Break Free Shame | Pastor Brandon Beals | Venture Church

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I want to thank you for coming to Venture Church

this morning. If I've never met you before, I'm Brandon.

I am the.

Lead pastor of the church. I'd love the opportunity to

meet you. If you're new, I'll be hanging out in

the lobby after the service. Please come up introduce yourself

to me. I'd love to shake your hand, get to

know your name, and all of those things.

As you can tell, there's a lot of construction going

on around this place.

We are deep in the midst of our facility expansion.

Every week you come, something new has happened. Morgan mentioned

in between the services that the platforms were put on

all the balcony seating, so I had to sprint up there.

It's crazy how fast this is happening.

We are believing that this entire expansion will be completed

by thanks Giving at worst, in time for all of

our Christmas Eve services. So for those of you that

had to wait for an usher to find your seat,

you can sit in the balcony hopefully on Christmas Eve,

because we'll have three hundred seats up there also. But

we are trying to do our final push of raising

nine hundred thousand dollars for this facility expansion.

We started that a month ago and I'm happy to.

Say we have reached one hundred and eighty thousand dollars,

so that is in a month. My goal is for

the month of September, so we stove today. We still

have a few days that we would break two hundred

thousand dollars. So if you are ready to give, want

to encourage you to give at some point today this week.

You can scan one of the QR codes that's in

the lobby and it will pull up a directory and

if you'd like to specifically sponsor an area that's being built,

we'd love to have you do that, or you can

just give directly, but all those proceeds go to help

us finish this nine hundred thousand dollars goal that we

have to finish this project.

And it's happening, whether we.

Like it or not, really fast, so it's good Everybody,

bay your heads, close your eyes. I want to ask

everyone to repeat this prayer after me. Everyone say, Dear Jesus,

speak to my heart, change my life in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Today, I'm continuing our series break Free. We're talking about

breaking free of strongholds that you might have in your

life and people have in your life. Last week, if

you weren't here, I really encourage you to go back

and listen to the podcast to the message. It was

a very intense message. I talked about the stronghold of

hidden sin. For some of you, I know that that

message hit very hard, but I believe that one of

the biggest strongholds that we have in our life is what.

We're hiding inside.

And I shared some really practical steps on how we

can overcome the stronghold of hidden sin. We confess, then

we repent, and then we find someone that we know

loves us, cares about us to hold us accountable. So

today won't be quite as heavy, and it's going to

be a shock by the question that I'm going to

ask you to begin with.

This is a rhetorical question, so please don't shout out answers,

not that you would want to.

But what is the biggest mistake you've ever made? I

knew you weren't going to want it answer it, did

you know that? Sometimes to break the ice, when I'm

meeting new people, I'll ask him this question. I will say,

what is the worst thing you've ever done?

Some of you are like, that's why I avoid meeting

with you.

The first thing you're gonna ask me is what's the

worst thing you've ever done. I'm hoping it's gonna, you know,

be something that stupid that you did while you were

in high school that you know it's kind of in

the past, but think of that one thing that you

wish you could do over that if you had a

do over, this is your do over. A while ago,

I met with a guy in our church. I share

this with permission, who'd made a terrible mistake and he

hidden his mistake. Typical story. I've heard it a million times.

I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,

and I had too much to drink. Instead of going home,

I stayed longer than I should and I had a

few more drinks. I ended up flirting with a girl.

My defenses were down, and he found out the next

day that he had slept with a prostitute. Told me

that I tried to pretend it didn't happen. I went

to church, went to one of the revival nights, came forward,

wept at the altar, had a pastor pray for me.

But I was consumed with guilt for weeks afterwards because

of my hidden sin. By the time he'd met with me.

He met with me the day after he finally confessed.

To his wife.

Well, we set them up for several months of counseling. Again,

I share this with permission. After months of counseling, their

marriage was salvage.

Thanked the Lord. But he kept telling me.

PB every time we would get in a fight, every

time our kids were struggling, said anytime anything went bad

in our finances, I always felt it was all my

fault because of what I had done. And he said

I felt so guilty, and I felt so much shame.

So, Pastor Brandon, I'm so a shamed.

Shame is this feeling that we have disappointed ourselves, that

we have disappointed those that we love. Shame is that

sense that we have disappointed God. I think there's many

of you today the stronghold that the enemy has you

bound in is the stronghold of shame.

