The Truth in Print Vol.
30, Issue 6, July 2024
A Publication of the
Valley church of Christ,
2375 W. 8th Street,
Yuma, AZ 85364 (928-782-5058)
Website Address ~ http://yumavalleychurchofchrist.com
Shame Has Its Place
Pro 11:2 When
pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.
When lives
spiritually are at stake to save them shame matters (!!) and has a place.
Shame is a
consequence of sin that is a violation of God’s law; with sin there is sting of
conscience (that’s shame). Others sins cause
disappointment (that’s shame in the sense you can be ashamed because you
expected more out of them). Fear to act on a matter leads to procrastination
that is tied to one’s pride and things get worse. There is the fear of losing
family who become disobedient that leads to putting them first before God
(that’s a shameful thing! Matt 10:37). Sinful pride produces being silent when
knowing you speak up (that’s shameful!). Shame comes by reproof designed to
produce shame; withdrawal produces shame if the Christian still has not
hardened their heart completely (2 Th 3:6,14 “be ashamed” [G1788] “to invert,
turn one upon himself” … “to shame one”). Lack of study produces the shame of
our spiritual work being a failure and not being approved by God (2 Ti 2:15).
Paul gave Timothy a warning in 2 Tim 1:8 to spare him shame.
HYPOCRITES WILL BE
SHAMED DOWN BY THE TRUTH.
A Woman With A
Disabling Spirit From Satan (Lk 13:10-17).
Luk 13:10 Now
He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
Luk 13:11 And
behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was
bent over and could in no way raise herself up.
Luk 13:12 But
when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, "Woman, you are
loosed from your infirmity."
Luk 13:13 And
He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified
God.
Luk 13:14 But
the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed
on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, "There are six days on which men
ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath
day."
Luk 13:15 The
Lord then answered him and said, "Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on
the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water
it?
Luk 13:16 So
ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think
of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?"
Luk 13:17 And
when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and
all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.
Read that and see the
example of adversaries of the truth being “put to shame”; and all the multitude
rejoicing over Jesus’ teaching and works. After the rebuke given to the
hypocritical and angry ruler, answering is a problem for adversaries (Lk
13:14).
· “put to shame” [G2617 from 2596
“down” and G135 vb. “to feel
shame (for oneself)] Strong’s: “to shame
down, that is, disgrace or (by implication) put to the blush: - confound,
dishonour, (be a-, make a-) shame (-d).
You have the woman
(Lk 13:11), the hypocrite (Lk 13:14 – here you see the love of human traditions
that means everything), the rebuke (Lk 13:15-16), and all the adversaries put
to shame (Lk 13:17). (“Well Bob, you know each man can have his own interpretation”
– Answer: Eph. 3:4. When you read the New Testament you can understand it.)
When the Jewish
leaders could say nothing to contradict the lame man being healed by Peter
(Acts 3:7), then they confer together, threaten them and command them not to
speak further in the name of Christ (Acts 4:14-17) --- brethren today confer
with one another, and when the truth becomes apparent they are shamed down and
their hope of harming you because of their trap (defamation) is lost (I Pet
3:14-16).
Compare such
hypocrites who put Stephen to death (Acts 6:10). They can’t out argue or answer
against God’s word! First they are unable to cope with the Spirit speaking
through Stephen, then they murder him. You see the promise in Lk 21:15
fulfilled – they would not be able to correctly refute or oppose with man’s
wisdom.
In Corinth The
Majority Was Filled With Pride, And Did Not Mourn Shameful Conduct (I Cor
5:1-2).
1Co 5:1 It is
actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual
immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles—that a man has his father's
wife!
1Co 5:2 And
you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed
might be taken away from among you.
1Co 5:3 For I
indeed, as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though
I were present) him who has so done this deed.
1Co 5:4 In the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my
spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1Co 5:5
deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit
may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
1Co 5:6 Your
glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole
lump?
When you see others
in spiritual danger of bad leaven because you are not acting to see it is
corrected how should you feel?
The Devil’s seducer
can be right in a classroom, coming in late, seldom coming, and just little by
little introducing the works of the flesh in comments, speech, attitude against
the truth and study of the word, looking at a cell phone not interested in studying
--- that’s why mothers who care take those cell phones away from kids when they
come to church.
Teachers who teach
correct shameful matters – parent’s sinful pride gets in the way of that --
when you see others in spiritual danger for what your pride participated in by
not speaking up how should you feel?
Look at “some”:
1Co 15:33 Do
not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."
