Ashamed

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Another Sermon for the Starving Bible Believing Christians All Over the World Wide Web
2006 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2006
Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15

Ashamed At His Appearing?

Yes, we should be, but we won't be!
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only,
but unto all them also that love his appearing.
II Timothy 4:8

I am going to show you tonight whether or not you will love his appearing - without a shadow of a doubt, that can be proven!
I can even show you IF you would even just love your disappearing - without a shadow of a doubt, that can be proven!

I.
Is loving your disappearing an ok way to look at it?
Consider Paul

Romans 7:24,25
Philippians 1:21-24

Paul hated the battles with his flesh - he didn't just want out, he wanted to be with the Lord, but he also knew he was needed here!

II.
WHEN HE ARRIVES
(either through the rapture or death)
You will be:

Giving Account

Matthew 12:36,37 - of every worD
Romans 14:12 - of every worK
I Corinthians 3:13
Judgment Seat (How to tell a Greeker who lies about his KJB? They say Bema Seat instead of Judgment Seat)

Your life's menu changes - the future now includes the White Throne Judgment (Daniel 7:9,10); Jesus Second Coming; Millennium, 144,000 sing, etc. etc.
Receive your inheritance - Colossians 3:24
Receive 'any' reward - I Corinthians 3

III.
You will suddenly really want to:

Thank Him - only YOU know ALL that He has done for you!
Praise Him - do you know the true Biblical praising that we should be doing about him? See Specific Topics of Praise
Worship Him - some folks will be REALLY surprise concerning the worship He will accept! (See Acts 17:24,25)
Rejoice!

IV.
Question - "Will you really be ashamed at his appearing?"

We say, "Yes!"
lazy, wretched, prideful, fullness of bread, spoiled, not doing right to and for others, our parenting skills stink, selfishness, we are giving our children fulness of bread and making our children 'rich' which then brings in erring from the faith and sorrows, etc. church attendance, miss the preachings, little learning, poor witnessing and testimony - etc.
Is that what Christ will see when He appears?

The Book says, "No!"

read on...

V.
Yes, of course! We can and are doing shameful things today!

I Corinthians 6:5 - not being able to judge a specific situation correctly
I Corinthians 11:14 - long hair on a man
I Corinthians 14:35 - a talking and leading woman in the church
I Corinthians 15:34 - not telling others about the truth of God
Ephesians 5:12 - speaking of those things of them in secret
Philippians 3:19 - minding earthly things like a lost person does
II Thessalonians 3:14 - not living life as Paul's preachings and teachings and ways from his epistles say we should!

But folks, contrary to some husbands towards their family, it was NOT Paul's mission or ministry to 'shame us' into doing right!

I Corinthians 4:14
II Corinthians 13:10
II Corinthians 10:8

The Great Commission approach - wrongly dividing is destructive, not edifying!
Preachers today ( the Bible guys, anyway) tend to be destructive in their bondage and guilt producing sermons - constantly putting folks down - yes, we deserve it, but putting the screws to folks today is not the ways and manner of Paul!

Romans 14:22 - we do a fine job condemning ourselves - but we shouldn't!

(Now remember, I am not talking about using flattery, grace abuse and use, ignoring sin, etc.)

The Bible - the Scripture - II Timothy 3:16,17 - encourages us how to know what is wrong in our lives,
how to correct it and how to change to do right!

WE DO NOT NEED TO BE ASHAMED WHEN CHRIST APPEARS!

The teaching of 'shame' comes from:
Mark 8:38
Luke 9:26
I John 2:28
Revelation 16:15
Notice what books of the Bible those are in.

We should NOT be ashamed of His words and ways! Romans 1:16
We should NOT be ashamed of His testimony - II Timothy 1:8
We should NOT be ashamed of Paul and what he preaches and teaches to us - II Timothy 1:8

We will NOT be ashamed at his appearing

Romans 9:33

Romans 10:11

II Timothy 1:12

not because of our bad works or lack of success, etc.

Hope maketh us not ashamed! Romans 5:5

Rightly dividing tells us not be be ashamed! II Timothy 2:15

We are now made his righteousness -II Corinthians 5:21

We are free from the law of sin and death - Romans 8:2

We will be made like his body - Philippians 3:21

See - we are NOT to be ashamed at His appearing! He paid for our shame!

CONCLUSION!

So... if you will not be ashamed at his appearing...
DO YOU LOVE HIS APPEARING?
DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO HIS APPEARING?
Are you sure?

a) Do you look forward to your Bible reading? - Do you love the appearing of your bible and bible preaching? - Do you have a love of the truth? Remember John 1:1... you too busy? no desire? You won't love his appearing, either!
b) Do you escape into your Bible or do you just want to get out of a situation so you change your environment etc. by going to movies, videos, tv, sports, house, toys, work, food, etc.

See - you now know if you will love his appearing or not!

Change that shameful life today for His glory, but remember,
He even paid for your shame!

Learn to love his appearing by loving the appearing of your King James Bible

There ya go!