When a repentant sinner is converted to Christ, he is never ashamed of Jesus again, as he happened to be prior to his conversion. “Hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” (Rom 5:5). Shame is removed in conversion forever, replaced with love for God by His indwelling Spirit (Rom 5:5), referred to in Mk 8:38 and Lk 9:26, where Jesus declares: “Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my wo