A Shocking ‘Job’ Description

November 28, 2006

Joe,

I’ll try to give that post from Between Two Worlds a look tomorrow.  But I was thinking of something else that sort of went along with the Bible memorization post from earlier today.

Whenever I look through the ads in the back of Christianity Today, I am struck by the churches who are seeking pastoral help. I wonder if a church ever advertised a leadership position with this job description:

“9For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, 12and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; 13when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.” (1 Corinthians 4:9-13)

Don’t you think it should be required of all people graduating from seminaries with a Master’s in Divinity to have this chapter of Scripture memorized? How many churches there are who are floundering in liberalism and spiritual weakness, because pastors care more about being liked than they do about heralding the truth, no matter the consequences?

Pray for me, brother. I have tasted very little of what the Apostle experienced daily. But I long to be driven not by the opinion of man, but by the gospel of Christ. And when we do that, we may well become the scum of the world. I want to be so enthralled by the gospel that I am willing to bear anything for His sake. Yet I know my heart is still desperately weak. So pray for me, that my heart would be united to fear and treasure Him above all the comforts of this world.

Larry

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