Why do I sometimes feel ashamed? Look in the Bible in Ezra 9:6, NKJ, to see how feeling ashamed is associated with feeling embarrassed, or feeling disgraced because of sin. “And I said: "O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.” But our shame can be taken away in Christ’s forgiveness of sins.

When He comes, God will be ashamed of us if we are ashamed of Him. Look in Luke 9:26, TLB. "When I, the Messiah, come in My glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels, I will be ashamed then of all who are ashamed of Me and of My words now." Don’t embarrass God, but accept Him and give Him glory and honor at His coming.

We should never be ashamed or embarrassed of the gospel—it is a source of power. See how Paul felt about the gospel in Romans 1:16, TLB. "For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is God's powerful method of bringing all who believe it to heaven. This message was preached first to the Jews alone, but now everyone is invited to come to God in this same way."