You see, what the enemy loves to do is the enemy.

Loves to say God didn't really forgive you of that,

you haven't really made that right, that is still destroying

your life. And he loves to heap shame upon sin

that Jesus has already set you free of. Loves to

overwhelm us with shame. The Bible has a lot to

say say about the word shame. In fact, the word

shame comes up very frequently in the Bible. In the Hebrew,

the Hebrew word for shame is bosh. With that word bosh,

it's grouped together with shame. It's grouped together with some

other words like disconcerted, disappointed, confounded, bound together, this word

gives us a sense of sin and a sense of guilt. Now,

guilt and shame are uniquely different. You see, guilt is judicial.

Guilt is I did it, I'm guilty, I was found guilty.

But shame is relational, It is emotional. Shame is beyond

a sense of ownership and responsibility. Shame at its worst

can be almost consuming and paralyzing. I think we've all

had moments where we face shame. I'm gonna read you

some verses. I'm gonna rattle them off, but their verses

throughout the Old Testament and New Testament that describe what

happens with shame. And as I read these verses, you were,

You're probably gonna think, I remember that, I remember when.

I felt that way. There's others of you.

You were gonna say, that is exactly the way that

I feel right now. And it might be a hint

that the enemy has bound you in the stronghold of shame.

Jeremiah three twenty four. I think they're gonna get the

verses up. I'm gonna rattle them off really quick, so

let's see if they can keep up. Shame is a

wild beast Jeremiah three twenty five. Shame is like a

garment that covers us Jeremiah twenty vers eighteen.

Jeremiah really struggled with shame.

Shame is a lifelong torment or a blight against us.

Hebrews two ten says shame is sin against our soul.

Isaiah thirty says shame is connected to our defeat.

Isaiah fifty four. Shame is overwhelming disapproval.

Isaiah six says shame leads to destruction Isaiah forty seven.

Shame is a constant threat. Daniel Chapter twelve says shame

is full of everlasting contempt. Proverbs thirteen, Shame leads to poverty.

Proverbs eighteen, shame is connected.

To our folly.

Proverbs chapter nine says shame leads to nothingness. Some of you,

you hear those verses, shake your head in agreement. So

the question isn't have we experienced shame? I think we've

all had times where we have done something that we

know we shouldn't have done.

Maybe we haven't repented of it.

So we're still feeling an extreme amount of guilt and

sin because of conviction from the Holy Spirit. But then

in addition to that, there's some of us that are

here and shame is coming because the enemy is constantly

lying to you. You have been forgiven, you've been set free.

What does Jesus say? He says, if you repent, I'll

restore you that you may serve me.

In fact, the Psalms say, as far as the east is.

From the west, so far he has removed our transgressions

from us. The Bible actually tells us that God chooses

to forget our sin.

Isn't that amazing. Now, that is sin that we have

repented of.

He chooses to forget, that's what makes him God, and

you and I not God. Have you noticed that we

can't forget it, forget anything? Like I always joke that

I can't remember anyone's name. I'm so embarrassed. I so

badly want to learn the names of every single person

in our church. But like names come in my brain

and then they quickly escape. But if you do something

to wrong me, I will never forget you.

Isn't that the way we work? How do you overcome

the stronghold of shame?

Me?

Shame is something that we all deal with. How we

overcome it?

The Bible gives us some clues in Isaiah chapter fifty.

This was a prophecy about the coming of Jesus, and

it tells us about when Jesus comes, this is what

he will bring for you and I. Isaiah fifty verse six,

it says, I offered my back to those who beat me,

my cheek to those who pulled out my beard. I

did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. Because

the sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore,

I've set my face like flint, and I know I

will not be put to shame. It is this promise

that when Jesus comes, he is willing to take our

shame upon himself. The prophet Joel said this in Joel

two twenty five. Promise from God, as it pertains to

our mistakes, says, I will repay the years the locusts

have eaten, the great locust, the young locust, the other locusts.

The locust swarm my great army that I have sent

among you. You will have plenty to eat until you

are full, and you will praise the name of the

Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you.

Here it is never.

Again will my people be shamed. Then you will know

that I am in Israel, that I am the Lord

your God, that there is no other God. Never again

will my people be shamed. You see, God wants to

restore us, and he wants to take away our shame.

