Sermon
The Curse And Cure Of Shame
Shame is the feeling that we’ve radically disappointed ourselves, our friends, and God.
Shame is the feeling that we’ve radically disappointed ourselves, our friends, and God.
Shame loses its power in the presence of the cross.
Christianity is the only religion that has a God with wounds.
Satan sought independence, but he is still God’s servant.
Unresolved issues can be deep, damaging, and sometimes evil.
Jesus died in our place, for our sake, to bear all our sin and shame. He drank the cup of judgment and rose again on the third day in order that we might go free.
We live in a time of inverted values, where light is called darkness and darkness is called light.
Greatness: when Jesus knew that His time had come, He, the Creator, got down on His hands and knees and washed the feet of His creation.
We should grow in the wonder of Jesus, not in the cheap things of life.
Babylon was a city that was built in rebellion against the Almighty and contrary to what He had specified.