{"id":682,"date":"2020-07-24T08:55:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelost.church\/?page_id=682"},"modified":"2020-11-19T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T16:15:43","slug":"the-good-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelost.church\/?page_id=682","title":{"rendered":"The Good Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:10%;padding-top:10%;margin-bottom:1.5%\" class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container gb-block-container\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gb-container-image has-background-dim lazyload\" object-fit=\"cover\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/b2231672.smushcdn.com\/2231672\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/109190658-fire-sparks-particles-with-flames-isolated-on-black-background-.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b2231672.smushcdn.com\/2231672\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/109190658-fire-sparks-particles-with-flames-isolated-on-black-background-.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 450w, https:\/\/b2231672.smushcdn.com\/2231672\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/109190658-fire-sparks-particles-with-flames-isolated-on-black-background--150x100.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 150w, https:\/\/b2231672.smushcdn.com\/2231672\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/109190658-fire-sparks-particles-with-flames-isolated-on-black-background--300x200.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b2231672.smushcdn.com\/2231672\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/109190658-fire-sparks-particles-with-flames-isolated-on-black-background-.jpg?size=384x256&amp;lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gb-container-content\" style=\"max-width:800px\">\n<p>Our basic definition of &#8220;The Good Works&#8221; is:<br><em>The relief of peoples suffering through self sacrifice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A career that does not cause suffering meets this basic definition.<br>By sacrificing time and effort a wage is received which is used to relief personal and family suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A &#8220;Better Good Work&#8221; would be one that focuses on the suffering of others in the community.<br>This is where we try to exist as TheLost.church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A &#8220;Greater Good Work&#8221; is where the suffering of all parties is mitigated and relieved.  <br>The oppressed and the oppressor both attain relief. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Ultimate Good Work&#8221; is one where the complete sacrifice is made.<br>Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King achieved this.  <br>By committing their lives to fight against the suffering, they eventually made the ultimate sacrifice. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelost.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelost.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelost.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelost.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelost.church\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelost.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/682\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelost.church\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelost.church\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}