Is the story in the Life of gi Jesus. It's

in John chapter eight. Here's the story. At dawn, Jesus

appeared again in the temple courts. This is verse two,

where all the people gathered around him and he sat

down to teach them, the teachers of the law and

the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They

made her stand before the group, and they said to Jesus, teacher,

this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In

the Law of Moses, it's commanded us to stone such

a woman.

Now, what do you say? And we're told their motive.

They were using this question as a trap in order

to have a basis for accusing Jesus talk about people

heaping shame upon you. Can you imagine being this woman?

I mean, Jesus is in a setting like this, he's

teaching in the temple courts, and they grab a woman

and they drag her in front of Jesus and everyone

he's teaching and show her say, this woman has had

an affair. What are you gonna do about it? Are

you gonna say anything?

What are you going to do?

And Jesus is cool, This is maybe the coolest response ever.

Here's what he does. Jesus meant down and he started

right in the ground with his finger, says, They kept

questioning him. Does she ever wonder what he was drawing

in the ground? I wonder if you like, wrote a

smiley face. But eventually, it says, he straightened up, and

he said to them, let any one of you who

is without sin be the first to throw a stone

at her.

Then he went back down.

He finished drawing, and says, at this those who heard

begin to go away, one at a time, the older

ones first, until it was only Jesus with the woman

still standing there. Jesus stood up and he asked her, woman,

where are your users? Where are they? Has no one

condemned you? She responds, no one, sir, And then Jesus says,

neither do I condemn you, But I added the butt

in there.

Go now and leave your life of sin.

If you repent, I'll restore you that you can serve

me your sin I am capable of forgiving. Now going,

You're no one's condemning you, now going, Just don't sin anymore?

How do we deal with the stronghold of shame? How

do we overcome it? You have to remember you are

a child of God, if you have repented of your sins,

if you have invited Jesus into your life, if you've

prayed the prayer and you meant the prayer, if you've

been baptized and you are different.

If you have really given your.

Life to Christ, you are a child of Godah, which

means you are forgiven. How do you overcome shame?

You have to.

Remember who you are when the devil constantly reminds you

of all of your mistakes, constantly reminds you of everything

you've done, when the devil tries to heap shame.

Upon you, remember who you are.

You are a child of God, you are forgiven.

That's how you overcome shame.

There's there's a verse in Corinthians one Corinthians six'. Nine

people love to use this. Verse they love to use

this verse to attack. People they love to use this

verse really to condemn.

People And i'm gonna read with this.

Verse these two verses, say and most of us are guilty.

Of one of these. Things so it's it's. Heavy here's

what it.

Says so the words Of paul One corinthians six,' nine

do you not know wrongdoers will not inherit the Kingdom.

Of god do not be deceived neither the, sexually.

Immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers nor men who have sex,

with men, nor thieves nor, the greedy, nor drunkers, nor

slanderers nor swindlers will Inherit the Kingdom.

OF god, i mean it's literally.

Just called out eighty percent. Of us, he says you

won't inherit the Kingdom. Of god the problem is oftentimes

people quote, those verses and there are, true verses but

they leave out the, next verse.

Which Is actually. Paul's point paul's.

Point Is, without jesus this is who. You Are without jesus,

forgiving you setting, you free, delivering you you are not

worthy of Inheriting the Kingdom.

Of god.

But first john one to nine says that if we confess,

our sins he is faithful and justin will forgive us

our sins and cleanse us and purify us from. All

unrighteousness So, without jesus.

You're right if, we don't we don't Inherit the Kingdom.

Of God. But jesus and that's the.

Important part this whole portion of scripture is about.

Verse eleven.

So because of all the stuff, you've done you are

not personally worthy to Inherit the Kingdom.

Of God. But jesus.

And, it says and this is what some of, You

were but you, were washed you, were sanctified.

You.

Were justified what is that word justified mean it means

you were, declared innocent you, were absolved you.

Were acquitted that is who. You were.

But Because of jesus you, were washed you, were sanctified

you were justified in the name Of The Lord jesus

christ and by the spirit Of.

Our god when the.

Devil tries to heap shame, on you remember that's who

you were.

To what. You did but you, were washed you, Were

sanctified you were justified because Of what. Jesus did in,

other words.

You were legally declared innocent in the Eyes.

Of god don't allow shame to be a stronghold you find.

