Shame did not begin with nakedness, it began the moment Eve looked at herself instead of God and wondered what she lacked. That same doubt still shows up today as 'am I doing enough, am I believing enough,' a double-minded worry Paul called unstable. Presenting your body as a living sacrifice is not about confessing your unworthiness, it is worship, declaring that His sacrifice was enough. Temptation itself is not proof you are a sinner, it is the opportunity to declare your identity in Him, the way Peter could walk on water by keeping his eyes off the waves. Stop looking at what you don't want to hit and look at where you want to go, make who He is your personality instead of what you were delivered from.
Moments from this message
“They felt naked because they were ashamed.”
“Trust in Him, and He will do through you everything that He wants done.”
“He cared so much about sin He did something about it that cost Him everything.”
“He that is born of God sinneth not because the seed of God remains in him.”
“Stop talking about who you were and start talking more about who He is.”
“Trying to have self-control as much as I can is never gonna get me to self-control. But when I take on the nature and attitude of Him, I get self-control.”
“Can Christ magnify and manifest himself through your life in such a way you're not thinking about how bad or wrong you are, you're just thinking about how good and right he is?”
“Don't look at falling. Just look at where you want to go.”
“It's a gift of God. Not a battle. It's a joy.”
“We're belittling sin and exalting who he is.”