ARE YOU ASHAMED?
1) Never be afraid of suffering as a Christian.
1 Peter 4:16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.
2) Allow others to see Christ through your suffering.
Philippians
1:19-20 For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through
your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to
my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but
with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in
my body, whether by life or by death.
3) Never be ashamed of the good news of the Jesus Christ.
Romans
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power
of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and
also for the Greek.
4) Never be afraid of suffering for the good news of Jesus Christ.
2
Timothy 1:8-11 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, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior
Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality
to light through the gospel, to which I was appointed a preacher, an
apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
5) Never be ashamed of people who proclaim the Lord Jesus Christ.
2
Timothy 1:16-17 The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,
for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; but when he
arrived in Rome, he sought me out very zealously and found me.
6) Be a Christian approved by God and not shamed by non-believers.
2
Corinthians 10:8-9 For even if I should boast somewhat more about our
authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your
destruction, I shall not be ashamed; lest I seem to terrify you by
letters.
2
Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker
who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
7) Never be afraid of being focused on Jesus Christ as He will reward you.
Mark
8:38 "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and
sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He
comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."
1
John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears,
we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
Note: Do you love the Lord Jesus Christ?
James
1:12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been
approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised
to those who love Him.