Today’s Thought “Without Regard for Now” G. Ward

“And we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure.” 1 Corinthians 4:12

Favorable regard of presumed ministers of the gospel today rarely stems from qualifications observed, indifferent from those in the apostolic age; who sought imposing a denial of self-preservation. In that day the predominant group regarded them as buffoons; particularly in view of their plain presentation, both in promulgation and appearance. Our modernity has perpetuated great lack of investigation of truth, receiving any who say they’re a representative of God based on a clergy look and oratory. True ministers have never relied on personal tools of the perceived trade, but trusted solely in the message responsible for their own deliverance. Moreover, their urgency in delivery forgot to go by the tailor for a custom suit, along with unfamiliarity with a Bentley over a Chrysler. The pursuits from many will inevitably allow history’s re-visit of persecution and horrid apostasy. Who then will stand (*cf. Deut. 18:20)?

Happy Thursday!