{"id":955,"date":"2010-02-03T07:42:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=955"},"modified":"2010-02-03T09:38:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T17:38:56","slug":"becoming-the-filth-of-the-world-2-3-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"Becoming the “Filth of the World” 2-3-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
February 3, 2010<\/div>\n
Becoming the “Filth of the World”<\/div>\n

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><\/object>We can become as the filth of this world because He is so beautiful JDV\/DJR<\/em><\/div>\n
We have been made as the filth of the world . . . \u20141 Corinthians 4:13<\/div>\n
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These words are not an exaggeration.<\/p>\n

\"\"The only reason they may not be true of us who call ourselves ministers of the gospel is not that Paul forgot or misunderstood the exact truth of them, but that we are too cautious and concerned about our own desires to allow ourselves to become the refuse or “filth of the world.”<\/p>\n

“Fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ . . .” (\u00a0Colossians 1:24<\/a> ) is not the result of the holiness of sanctification, but the evidence of consecration-being “separated to the gospel of God . . .” (\u00a0Romans 1:1<\/a> ).<\/p>\n

\"\"When we are connected to Jesus it dowsen’t matter how we are perceived. We know we are exactly where Jesus wants us. JDV\/DJR<\/em><\/p>\n

“Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you . . .” (1 Peter 4:12). If we do think the things we encounter are strange, it is because we are fearful and cowardly. We pay such close attention to our own interests and desires that we stay out of the mire and say, “I won\u2019t submit; I won\u2019t bow or bend.”<\/p>\n

\"\"And you don\u2019t have to\u2014 you can be saved by the “skin of your teeth” if you like. You can refuse to let God count you as one who is “separated to the gospel . . . .” Or you can say, “I don\u2019t care if I am treated like \u2019the filth of the world\u2019 as long as the gospel is proclaimed.”<\/p>\n

A true servant of Jesus Christ is one who is willing to experience martyrdom for the reality of the gospel of God.<\/p>\n

And the martyrdom may be simply living as God would have us live…staying connected and open to whatever comes our way. JDV\/DJR<\/em><\/p>\n

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When a moral person is confronted with contempt, immorality, disloyalty, or dishonesty, he is so repulsed by the offense that he turns away and in despair closes his heart to the offender. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But the miracle of the redemptive reality of God is that the worst and the vilest offender can never exhaust the depths of His love. Paul did not say that God separated him to show what a wonderful man He could make of him, but “to reveal His Son in me<\/em>. . .” (\u00a0Galatians 1:16<\/a> ).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

February 3, 2010 Becoming the “Filth of the World” ><\/object>We can become as the filth of this world because He is so beautiful JDV\/DJR We have been made as the filth of the world . . . \u20141 Corinthians 4:13 These words are not an exaggeration. The only reason they may not be true of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions\/976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}