Prophet’, Column ffheFilth Of The World E‘or I think that God i aat forth ua the apos laet, as it were ap ted to death; for we fumade a spectacle unto Aft world, and to angels, «&d to men. We are fools rar-Chriet's sake, but ye tt^;wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised. Being de famed, we entreat- we are made as the filth of the World, and are the offscouring of alfthings unto this day," (I Cor. 4:9, 10,13). Throughout all his epistles the beloved apos tb- Paul set forth the clear a5Sd evident unmistaken fac! that every child of God will and must suffer Persecution at the hands ofaChrist;hating world. I thjpk and praise the Lord Hguchose me in Christ be fsae the foundation of the weeld. “Tn time He sent the Holy Spirit who awak ened me to my lost condi tion, revealed to me my lost and totally depraved condition and revealed [ Christ to my heart as my ^Xgrdand my Savior just a n«!e over 15 years ago. tt&wtion is the revelation tjSChrist to a repenting ■filler's heart. Christ, Htself, is my salvation. WKe yours? Every soul is MMig to meet the Lord, in tK life or the next. It is IMS-better that you come tE&eet Him and repent at HOC feet here at a throne cOiercy than meet Him •fcjthe Great White Tjpjme Judgment where nwRiercy will be shown. ■Hgjvery born-again be liever is counted as the "fffh of the world." That'e the unsaved men of •rid visw every be '. Paul was counted h. I am counted as , The world doesn't i intend God * child, ir has, and never will, are total strangers to . You don't know t to do with us. You t understand why hate'us. Every saved Won at this present bKr is under as much (MMecu ti on from Satan •S3 his emissaries as is pSEnitted. If you ore not •t£3er such persecution, ytt are not saved. If you •8Kpersecuting, a child of • l^at concrete evi qpjce you are not saved. <1. M. Little First in series A man here joined a group of people fighting and defaming me. He calls himself a Christian. As 1 have said over the years; "a born-again be liever will not fight anoth er born-again believer." • That's true. The world is having its hey day now persecuting the few believers left on this earth. You don't know it, but the reason you are not now in the awful trib ulation that is coming on this earth is because the blood-washed saints are still here. And the reason you are not in Hell kick ing and screaming now is because a thin cord of mercy from my heavenly Father 1b keeping you out. But you are having your hey day making fun and blaspheming the Name of my heavenly Father and dragging His precious Name in the muck and mire. But my Father will meet you on the other side. I would not exchange what I have in Christ for ten thousand worlds of gold and silver. I am held up as a spectacle for un saved hearts to make fun of and ridicule. But I would not be in your place. The Lord had mer cy in me and awakened me to the fact I was a lost sinner. He granted me re pentance and washed away all my sins in His precious blood. If He had done that for you, then you could rejoice with me in Christ I invite you to tun* in each Sunday morning at 7:30 on WAGI-FM and at 8:00 on WAGL-AM and her my late pastor, L.R:' Shelton, with THE VOICE OF TROTH. Also, on the last Sunday in April, I’ll be bringing a study, teaching at the 11 •o'clock hour at First Washington Baptist Church there on Number Nine bypass, there in Lan caster, S.C. 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