Shame

“Herein is our love made perfect, (mature) that we may have boldness in the day of judgement: because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love Him, because He first loved us. “ 1 John 4:17-19

1. Their fear was a result of their shame.
2. The problem was that they had lost the ability to believe that God could love them.

Even though Adam and Eve had sinned, God did not separate Himself from them. In fact, He went looking for them, He sought for them; the did noot seek for God. Why?

a) They felt ashamed, not guilt.
b) Our guilt is not a problem to God.

Our shame in a problem.

God is well able to deal with our guilt. He provided all that was necessary to deal with our guilt, all we must do is ask to be forgiven and we are.

However, shame is a problem because there is more for us to do and if we are not able or willing to co-operate, we prevent Him from being able to help us.

We must all come to the place of recognizing and acknowledgeing our guilt before God can help us.

God Bless you all as you stive to stand before Him.
Pastor Melvin Brooks