| Not Ashamed — Part 2 |
| “I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day” (2 Timothy 1:12). |
| Yesterday’s verse teaches us that the Apostle Paul was not ashamed of the message of the gospel. He had proved its living power in his own life, and he had certainly seen its reality in the lives of many others. |
| In the above verse, it is not a question of what he believed, but whom he believed. Christianity is not so much a religion or set of creeds and doctrines, but a relationship with a divine person, the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Are you ashamed to let your light shine, to let others know that you belong to the Lord Jesus, the One who was “despised and rejected of men” (Isaiah 53:3)? Peter exhorts us, “If any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf” (1 Peter 4:16). Let’s be bold for Christ! And remember, “For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren” (Hebrews 2:11). |