There is a great song by a band called Delrious? Where the chorus goes “I’m not ashamed of the gospel
I’m not ashamed of the one I love”. It’s a great pumping call to action for those of us who want to be warriors for Jesus. I have been in halls with crowds of young people where we are jumping up and down and shouting to our God these words. Paul’s telling us not only should we not be ashamed of what Jesus has done but we should be proud. Right now lets just stop for a moment. Imagine if last weekend you were walking the street, when a little kid run out in front of a truck. You don’t think twice but you leap out into the road grab the kid and save his life seconds before the truck is about to crush him. As it happens a TV crew were doing an interview and they catch it all on film. They think you are fantastic and tell you that you will be on the news Monday night. What’s the first thing you do when you go to school or college Monday morning? Yep you tell all your mates because you are proud. You can’t wait to tell them to watch the TV that night. Yes I know you can see where I’m going with this. If we are proud of what Jesus has done, then there is only one thing we can do, we have to tell everyone we meet, because they need him to. How do we do that? Well there are a million and one ways, but lets start by not being ashamed to raise the name of Jesus in conversation. If your mates ask you what you were up to at the weekend, tell them straight, I was have a wicked time with my mates at Church.
