We Are Not Ashamed!
Which of these would you proudly let people know about?
“My granddaughter is the lead in Alice in Wonderland, her grade school play.”
“I lost 10 pounds last month.”
“My candidate is ahead in the polls, and will probably win.”
“We just got a new couch.”
“I found a great fishing spot.”
“___________________________________________” (fill in the blank)
“I know the gospel, and live with the righteousness of Christ.”
They’re all great. Nothing to be ashamed of. Why would you be? Except maybe the one about the gospel?
It can be an odd part of Christian life that we proudly let people know all kinds of things about ourselves, but with the whole core and center of our life in Christ we’re not as forthcoming.
We will be blessed if we take a page out of the Apostle Paul’s book at the beginning of Romans, when he writes:
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” (Romans 1:16-17)
Jesus has given us a life without the guilt and shame of lingering sin, because he has covered us in his righteousness through the gospel to us. We are proud to live by faith!