Posted on 05/12/2022 11:34:23 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame” (Proverbs 13:5).
“A righteous man hateth lying,” it’s disgusting.
“. . . but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame,” the word “loathsome” is an old English word for “repulsive.” The final shame for a liar is that he ends up in hell, according to Revelation 21:8 because his chief lie is that he can find some other way into heaven other than through the Lord Jesus Christ: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber” (John 10:1).
There is nothing more repulsive than a man that wears clerical garb and teaches his congregation that human works are a worthy substitute for the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Even far worse is it that that preacher is calling the Lord a liar: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). Paul added to this thought when he wrote: “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Titus 3:5).
It’s hard to preach on shame any more because it’s hard to get anyone to feel ashamed. You look on just about any crowd of people gathered whether it be out on a beach or at a sports stadium or music concert—one of the things you’ll find missing in any degree is shame. This country is so jaded with sin that it is just hard to shame anybody any more. When was the last time any of us ever saw a woman blush? We are exposed to so much wickedness and so much ungodliness that nothing shocks us anymore. Americans have become desensitized to sin.
Jeremiah in his day spoke of a people who were not ashamed of their committed abominations nor could they blush. They had apparently lost their ability to blush. In contrast, Bible-type Christians even ‘shun the very appearance of evil.’ Do you?
Can you blush when suddenly and unavoidably you are confronted with an indecent exposure or Immodesty In a reputable place of business? To the pure of mind It can become frightening at times.
When it comes to blushing at indecency, being embarrassed at undue inconsistency, being ashamed by neglect, righteously indignant at the sacrilegious, and sensing repugnancy at the foul and fiendish, put me down as a “square.” If need be, I’m one of the Lord’s “oddballs” when it comes to preferring Christian standards of conduct to worldly practices.
Christian friend, to be able to blush, to be embarrassed, to be ashamed at times, to be indignant at wrongdoing, and to possess a sense of incongruity at the outlandish are not weaknesses in your makeup. They are contributing factors. to a strong character.
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