{"id":49648,"date":"2001-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/gandhi-cant-compare-to-christ\/"},"modified":"2001-08-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-08-13T00:00:00","slug":"gandhi-cant-compare-to-christ","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/gandhi-cant-compare-to-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Gandhi Can&#8217;t Compare to Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author Michael Green writes:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Only Jesus fully understands God the Father. Great people have discovered and taught many true and noble things about God. 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