In my life I have done more things to be ashamed of than can be numbered; every sin I have committed is cause for shame. Do I feel the shame I should? No. My greatest shame is that sometimes I feel no shame at all. How often have I brought shame on others, on my family, on the church, on some of my dear brethren? But, and I bless God for this, there is something I will never be ashamed of. I will not be ashamed of the gospel, for that is where God reveals his righteousness, his righteousness as God, and the way he makes sinners righteous by the substitutionary satisfying death of his Son. This gospel is the power of God that brings faith and turns a soul against himself to trust the Lord Jesus alone.
Because of this gospel I will never be brought to shame before God almighty at the judgment. The word of God plainly says; “whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed”. We believe Christ is the end of the law for righteousness, we believe this in our hearts; now who is he that condemns us? It is God who justified us, it is Christ who died, who rose again and now intercedes for us. How can we be ashamed or brought to shame before the throne of judgment?
One of the most blessed and amazing truths is that “God is not ashamed to be called our God” (Heb. 11:16). Yesterday God was not ashamed to be called our God, at this very moment, not tomorrow nor throughout eternity will he be ashamed to be called our God. He is the Lord and He changes not.
One more blessed truth is that Christ is “not ashamed to call us brethren” (Heb. 2:1). He died to save us lives to keep us and will come again to take us to where He is. We know that when we see him as he is that we shall be like him and when that blessed day comes we will never do another shameful act have another shameful thought because, sin will be no more and when it is gone forever, so is shame. -- Don Bell
God chose the elect and Christ died for them in particularly, but this redemption must be applied to them in order for them to be saved. God issues a general “call” to all who hear the Gospel (Matt. 22:14), all who hear are invited....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2 Corinthians 5:21Here is one of the most astounding truths in this world “God made Him sin”! It doesn’t say it was something that looked like sin. It simply says God made Him to be sin. When we can find the answer to what sin...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Here are some words I constantly use in preaching the gospel. They are words by which the works of God's grace are presented to us either verbally or by unmistakable examples or illustrations. They are Bible words that every believer ought to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
How utterly abominable and wicked we must be, that nothing less than God coming down and taking unto Himself human flesh, and "being made in the likeness of sinful flesh", so that He would have a body in which He could suffer death on the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with ALL spiritual blessings in heavenly places IN CHRIST." Eph. 1:3 The Holy Spirit uses this phrase over and over again - IN CHRIST. The whole of the word of God is... [ abbreviated | read entire ]
There is a question I would like to ask you. It is a most serious question, it is a telling question. Would you be courteous enough to answer? It is this: What is God’s justification for accepting you, and allowing you to be in His...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There is a question I would like to ask you. It is a most serious question; it is a telling question. It is this: What is God's justification for accepting you, and allowing you to be in His presence eternally? The Eternal, Sovereign, Immutable...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God, in Christ, chose a great host of Adam’s race to salvation before the foundation of the world. He did this according to the good pleasure of His own will and for His own glory (Ephesians 1:4-6). Those whom God before had chosen had no...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalm 62:11The power of God is that ability and strength, by which He can bring to pass whatsoever He pleases. It is His power that gives life and action to what He has purposed from the foundation of the world. How vain would the will of God be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