YOURSELF in, i mean if you're dealing with shame and

conviction because of, hidden sin DO what i suggested. Last, week,

confess repent. Get, accountability, confess repent. Get accountability if we confess,

our sins he is faithful in justin will forgive us

our sins and purify us from. All unrighteousness if the

devil continues to keep shame, upon you remember who.

You were THAT'S who, i was but NOT who i.

Am NOW who i am NOW is i am a Child.

Of god i've, been, washed. Sanctified justified i've been declared

innocent in the Name. OF jesus i want everybody to.

Stand up you were supposed to get a communion emblem

when you. Came, in uh raise. Your hand if you didn't,

GET one i predicting it's half.

Of you, so there raise your.

Hand up the ushers are gonna sprint around really quick and.

Give it.

Whenever we, receive communion this is our opportunity.

To pause.

This is our opportunity to stop in the middle of,

the craziness the busyness of everything.

In life this is.

Our opportunity to, ask OURSELVES am i Right? With jesus

are Me and? Jesus good this is that that moment

where we get to just pause and make sure that

we feel right. With him for some, of us this

is a moment where we evaluate maybe something that. We've

hidden for others, of us it may be that moment

where we're we're thinking about this is the shame that

has been heaped.

On me.

But communion is that moment where where we can just

kind of lay it all Out, to jesus where we

can just pour out our Heart. To jesus and what

this symbolizes is it literally Symbolizes what paul talked About In.

First corinthians it literally symbolizes us, Being washed it symbolizes us,

being sanctified and it symbolizes us.

Being justified so HERE'S what i want.

To do peel off, the top grab, the cracker peel

off the, next layer grab. The juice hold the two

pieces of these emblems in, your HAND.

And i want you to close your eyes for the next.

Several moments take some Time.

With jesus this is between You, and jesus no one.

Looking around this is your moment, To, say jesus will

you forgive me? Of that If you repenny restores you

that you can. Serve him this is your moment, TO

say I know i shouldn't have. DONE that I know

i shouldn't have. SAID that i shouldn't have treated this person.

This way will you forgive me.

If you confess he's faithful and just to forgive you

of your sins and purify us of.

All unrighteousness this is your moment, To, SAY jesus i

need you to, wash me.

SANCTIFY me i want to. Feel justified.

Just take.

A moment.

It's your chance to get him to take away that shame.

Press in.

Some. Of you that's what you need, to say and, You,

SAY jesus i know you forgave, me THIS but i

still feel shame. For it we take away. MY shame

i rebuke that Shame in. Jesus' name search, MY Heart,

o god test and know my, anxious thoughts.

And see if there's any wickedness, in me and if,

there is lead me in the way. Of everlasting on

the Night that jesus, was.

Betrayed He celebrated passover with, his disciples and After the,

passover meal he took a piece of bread.

And he broke it into, many pieces and.

He passed a piece of the bread to each one of,

his disciples and, he says this represents my body that

is broken. For you, he says whenever you receive of

this or, remember me.

Let's receive of the. Body together in just, a moment

we're going to drink the. Cup TOGETHER.

And i love to remind you that this, Represents grace grace's,

unmerited favor meaning you didn't, deserve it you didn't, earn

it but you are giving it because someone loved you

enough to give you. This gift but this represents what

it is that, washed us what it is that, purified

us what it is that. Justified us and the thing

about communion is every time we receive, of it it

gives us that moment where we drink of the cup

and we get this Image of jesus' blood.

Literally washing, us clean like all.

That stuff is, going away that we are declared.

Legally innocent because.

Of Him so i'm gonna pray. For THIS when i,

say amen we'll receive the, cup together and then our

worship team's gonna conclude, the service leading.

Us in a.

Worship song and as we do this, WORSHIP song i

want to encourage you to press in and just have

him take away all. The shame let's leave the stronghold of.

Shame here let's go home. Free Today, dear jesus we

thank you that if, we repent you, forgive us that you,

wash us that you, sanctify us, purify us, justify.

Us that you make.

Us innocent, And, NOW lord i pray that we would,

feel it we, feel innocent that we would, feel forgiven that.

We would feel set free.

And Delivered, and lord as we drink of your, CUP

today i pray that there is a sense of your

spirit covering all of, our sins that there is an

overwhelming sense of forgiveness covering all of these. People Today in, Jesus',

name amen the strength of The cup.

I'm going.

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