{"id":14352,"date":"2025-11-17T09:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=14352"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:59:17","slug":"i-am-not-ashamed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/11\/i-am-not-ashamed\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Not Ashamed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>2025 THEME: Burning Hearts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Title: I Am Not Ashamed<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Scripture: Romans 1-16<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>I. THE GOSPEL IS GOD-REVEALING (1)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The Gospel is the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>saving power of God<\/strong><\/span>) in which the righteousness of God is revealed.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>II. THE GOSPEL IS SIN-CONVICTING (2-3)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">What we learn about God\u2019s judgment:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">1. It is based on (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>truth<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2. It does not allow for (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>exceptions<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n3. It requires (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>repentance<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>III. THE GOSPEL IS FAITH-RELIANT (4-6)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>IV. THE GOSPEL IS HOPE-GIVING (7-11)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>V. THE GOSPEL IS LIFE-ALTERING (12-16)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">A changed life is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">1. A (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>cooperative)<\/strong><\/span> life.<br \/>\n2. A (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>sensitive<\/strong><\/span>) life.<br \/>\n3. A (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>respectful<\/strong><\/span>) life.<br \/>\n4. A (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>love-filled<\/strong><\/span>) life.<br \/>\n5. An (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>encouraging<\/strong><\/span>) life.<br \/>\n6. A (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>friend-filled<\/strong><\/span>) life.<\/p>\n<p>Next week: The Power of the Gospel<br \/>\nScripture: I Cor. 1- 2 Cor. 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 THEME: Burning Hearts Title: I Am Not Ashamed Scripture: Romans 1-16 I. THE GOSPEL IS GOD-REVEALING (1) The Gospel is the (saving power of God) in which the righteousness of God is revealed. II. THE GOSPEL IS SIN-CONVICTING (2-3) What we learn about God\u2019s judgment: 1. It is based on (truth). 2. It does &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2025\/11\/i-am-not-ashamed\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14358,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14352\/revisions\/14358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}