1Co 15:34
Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of
God. I speak this to your shame.
1Co 15:12 Now
if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among
you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Those who want the
sinful pleasures of the world convince themselves that the resurrection of the
unjust to eternal death isn’t coming to them (Jo 5:29). A member of the church
who in their heart is a Sadducee lives however they want to live! Shame comes
when members are corrupted by evil companions among them. A lot of things are
going on when there are prolonged problems with a member, or “some.”
Young Christians, you
will live your lives if faithful seeing God using things the world considers
foolish, weak, not noble enough, and things just brought to pass in His rule
over this world, and His helping faithful churches and members (I Cor 1:27). Watch
how God does that! – He is not impressed with things that men hold in high
esteem using human wisdom.
Paul was confident to speak the truth about all things concerning the
situation in the church at Corinth, to not become ashamed. In the fornicator
not being dealt with sinful pride was there – there were many things that
needed to be repented of (2 Cor 7:14). His motive for speaking the truth about
all things was “care” (I Cor 7:12) – “care” [G4710] Thayer: 2b) to give all diligence, interest
oneself most earnestly; Strong’s: speed, dispatch, haste in taking care of
things] – this is described as love [G25 affection,
brotherly love] (2 Co 2:4).
Judah’s Fornication With Tamar His Ex-Daughter-In-Law Was Well Published
(Gen 38:20-23).
First, Judah took a wife for Err his firstborn whose name was Tamar (Gen
38:6). Err was wicked and God killed him (Gen 38:7).
Then Judah told his second son Onan:
Gen 38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and
marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. Gen 38:9 And Onan knew that
the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his
brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed
to his brother. Gen 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD:
wherefore he slew him also.
That only leaves Shelah his third born, and Judah promises Tamar, his
daughter-in-law, he’ll give her Shelah when he’s grown. He lied!
Then Judah’s own wife dies and after a while he goes up to his
sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. Tamar is told
this, disguises herself a harlot, and waited by the way to Timnath. He gives
her his signet, cord, and staff as a pledge to bring a young goat as payment
later. Later, he sends the goat by his friend Hiram:
Gen 38:20 And
Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive
his pledge from the woman's hand, but he did not find her.
Gen 38:21 Then
he asked the men of that place, saying, "Where is the harlot who was
openly by the roadside?" And they said, "There was no harlot in this
place."
Gen 38:22 So
he returned to Judah and said, "I cannot find her. Also, the men of the
place said there was no harlot in this place."
Gen 38:23 Then
Judah said, "Let her take them for herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent
this young goat and you have not found her."
Is God not making a
public spectacle out of him! He thinks he’s been beat out of his signet, cord,
and staff by a prostitute! There will be shame by continuing to ask about the
supposed prostitute -– all the vicinity was hearing his friend “publish” while
seeking the harlot to pay her and retrieve his pledge!
•
“shamed” H937
from H936; contempt: —
contempt (9), despised (1), laughingstock (1).
•
Does not the world see shameful deeds? (Rev
3:18).
Members of the church at Laodicea needed to repent
and do works of righteousness, so their shame might no longer be revealed.
Rev 3:18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined
in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed,
that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with
eye salve, that you may see.
ASPECTS OF SHAME AND
BEING ASHAMED
Paul Knew In Nothing
He Would Be Ashamed (Phil 1:20).
When you know the
Gospel preached and obeyed saves unto eternal life then in nothing you’ll be
ashamed in walking in obedience. Why? Because Christ is seated upon His throne
with all authority in heaven and on earth (Matt 28:18-20). Christ is King (Rev
19:16) -- Satan, using
Rome and its sub-kingdoms could not the church on earth. Because the Word of
Christ, the New Testament, is the power of God unto salvation and where strength is found. Paul wasn’t ashamed
of the revealed Word (Rom 1:16 “not ashamed” means not “to feel shame for” – be
ashamed of).
Paul told timothy not to be ashamed and stated the reason in 2 Tim 1:7.
2Ti 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear,
but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2Ti 1:8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony
of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for
the gospel according to the power of God,
2Ti 1:9 who has saved us and called us with a holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace
which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
2Ti 1:10 but has now been revealed by the appearing
of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel,
2Ti 1:11 to which I was appointed a preacher, an
apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
2Ti 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things;
nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have
believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him
until that Day.
Paul and others were willing to suffer and did rejoice to suffer shame
(Acts 5:41 “suffer shame” [G818] maltreatment, to be despised, treated
shamefully] – for preaching the gospel and living it!
