Just as His placeJ in glory is to be our destined place, so His place while on earth is our present place (as we go through this sinful world) He was despised and rejected of men: Even so will everyone who wants to live Godly in Christ Jesus. Think about it! The body must experience the sufferings of the Head (not only in Africa or China but also here in Christian Ireland) to later enjoy the joy and blessings of the Head.
In Phil 3:10ff. Paul states he wants "to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, conforming to His death,if somehow I should be attaining to the resurrection that is out from among the dead".
Remember Jesus had no form or comeliness to make him recognizable or an instant superstar. He was not a Scandinavian blonde haired, blue eyed God like creature wearing a white robe and soft sandals! He was to all intents and purposes a disgrace, a disaster and even His supporters hung their heads in shame at times as He did and said what was not cocher or politically correct: Our goal in these times is to be like Jesus in being spiritually correct rather than politically correct.
If God has graciouslty granted you God Faith (Phil 1:29) then He has packaged it in an equally gracious gift of suffering: Are you mad Vincent?
He was rejected, not merely by the barbarian world, not merely by those who were living low, degraded lives, but also by the literary world, the cultured world, and the religious world. It was the religious leaders of the people who demanded His death, and all of the world acquiesced. The world continues to do so. It has its culture, its refinements, its civilization, its religion; but our blessed Lord is apart from it all, and the Word to us is this,
Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp, {What does that mean?} bearing His reproach (Hebrews 13:13).
Three Verses From The Quran
Three Verses From The Quran
