Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
Text: Genesis 3:8
Theme: Shame and the Need to escape
Notes:
When we deal with the shame biblically, we can break free from the cycles of alienation, fear and escape
Shame is the deep sense that you are unacceptable because of something you did, something done to you, or something associated with you. You feel exposed
- Humiliation- we feel naked and exposed
- Contamination- we feel dirty or unclean
- Alienation- we feel like an outcast or outsider
Shame–> Alienation–>Fear–>Escape
God’s answer for shame from sin we commit is…
Repentance and faith which results in cleansing and restoration.
1 John 1:9
Psalm 31, 32, 38
1 Cor 7
2 Sam 11-12
God’s answer for shame from sin committed against us is…
Know that Christ hears, helps, and heals.
Exodus 3:9
Acts 9
“Disgrace is the opposite of grace. Grace is love that seeks you out even if you have nothing to give in return. Grace is being loved when you are or feel unlovable. Grace has the power to turn despair in to hope. Grace listens, lifts up, cures transforms and heals.”
“Christ doesn’t deny our painful emotions…He seeks to heal them. Grace transforms and heals; and healing comes from hearing God’s Statements to you, not speaking your own statements to your self. God’s grace to you dismantles the beliefs that give disgrace life. Grace re-creates what violence destroyed.”
-From “Rid of my Disgrace: hope and healing for Victims of Sexual Assault.” -Justin and Lindsay Holcomb
God
‘s Answer for shame from inherent sin is…
Understanding our “already, but not yet” state while embracing our new identity and His transforming power.
2 Cor 3:18
Live it out!
- Identity: I am crucified with Christ. (Galatians 2:19-21)
- Unity: I don’t do this alone.
- Reality: I can live differently by faith. (1 John 3:20)
- Fidelity: Christ will always love me.
