Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell this to anyone. He said, “The Human One must suffer many things and be rejected—by the elders, chief priests, and the legal experts—and be killed and be raised on the third day.” Jesus said to everyone, “All who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me. All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me will save them. What advantage do people have if they gain the whole world for themselves yet perish or lose their lives? Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Human One will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. I assure you that some standing here won’t die before they see God’s kingdom.” (Luke 9:21-27, CEB)
Jesus said, “Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Human One will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.”
What does it mean to be ashamed? M-W.com says:
1 a: feeling shame, guilt, or disgrace
b: feeling inferior or unworthy
2: reluctant or unwilling to do something because of shame or embarrassment
The second definition, I think, plays in nicely here. Anyone who is reluctant or unwilling to do what I have told you to do, I will be ashamed of when they come before the father. When you are unwilling to be who Jesus calls you to be because you will be embarrassed or shamed around your people, or have to admit you were wrong, Jesus will be ashamed.
Why not just admit you were wrong and learn and move forward and love and do what Jesus calls us to do?
Love like Jesus.
Loving People. Loving God.
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