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Freedom From Shame
February 12, 2023
Chris Seidman, Lead Minister, The Branch

Genesis 2:25 (NIV)
Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Genesis 3:7-11 (NIV)
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

And he said, “Who told you that you were naked?”

Galatians 3:26-27 (NIV)
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Hebrews 12:1-2 (NIV)
And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of God.

Isaiah 61:7 (NIV)
Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion … .

Luke 23:43 (NIV)
“Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

1 Peter 2:6 (NIV)
“See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”

Romans 1:16 (NIV)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes … .