Are you ashamed?

Are you ashamed?
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Matthew 10:32‭-‬33
"Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.  But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven."

You will find many believers ashamed to take the name of Jesus in public, scared and afraid to confess him before the world. Are you one of those? Will you stand up for what you believe inspite of tremendous opposition and persecution?

John 12:42‭-‬43 says, 'Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.' Do you love the praises of men more than the praise of God? Are you after the approval of men or the approval of God? Are you ashamed of the one who shed His blood for you, died for you and rose again on the third day for you? One who is ashamed of Jesus on earth, Jesus will be ashamed of him in heaven. One who confesses Jesus and stands up for Him on earth, Jesus will confess and stand up for him in heaven.

Never be ashamed of Jesus! Even if costs you everything you have, never be ashamed of Jesus. Live for Jesus, die for Jesus. He was not ashamed of me, so I will never be ashamed of Him. Nothing else matters! Go on with Jesus!