on-jelly-jars-not-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/labels-belong-on-jelly-jars-not-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Labels Belong on Jelly Jars: Not People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have often heard my pastor say &#8220;Labels belong on Jelly jars, not people&#8221;. This idea caused me to ask &#8220;Why have I been so quick to label myself?&#8221; I think I have found the main answer to that question. <span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">I have wanted self and peer validation by who a particular label assosiated myself with. I do not assume everyone else does this but I have. The question was not am I Reformed\/Arminian, Charasmatic\/Cessationist, Complentarian\/Egalitarian, Missional\/Seeker, Paedo\/Credo, Pre\/Mid\/Post\/Amill\/PostMill, but why did I need to be so quick to tell you? Why was my validation in Christ and title as a Christian not enough? Why was&nbsp;labeling&nbsp;myself worth the&nbsp;confusion that it brought to those around me? Not that all labels are bad, but there&nbsp;certainly&nbsp;is a right and wrong way to wear them. So my question for you&#8230;.. Why the need for YOU to&nbsp;label yourself?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have often heard my pastor say &#8220;Labels belong on Jelly jars, not people&#8221;. This idea caused me to ask &#8220;Why have I been so quick to label myself?&#8221; I think I have found the main answer to that question. I have wanted self and peer validation by who a particular label assosiated myself with. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}