Listen as Pastor Scott continues his message by returning to God’s first question in Scripture: “Where are you?” Discover how shame is removed by grace and how freedom begins when we stop running and start responding.
How to Live a Shame-Free Life (Part 2)
Question: Where Are You? (Genesis 3:9)
January 18, 2025 | Pastor Scott George
Genesis 3:9, But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
What Others Are Saying About Shame
- “I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do.”
- C.S. Lewis
How to Live a Shame-Free Life
1. Choose to confront shame.
2. Understand shame’s impact.
3. Uncover shame’s origin.
4. Tear down self-made defenses.
5. Accept and embrace truth.
John 8:31-32, To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Believe Hold Know
Romans 10:11, As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
6. Run to the source of freedom.
Psalm 31:1 (MESSAGE), I run to you, God; I run for dear life. Don’t let me down! Take me seriously this time! Get down on my level and listen, and please—no procrastination! Your granite cave a hiding place, your high cliff nest a place of safety.
Proverbs 18:10, The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
Psalm 34:5, Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.
7. Live and walk like you’re covered.
Ephesians 3:11-12, … according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Isaiah 61:10 (ESV), I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 54:4, “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
Shame removed by Grace
John 8:3-11, The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
11 “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
Exodus 31:18, When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
- With his finger, God wrote the message of the law
- With his finger, Jesus wrote the message of grace
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Answers:
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- Uncover
- Defenses
- Embrace
- Source
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