Less Shame, More Love: FEARLESS part 2 of 7

FEARLESS: Less Shame, More Love

At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves…  He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” Genesis 3:7,10 (NLT)

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. 5 God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.  And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” 7 Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir. Galatians 4:4-7 (NLT)

1. Shame makes us live like

The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. Luke 15:12 (NLT)

 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!  I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,  and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’ 

Luke 15:17-19 (NLT)

 “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.  And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast 

Luke 15:22-23 (NLT)

2.Grace allows us to be   & 

 “The older brother was angry and wouldn’t go in. His father came out and begged him, 29 but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends. 

Luke 15:28-29 (NLT)

 “His father said to him, ‘Look, dear son, you have always stayed by me, and everything I have is yours. Luke 15:31 (NLT)

So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”  For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. Romans 8:15-16 (NLT)

3. & help us know the Father’s love

So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. James 4:7-8 (NLT)

 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32 (NLT)

4.We must fight to keep our lives around

 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. John 15:4,9 (NLT)

We do not for love; we learn to from it.