I’m not ashamed

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Romans 1:16‭-‬17 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.1.16-17.KJV

Christians should not be ashamed of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He came to Israel to preach and tell them the good news of the Kingdom of God and they didn’t believe in Him or His message. They wanted a conqueror. Someone who would vanquish Rome and bring the Kingdom to Israel. It is coming but only after they have finally learned Who He is.

God loves each of us but He doesn’t like our sinful lives and our prideful lifestyles. We believe that we can live any way we want to and then He will take us in any way and that is not how it works. We must give our hearts and our lives to Jesus and repent of our sins…all of them. We can’t hold on to even one little sinful thought or action in our lives. Our entire being must be given to Him and then with the help of the Holy Spirit of God, we can live our lives as close to Him as possible. 

See, we can’t live a Christian life without the Holy Spirit. As a matter of fact, we won’t even give our hearts to Him and become Christian without the Holy Spirit convicting us of our need for Jesus Christ as our Savior. It takes the grace of God that gives us the faith to believe through the Holy Spirit in the Savior, Jesus Christ. The entire Godhead is at work in salvation because each of us who is called by Him is important to Him. Why? Because there is someone that we can take our witness to who will listen to us more than they will to anyone else.

A friend of mine, Jesse Gilbert, considers himself to be saved. Yet, his life doesn’t reflect it. I pray that God will get his attention and bring him to know Jesus before it is too late. Do I know his heart? No, only God knows that. But I pray that he will change his life soon.