“Appearance Shaming”
Pastor Dave Bennett
1 Timothy 4:1-8
January 16, 2022

: the disapproval of, or discrimination against, an individual or group based on perceivable social characteristics.

The stigma of “appearance shaming” is something we do to

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”: the action or practice of humiliating someone by making mocking or critical comments about their body shape or size.

“God is not ashamed of you. God is not ashamed of your body. Our right to speak is not taken away by our imperfect bodies. A body the world calls flawed does not invalidate the wonder and power of our Creator. No one’s size, appearance, or ability prohibits that person from serving neighbors with love.” —J. Nicole Morgan, Fat and Faithful

People in Paul’s days elevated physical, athletic training, and an athletic body well above the status that it should have.
- It was a Greek teaching made by moralists that physical attributes were the

to a successful, happy life.

Four thoughts to help us

body and health shaming:
1. You are

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in God’s eyes
2. There is no

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or comparison in the faith
3. God looks at the

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4. God

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develops the heart

Additional Scripture:
Psalm 139:4
2 Corinthians 10:2
1 Samuel 16:7
1 Peter 3:3-4
Ephesians 2:10
Ephesians 4:22-23

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