“Church leaders are supposed to be the exemplars of Christian love – laying down your life for others. That includes being willing to lay down your reputation for doing what is right. Yet, so often church leaders try desperately to cling to whatever reputation they have instead.” – Timothy Isaiah Cho @tisaiahcho on X (Twitter.com) May 23, 2024 Reputation
In taking on the “likeness of men,” Jesus “emptied himself.” (Phil. 2: 7) All through the Gospels, we see his reputation assaulted, even by his family. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Is. 53: 3
