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For whoever is ashamed of Me (Jesus) and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
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One of the most horrible sights ever beheld by mankind was surely Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, the holy One of Israel, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords battered and bruised, bleeding and dying nailed to a wooden cross and mocked by the world and His own people.

Jesus, signifying the death that lay just before Him, had said ‘If I be lifted up from the earth I will draw all men unto Me.’ {Jn.12:32} Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee dedicated to the persecution of Christians, while on the road to Damascus encountered the risen Christ, lifted out of death and into glory. {Acts 9:3ff} He would from that point on, now as Paul the apostle, spend the rest of his life on earth dedicated to preaching Christ and Him crucified. {1Cor.2:2}

He would go so far as to say that he would not only not be ashamed of the gospel, {Rom.1:16} but that he would boast in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. {Gal.6:14} He was, as the Lord instructs us all in today’s verse, not ashamed of Jesus or His words seeing only the glory! The world sees the cross as foolishness {1Cor.1:18} and unfortunately it appears that all too much of the ‘church’ does too!

That is a reason that so many cathedrals and church buildings are designed and built at enormous cost, both financial and human, to impress others. Jesus was not impressed when His disciples were pointing out the glory of the temple in Jerusalem to Him. {Mat.24:1-2} He said that is all just temporary, passing away! His glory will last forever. {Ps.104:31} And now, we believers are the temple of God! {1Co.3:16}

You and I, all who are true believers, are called to proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light. {1Pt.2:9} That does not mean we need to stand behind a pulpit (although He may call you to) but actually living a life and a lifestyle which leads us in triumph in Christ and brings the knowledge of Him into every place. {2Cor.2:14}

We preach the cross to show that sin and death were conquered. {1Cor.15:54-57} The grave could not hold Him, and now we say, ‘even so come Lord Jesus’!

“…Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us, and released us from our sins by His blood, and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father; to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.” (Revelation 1:5-6)

LET YOUR LIFE SHOW FORTH HIS GLORY