In difficult times
you seek continual renewal every day through the word:
Eph 4:17 This
I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as
the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
Eph 4:18
having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God,
because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their
heart;
Eph 4:19 who,
being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all
uncleanness with greediness.
Eph 4:20 But you
have not so learned Christ,
Eph 4:21 if
indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in
Jesus:
Eph 4:22 that
you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts,
Eph 4:23 and
be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
Eph 4:24 and
that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true
righteousness and holiness.
In the truth of the
Word, we are sanctified (Jo 17:17); God’s promise of salvation in Christ and
that hope of eternal salvation is sure (Titus 1:2) -- all the promises of God
are sure (2 Cor 1:19-20).
This knowledge
produces great boldness of speech:
Php 1:20 according to
my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with
all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body,
whether by life or by death.
There is shame in not having boldness of speech.
·
“boldness” [G3954] from G3956 “the whole” and a derivative of
G4483
“to command and speak.” Strong’s def.: “all out spokenness, that is, frankness,
bluntness, publicity.”
You make yourself conspicuous with it. Sound doctrine doesn’t depend on
whether they like you or not! You don’t back up --- if an opponent is honest
they have nothing they can say against sound speech and are ashamed:
Tit 2:7 in all
things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing
integrity, reverence, incorruptibility,
Tit 2:8 sound
speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed,
having nothing evil to say of you.
·
“ashamed” [G1788] “to turn one against himself” (Titus 2:8).
If you are having trouble
spiritually, then you ask for help from those who are confident scripturally
with the Truth – If you can’t handle a situation, either your own or another’s
– including your family members – seek help. Don’t hide it!
Knowledge is knowing
to ask when you need help, and knowing to speak and not remain silent – seeing
misconduct from fellow Christians and not speaking nor trying to help is just
plain wrong.
THERE ARE OTHER WORDS
AS WELL AS STATEMENTS, AND PHRASES, BESIDES SHAME AND ASHAMED THAT INCLUDE
SHAME IN THEIR EXPLANATIONS.
We See The World’s
Hatred Of The Light In Jo 3:19-21.
Joh 3:19 And this is
the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For everyone
practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds
should be exposed.
Joh 3:21 But he who
does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that
they have been done in God."
Everyone practicing
evil hates the light and does not come to it “lest his deeds should be
exposed.”
·
“exposed” / “reproved” [G1651] Strong’s: - convict, convince, tell a
fault, rebuke,
reprove. > CWSD: In the NT, to
convict, to prove one in the wrong and thus to
shame him.
The Woke Cause
Themselves To Be Disgraced.
Lesbians are real
women!
Rom 1:26 For this
reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the
natural use for what is against nature.
· “vile” passions (Rom 1:26) - “vile” [G819]
Strong’s: comparative
indignity,
(objectively) disgrace: - dishonour, reproach, shame, vile.
Homosexuals are real
men!
Rom 1:27 Likewise
also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for
one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in
themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
·
“indecent
acts” (Rom 1:27) “indecent” [G808] Thayer: 1b) of one’s
nakedness, shame.
Understand that they
cause this disgrace themselves! Compare the word “abominable”:
Rev 21:8 But the
cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,
idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with
fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
·
“abominable” [G948] “to cause to be
abhorred” – appears in context
with sexual
immoralities.
The person who works
an abomination:
Rev 21:27 But
there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an
abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of
Life.
·
“abomination” [G946] “to stink, emit a foul
odor.”
A faithful Christian
is not going to endorse what stinks!
All of these are
related to shame when preaching:
·
“rebuke” G2008 (2 Tim 4:2) Thayer: 4) to tax with fault,
rate,
chide, rebuke,
reprove, censure severely 4a) to admonish or charge sharply.
·
“convict” G1651 (Titus 1:9) Strong’s: - convict, convince,
tell
a fault, rebuke,
reprove. CWSD: In the NT, to convict,
to prove one in the wrong and thus to shame him.
·
“convict” G1651 Thayer: 2a2) to call to account, show one
his fault,
demand an
explanation.
Some want to act like
they are fighting for the Truth, but they are not really fighting. A rebuke
stings. General Inquiry does not (!!) replace the work of rebuking. The
receiver knows what it sounds like, and it is not a rebuke!
Peter’s Shame.
Mat 26:69 Now Peter
sat outside in the courtyard. And a servant girl came to him, saying, "You
also were with Jesus of Galilee."
Mat 26:70 But
he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are
saying."
Mat 26:71 And
when he had gone out to the gateway, another girl saw him and said to those who
were there, "This fellow also was with Jesus of Nazareth."
