Without Shame in Being

Without Shame in Being, like Jesus: The new man who does not hide

The minimum necessary shock

There are words that disturb us on purpose. Not because they are aggressive, but because they call us back to the truth. Being without shame is one of them.

Tradition taught us to hide. To lower our eyes. To walk as if we were still Adam. But the cross does not call us to the hiding place, it calls us to the light.

Christ in us is the end of shame. And living without shame is the minimum necessary for those who were made children.

1. Shame is what blocks the new creation

The first fruit of sin was not wickedness, it was shame.

“I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid.”

Adam lost the glory and, when he realized it, he hid. And from then on, humanity began to live hidden from God and from others.

This shame becomes a system. It clothes man with leaves. With rituals. With good works. With false humility.

But the fear is still there. Because shame is the prison of the new creation.

2. The new man is not ashamed of the light

Jesus came without shame. Without fear of being called Son. Without fear of saying: “I am.” Without fear of living full of the Father's glory, even in a world that only knew shadows.

“I am the light of the world.”
“Whoever sees me sees the Father.”
“I am the bread, the way, the resurrection.”

These sentences are not titles, they are revealed identity. And He says to the disciples:

“You are the light of the world.”

What is this, if not the transfer of the “I Am” into us? A new identity that no longer fits in Adam's shame.

3. Jesus said: “If you do not believe that I Am…”

“If you do not believe that I Am, you will die in your sins.”

He did not say: “If you do not believe in what I do.” Nor: “If you do not believe in what I teach.”

But rather: “If you do not believe that I Am…” That is:

If you do not believe who I am, you will not know who you are.

Because believing that He is is the only way to discover that we also are: children, light, part of the Body.

And if we do not believe that we are…? Then we will die too. No longer in the sense of eternal perdition, but in the experience of not living the new man, of not manifesting Christ in us.

His “I Am” called us.
The “I Am” in us lifts us up.

4. Go… and see that I am with you

Tradition taught us:

“Go into all the world, and behold, I am with you.”

But the language of the Spirit says:

“Go… and see that I am with you.”

It is not a presence merely promised, but real, present, alive. The “I Am” goes with us. The “I Am” dwells in us.

That is why going is not enough. We need to believe, and see. To believe that He is, and to see that we are with Him.

5. The scandal of grace: being without shame

Tradition says: “Don't think so highly of yourself.”
The cross says: “Find yourself in Christ.”

Religion says: “Don't say ‘I am’.”
The Spirit says: “Say yes: Christ lives in me.”

It is not arrogance. It is recognizing that the old nature died, and that the new man has nothing left to be ashamed of.

Living hidden, calling it reverence, is the same as denying the effectiveness of the cross.

Conclusion

“To deny that Christ lives in me is to deny the cross.”
“To deny that I am a child is to shame the Father.”

That is why being without shame is the beginning of glory. And whoever walks in the light does not walk in disguise.