Hebrews 12:2

Good Friday: The Cross and Shame

“And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.”

-Genesis 2:25

Adam hides behind a tree, naked, and conquered by shame

“The sense of being completely insufficient as a person, the nagging feeling that for some reason you're

defective and unworthy.”

How has shame been overcome? 

Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy

set before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and sat down at the

right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from

sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

-Hebrews 12:2-3

Adam hides behind a tree, naked, conquered by shame...

Christ hangs on a tree, naked, and conquers shame