Subject | Do Not Be Ashamed of Jesus |
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Content | Do Not Be Ashamed of Jesus (Matthew 26:69-75) God is glory. He so loved the world and sent His only begotten Son. He is the Word (Jn 1:14). When God sent the Word into the world, the world was less glorious than Him (Jn 1:10-11). It is hades, where it is dark and without God’s glory (Jn 1:5). It is where the cursed devil is confined (Jd 1:6), it is where the lake of fire is (where the shameful will be punished), and its earth is full of unrighteousness (Jn 3:19-21). God’s Holy One appeared here (Jn 3:16-17) to send heaven’s glory, that is, the light of life. Therefore, the Son came to destroy the devil’s work (1 Jn 3:8). Who are you ashamed of? The world (which is under heaven)? (1 Cor 1:18) Or the glory of the only begotten Son? So Jesus became the Judge (Mt 10:32-33). Do not be ashamed of the Word - who works by the Holy Spirit (Mk 1:12). 〇 They called Jesus a Galilean to shame Him. They regarded Galilee as a lowly place with many people of mixed race. Jesus is Christ, not a Galilean. 〇 They called Jesus a carpenter and a Nazarene. Nazareth was a town of the ignorant and the poor. Jesus is the all-wise and all-powerful Word. 〇 They cursed Jesus and treated Him like a medium. The Jews regarded mediums as most vulgar. Jesus is the truth and the source of knowledge. ※ Are you ashamed of the One who came from heaven? Are you ashamed of being poor and ignorant? Are you ashamed of Sungrak Church, which is persecuted? |