'IN NOTHING SHALL I BE PUT TO SHAME'

TEXT:  Phil. 1:20

INTRODUCTION:

A.      PAUL IN PRISON - YET NOT ASHAMED - CONTENT( Phil. 4:11 ).

B.      TELLS US TO BE JOYFUL( Phil. 4:4-5 ).

C.      WE ARE NOT TO BE ASHAMED( Phil. 1:20 ).

          1.       No embarrassment.

          2.       No regrets.

D.      ARE WE EVER ASHAMED?

I.      OF JESUS?( Mark 8: 38 ).

A.      PETER'S EXAMPLE( Mat. 26:69-74 ).

          1.       Peer pressure( Gal. 1:10 ).

          2.       Ungodly behavior( Eph. 4:29 ).

B.      THE PROMISE OF JESUS( Mat. 10:32-33 ).

II.    OF THE GOSPEL?( Mark 8:38;  2 Tim. 1:8;   Rom. 1:16 ).

A.      OF ITS SIMPLICITY( Mat. 11:25; 2 Cor. 11:3 ) examples.

B.      OF ITS EXCLUSIVE NARROW NATURE( 2 John 9;  Gal. 1:8-9 ).

C.      OF ITS HARD SAYINGS( John 6:60 ).  examples.

D.      OF ITS AGE( Jude 3 ).   PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE.

III.    OF THE BRETHREN?

          A.      HOW JESUS REGARDS US( Heb. 2:11 ).

          B.      1 Cor. 15:33;  Eph. 5:11.

          C.      HOW DO WE REGARD US?( Rom. 12:9-10 ).

IV.   OF THE NAME?( 1 Pet. 4:15-16 ).

A.      JESUS GAVE US HIS NAME( Acts 11:26 ).

B.      A NEW NAME, A NEW RELATION( Isa. 62:1-5 ).

V.    OF SUFFERING?( 2 Tim. 1:12 ).

          A.      ALL WILL SUFFER( 2 Tim. 3:12 ).

          B.      NOT A SOURCE OF REGRET FOR PAUL( 2 Tim. 1:16 ).

          C.      A SOURCE OF GLORY & J0Y( Acts 5:41; Mat. 5:10-12 ).

VI.   TO BE A WORKMAN?

A.      SHODDY WORK IS SHAMEFUL( Heb. 6:11-12 ).

B.      THE WORK BELONGS TO US( Heb. 5:12 ).

C.      SHOULD WE, NEED WE BE ASHAMED?( 2 Tim. 2:15 ).

VII.  OF OUR HOPE?( Rom. 5:5;  Acts 24:15 ).

A.      TOO FAR OUT, UNBELIEVABLE( Acts 26:24  ).

B.      THE EVIDENCE IS HERE.   ARE YOU SKEPTICAL'?

C.      1 Pet. 2:6.

CONCLUSION:  ARE YOU FACING SHAME ON THAT DAY?