a third one<\/a>, I believe, came the closest to facing the truth<\/p>\n 1. (Read the story)<\/p>\n
2. We lost a sense of shame<\/p>\n 3. Kids are being taught by peers, schools, movies, and other forms of culture\nthat it is acceptable to get pregnant at a young age\n 4. Broken homes are not able to instill values. Too little parental involvement\nin children’s lives results in popular culture raising children.\n
II. What happened to shame?<\/p>\n
A. Because of stubbornness, people prefer to act shamefully – Hosea 4:16-18<\/p>\n
B. They refuse to be ashamed of their actions – Jeremiah 3:1-3<\/p>\n
C. They’ve done it for so long, they have forgotten how to blush – Jeremiah 6:15<\/p>\n D. They have been deceived. They constantly return to sin. They don’t repent. They\nthink they are smart. They are greedy – Jeremiah 8:5-13\n
III. Shame has a purpose<\/p>\n
A. A part of knowing good and evil is shame – Genesis 3:10<\/p>\n
B. You can’t forget that you’ve done wrong – Psalm 51:3<\/p>\n
C. God uses shame as a wake-up call – Psalm 44:13-15<\/p>\n D. Shame ought to keep us away from sin. It ought to remind us that we are\nvulnerable to Satan’s schemes – Jeremiah 3:25\nIV. Even when it is denied, the fact remains that sin is shameful. But why don’t people feel\nashamed?\n
A. The problem is that repeated sin can make us calloused – I Timothy 4:1-2<\/p>\n
B. Self-serving lusts – Jude 12-13<\/p>\n
C. Worldly minded, glorying in their shame – Philippians 3:18-19<\/p>\n
D. The unjust know no shame – Zephaniah 3:5<\/p>\n E. Pride brings shame because the prideful cannot believe they are wrong – Proverbs\n11:2\n
F. Shame comes to those who cannot be corrected – Proverbs 13:18<\/p>\n
G. For that reason, undisciplined children act shamefully – Proverbs 29:15<\/p>\n
V. Our desire should be to avoid shame<\/p>\n
A. Not because we do not recognize shameful situations<\/p>\n
B. The solution is to walk the old paths – Jeremiah 6:15-16<\/p>\n C. Then we will be without shame because we are not doing anything shameful –\nPsalm 71:1-8\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Jeremiah 6:10-17 I. On June 18, 2008, Time released a story about 17, now 18, girls in Gloucester High School on the outskirts of Massachusetts. A. (Read the story) B. What would cause a bunch of girls to purposely set out to get pregnant? C. The report gave these reasons: 1. It’s not real.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[1572,38,571,578],"class_list":["post-58299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-fornication","tag-morality","tag-pregnancy","tag-shame"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4838,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/have-we-forgotten-our-shame\/","url_meta":{"origin":58299,"position":0},"title":"Have We Forgotten Our Shame?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Psalms 44 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is surprising the odd ideas people have about forgiveness \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Forgiveness is the dismissal of any debt or obligation to me \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I cannot forgive someone\u2019s sin. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This is only something God can do, because our sins incur a penalty, which God \u2013\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2745,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-wrong-with-mixed-swimming\/","url_meta":{"origin":58299,"position":1},"title":"What is Wrong with Mixed Swimming?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 7, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Ephesians 4:17-24 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s first define the issue. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is not whether boys and girls can participate in the same activity. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are plenty of sports and other activities where both men and women participate. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Often, as adolescence is reached, boys and girls will separate, mostly because men and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sermon"","block_context":{"text":"Sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/sermon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18494,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/not-ashamed-to-sin-but-ashamed-to-repent\/","url_meta":{"origin":58299,"position":2},"title":"Not Ashamed to Sin, but Ashamed to Repent","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 26, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. 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