{"id":43443,"date":"2022-02-21T09:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T15:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=43443"},"modified":"2022-02-21T09:16:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T15:16:52","slug":"what-does-god-expect-after-becoming-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-god-expect-after-becoming-a-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does God Expect After Becoming a Christian?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-Does-God-Expect-After-Becoming-a-Christian.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-43443-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-Does-God-Expect-After-Becoming-a-Christian.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-Does-God-Expect-After-Becoming-a-Christian.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/What-Does-God-Expect-After-Becoming-a-Christian.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Raymond Warfel<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Raymond Warfel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[356,498,54],"class_list":["post-43443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-attendance","tag-effort","tag-obedience"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":89401,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-does-your-garden-grow\/","url_meta":{"origin":43443,"position":0},"title":"How Does Your Garden Grow?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Joe Slater I presume you have your garden in by now. 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