Whoever is ashamed of Jesus and His words…

Jesus says: “Whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.” (Mk 8:38)

Human pride is in the heart of every one of us. If someone ridicules us, we react to it immediately. But we must learn to say: “Even if all laugh at me, only one thing is important to me: How is God looking at me?” This is the one thing that is needed. I need to stop in a particular situation and to stand in the presence of God: “Lord, let them defame me and spit at me. They did the same to You, called You bad names…” No one has ever said such words about us as the religious hierarchy said about Jesus. They said that He was out of His mind, possessed by a demon and the like, and sought to kill Him. Let us follow Jesus even if all spit in our face.

Unfortunately, one often surrenders in such situation, thinks to oneself: “They have no regard for me, I am a nobody…” and denies Christ and His Gospel. Today he is ashamed of Jesus but on the Day of Judgment the Son of Man will be ashamed of him before the angels. Therefore we need to ask for courage: “Jesus, give me the strength, so that I am not ashamed of You and Your words in this adulterous and sinful generation!” We need the courage to swim against the current, against the current of sin. Do not pay heed to what people think about you but only to what God thinks about you. Stand bravely for Jesus even if all shout or spit at you. One thing is certain: Jesus is with me and I now stand by His side, face to face with the enemies and say to them: “I serve Jesus Christ and I am not ashamed of Him!” This is a sign that you lost your soul for the sake of Jesus (i.e. the pride of your soul which desires human praise) and that you gave Jesus the first place in your life.

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