{"id":2729,"date":"2023-10-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myutmostforprd.wpenginepowered.com\/modern-classic\/the-viewpoint\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T08:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:31:47","slug":"%d1%82%d0%be%d1%87%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b7%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f","status":"publish","type":"modern-classic","link":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d0%ba%d0%bb%d0%b0%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b0\/%d1%82%d0%be%d1%87%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%b7%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0422\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430 \u0437\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For God\u2019s workers, the viewpoint we have to maintain isn\u2019t one that comes near the highest. It is <em>\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442<\/em> highest\u2014the viewpoint of God himself. God\u2019s viewpoint, according to Paul, is that we are here for a single purpose: to be \u201ccaptives in Christ\u2019s triumphal procession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Be careful to maintain God\u2019s viewpoint rigorously, every day, minute by minute. Don\u2019t think on the finite. God\u2019s viewpoint is infinite and inviolable; no outside power can touch it. How small are other points of view in comparison! They always place the wrong thing at the center: \u201c<em>I<\/em> am standing alone, battling for Jesus,\u201d we say. Or, \u201c<em>I<\/em> have to maintain the cause of Christ and hold this fort for him.\u201d Paul knows who comes first. He says that he is in the procession of a conqueror, and that it doesn\u2019t matter what the difficulties are. He knows that he is always led in triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Is this idea being worked out practically in your life? Paul\u2019s secret joy was that God took him\u2014a red-handed rebel against Jesus Christ\u2014and turned him into a captive. Once Paul belonged to God, he had no other interest; he was here for one thing and one thing only. It is shameful for a Christian to talk about winning a victory. We ought to belong so completely to the Victor that we know it\u2019s <em>\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/em> victory, all the time, that only <em>\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437<\/em> him are we \u201cmore than conquerors\u201d (Romans 8:37). Once we\u2019ve learned this, we become a wonderful refreshment to God, a delight to him wherever we go.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For God\u2019s workers, the viewpoint we have to maintain isn\u2019t one that comes near the highest. It is the highest\u2014the viewpoint of God himself. God\u2019s viewpoint, according to Paul, is that we &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2332,"template":"","collection":[],"class_list":["post-2729","modern-classic","type-modern-classic","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/modern-classic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=2729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}