ASHAMED (2)

1. Bible Topic

a) To learn what the Bible has to say on a variety of topics affecting our everyday lives, we may find what we are looking for here.

2. Ashamed

a) I believe in God, but why am I suffering? Don't be ashamed when you suffer, we can trust God. It's in the Bible, 2 Timothy 1:11-13, NKJV. "For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day."

b) When we trust in God, He will deliver us from our shame. It's in the Bible, Psalm 31:1-2, NKJV. "In You, O LORD, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness. Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily; be my Rock of refuge, a fortress of defense to save me."

c) If we suffer, even while we are Christians, don't be ashamed, but use it to glorify God. It's in the Bible, 1 Peter 4:16, NKJV. "Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter."

d) What if I am scared of shame and suffering? God gives us all we need to fulfill His purpose no matter what we face. It's in the Bible, 2 Timothy 1:7-9, NKJV. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began"

e) How did Christ face shame? Christ trusted in God, in the face of suffering and shame. It's in the Bible, Isaiah 50:6-7, NKJV. "I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting. For the Lord GOD will help Me; therefore I will not be disgraced; therefore I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed."

f) Why did Jesus go through shame? To Christ, the shame of the cross was a small price to pay compared to the joy of seeing you in Heaven. It's in the Bible, Hebrews 12:2, NKJV. "Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."