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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Shame
Pastor Kong 19 Apr 08
1 Chronicles 4:9
(Related to last week's sermon)
How do we know that Jabez was spiritually hungry?
- He went after prayer
- He had holy dissatisfaction - He wanted more of God's anointing! 1 Chro 4:10 He wanted God to "enlarge my territory" so that he could get influence in the marketplace!
- He wanted to serve God - God only answered the prayer request of Jabez and David immediately due to their spiritual hunger.
Jabez = painful, hollow, depression --> Jabez lived with a painful past and he struggled with shame and rejection.
Revelations 12
Satan is the accuser of the brethren. Thus, he will constantly shame us into giving up our visions and our dreams.
People who overcame shame:
- Joseph was sold as a slave by his brothers, but he overcame the shame barrier to become someone of high position in Egypt
- Abraham struggled with trusting God for a son, but he overcame that and was made the father of all nations
- Moses was a murderer
- David was a murderer and an adulterer
- Simon Peter denied Jesus thrice and cursed Him
But in Christ, we are a new creature! Like Jabez, we have to deal with our past, or else we will not have faith for the present nor hope for the future!
Types of Shame Barriers
1. Inherited shame
- Simply because we are born into a fallen race
- Like Adam, we stay away from God and from his good work
- But the wages of sin is death
- We have overcome inherited shame because Jesus took the shame of our sins for us. While Adam was ashamed of being naked before God, Jesus was stripped and laid bare so that we could be covered in the robe of righteousness
2. Imposed shame
- Shame imposed on us by other people
- Jesus was mocked by the Pharisees, who said that He was the illegitimate child of a prostitute
3. Actual shame
- Due to things that one actually does
But Jesus died so that we could live! God is a shame buster! Any thing we feel, God can heal!
Jabez founded the city of Jabez, which preserved the word of God. He overcame his shame barrier to become a revelator of the word of God.
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