Have you ever wondered about that expression. Pretty easy to interpret. Embarrassed by your own actions, or something that happened to you because of your own actions. It can happen in an instant. Especially now days when everyone is offended by everything. Seems kinda wimpy to be so sensitive. But I’m talking about something way more serious. Can you defend your faith? Let’s talk about Sally. She walks up to a group of Agnostics and they are dissing on God. She does not have a clue how to share her faith other than to repeat something someone said. Period. SHE IS DOA. Her witness is nullified by her lack of knowledge. Here is the moral of keeping egg off your face. Be GOD TAUGHT!
We all get backed in the corner from time to time defending the Faith. There are Questions we can’t answer from our perspective. So we get stumped. Here’s the answer: May I do some research and get back to you?
Let God talk to you through His Word. Reading the Bible is like trying new and exotic foods, you will be blown away with revelations and insights. “Taste and see that the Lord is GOOD!”
Proverbs 4:7 (NKJV)
Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [Therefore] get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.
Acts 18:4 (NKJV)
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
When I personally was given a KJV Bible at age 7 by an estranged relative, it became more precious than gold to me. For this to occur a third grade child has got to be feeling pretty snarky about life. But I became God-taught, from the Holy Bible.
Here is an example:
Biology class with Mr. Saylor. We cut up weird smelling frogs. He said we had evolved over untold millions of years by unspecified means through a series of mutations caused by a future need of the life form. WHAT??!! All public science classes push one theory of evolution…accidental, spontaneous coincidence. Since I had no one to ask, I opened the Bible and Voila! Right there in the very first book it explained how The Creator did it step by step: each animal after it’s own KIND and Then He made man, and then He made women.
God wants to teach you. There has been a ton of “Church Hurt” going on for eons. Why if everyone in Church is following Jesus? Unfortunately church people are humanly and constantly error prone. That is why you do NOT put your total faith in man, women, anybody but God alone. People can and will let you down. Search the scriptures for your answers. He will speak to you personally.
One year around Christmas in Matamoros, Mexico. I was trying to ask Alejandro what he was getting his wife for Christmas. Boy was I embarrassed when they presented me with a gift. What I thought I said was different than the Spanish words I used. Words matter, meanings matter. God has given us His most precious Holy Word. It is a Living Word. Beyond your wildest imaginations in its POWER.
The Eternal Word
(Gen. 1:1-2:3 )
1 ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. |
2 He was in the beginning with God. |
3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. |
4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. |
5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehendfn it. |