Mat 26:72 But
again he denied with an oath, "I do not know the Man!"
Mat 26:73 And
a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, "Surely you
also are one of them, for your speech betrays you."
Mat 26:74 Then
he began to curse and swear, saying, "I do not know the Man!"
Immediately a rooster crowed.
Mat 26:75 And
Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him, "Before the
rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." So he went out and wept
bitterly.
·
“wept bitterly” (Mat 26:75). When
you call to mind a warning,
and you’ve just done exactly
what you were warned you feel shame. Someone cared to warn you. This weeping
was not like Saul’s false tears when David cut off a corner of his robe while
he slept in the cave (2 Sam 24:16); and not like Saul’s false confession when
David took his spear and jug of water, and he says he’s a fool (2 Sam 26:21).
Simon’s Shame.
Act 8:18 And
when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy
Spirit was given, he offered them money,
Act 8:19
saying, "Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may
receive the Holy Spirit."
Act 8:20 But
Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought that
the gift of God could be purchased with money!
Act 8:21 You
have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in
the sight of God.
Act 8:22
Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought
of your heart may be forgiven you.
Act 8:23 For I
see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity."
Act 8:24 Then
Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things
which you have spoken may come upon me."
Simon the past
sorcerer, and past great man among the people, was convicted, ashamed and
terrified of God’s wrath that comes without repentance. He did the right thing
here: "Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have
spoken may come upon me." (Acts 8:24)
Shame Is A
Consequence.
Pro19:26 He that
wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame,
and bringeth reproach.
·
“shame” [H954] by implication to be ashamed; also (by
implication) to
be disappointed, or delayed: - (be, make, bring to,
cause, put to, with, a-) shame (-d), be (put to) confounded (-fusion) …
·
“reproach” [H2659] - be ashamed, be confounded, be brought
to confusion (unto
shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
You start mocking your
non-woke parents, and you just might have cut your life short! (Eph 6:1-3).
Pro 29:15 The rod and
reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Disregard Pro 29:15
and you will have an Adonijah (Adonijah set himself up as King).
1Ki 1:5 Then
Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he
prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
Failing family copy
failing family, and members of other families that have failed in the past!
He’s copying Absalom who was also a great failure. They rebelled against David
their father.
1Ki 1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any time in
saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his
mother bare him after Absalom.
·
Displeased [H6087] A verb meaning a combination of physical and
emotional pain: to hurt, to pain, to grieve.
This is David’s
inaction when Adonijah attempted to usurp
the throne (1Ki 1:6). When a child wants to be your King and you let it go on,
and don’t question strongly and stop things it ends in disaster. David and his
wives produced some handsome children – which doesn’t amount to a hill of beans
as regards righteousness.
Having obeyed the
gospel, you still feel shame for past sins now (at the present time):
Rom 6:20 For when you
were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
Rom 6:21 What fruit
did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of
those things is death.
This is a reminder
the outcome of those things is eternal death in Hell.
Those who exchange
their soul’s salvation for material things are ashamed of Christ, and He will be
ashamed of them when He comes – they will be lost eternally: (Mk 8:34-38). To
think you can spend your life not going to church, not serving God in “every
good work” (Titus 1:16, 3:1) is to be self-deceived – this is the materialistic
man’s own imagination (Pr 18:11).
Mar 8:34 When
He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them,
"Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his
cross, and follow Me.
Mar 8:35 For
whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for
My sake and the gospel's will save it.
Mar 8:36 For
what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own
soul?
Mar 8:37 Or
what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mar 8:38 For
whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation,
of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His
Father with the holy angels."
As the gospel is
preached the heart is pricked:
Act 2:36 “Therefore
let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom
you crucified, both Lord and Christ."
Act 2:37 Now
when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the
rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"
Act 2:38 Then
Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift
of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 For
the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as
many as the Lord our God will call."
Act 2:40 And
with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved
from this perverse generation."
Act 2:41 Then
those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three
thousand souls were added to them.
·
“pricked” (Acts 2:38) [G2660] CWSD: “meaning to be greatly pained
or deeply moved.” This goes with their asking the right
question as to what to do to be saved (Acts 2:37). And the right answer in Acts
2:38 goes with the right question! You see the results of obeying in Acts 2:41,
which marks the beginning of Christ’s church He promised to build (Matt 16:18).
They were baptized as commanded! True conversions had “received the word glady”
– they continued steadfastly in worship (Acts 2:41). God enabled them to do
that!
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