FBC Gridley

We're going to just look at that one verse, Romans 1:16, where Paul says: I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

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When a man says "I am NOT ashamed," it makes us perk up our ears and sit up and listen, because we all know what it is to be ashamed.

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I think most of us have incidents in our background or incidents in our families that send the red flush of humiliation to our cheeks. We all know what it is to be embarrassed.

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Paul knew what it was to be embarrassed; he knew what it was to be ashamed. Nevertheless, here's his own ringing testimony: I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes 

Romans 1:16