{"id":3136,"date":"2024-05-25T13:27:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T13:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2024-05-25T13:27:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T13:27:19","slug":"you-may-have-to-choose-between-following-jesus-and-your-reputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3136","title":{"rendered":"You may have to choose between following Jesus and your reputation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2839\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood.jpg 415w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Church leaders are supposed to be the exemplars of Christian love &#8211; 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.&#8221; &#8211; Timothy Isaiah Cho @tisaiahcho\u00a0 on X (Twitter.com) May 23, 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tisaiahcho\/status\/1793836480932258064\">Reputation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-18715\" class=\"text Isa-53-3\">In taking on the <em>&#8220;likeness of men,&#8221;<\/em> Jesus <em>&#8220;emptied himself.&#8221;<\/em> (Phil. 2: 7) All through the Gospels, we see his reputation assaulted, even by his family. He<\/span><em><span id=\"en-ESV-18715\" class=\"text Isa-53-3\"> was despised and rejected by men, <\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Isa-53-3\">a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; <\/span><\/span><span class=\"text Isa-53-3\">and as one from whom men hide their faces, <\/span><\/em><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"text Isa-53-3\"><em>he was despised, and we esteemed him not.<\/em> <em>Is. 53: 3\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;Church leaders are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-thought-for-the-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3171,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136\/revisions\/3171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}