"Unashamed" -Too!

"I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise Thee among much people." (Psalms 35:18) It comes down to a sense of urgency, for ourselves, and then for others; the point of Isaiah 28:16 is that of there being no hesitation in knowing what we believe, and in taking refuge in the "Sure Foundation", that being the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Everything else really doesn't matter all that much if the 'foundation' is not in place, because if the foundation isn't there, the house doesn't stand for very long at all; especially if you are planning on adding onto the house, which would be the gathering of others to what you believe. As Paul illustrated in the Romans 10:4, "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes"; which is to say, the law never went away, because God does not change, but the law was fulfilled in Christ; therefore, not only was the the punishment for sin fulfilled on the cross, but the righteousness of the law was also fulfilled by His righteous sacrifice. In a sense, the "not make haste" part of our being unashamed, is akin to being set free from the bondage of the law, thereby giving those that are in Christ have full confidence in their salvation, because their salvation is not based upon them, or what they might do, but is based completely on the saving grace of Jesus Christ, and Him only! The fact that you have been called, that you have been Born Again, that you have been transformed, that you have been made complete; whatever it is that has been done in you to make you into a child of God, all is of God, and nothing is based upon anything that you have done to make yourself draw one inch closer to God, because it is God that draws us unto Himself, and it is God that has redeemed us unto Himself; and for that, HE IS UNASHAMED... "For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine." (Isaiah 29:20-24)