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Direct Answer The warning confronts any view of assurance that treats Jesus’ words as optional, because it ties final outcome to whether we own or disown Him and His teachings. In the transcript’s terms, being “ashamed of His words” would look like refusing to hear and do Jesus’ living words when they cost us allegiance, reputation, or comfort.

Support from Transcript:

• He quotes Jesus directly: “If we are ashamed of Him and His words, He will be ashamed of us in the end,” placing real consequences on disowning Christ.
• He says his aim is to move readers “to hear His living words and do His blessed will,” implying that shame shows up as disobedience.
• He describes their own response as a commitment to “follow Christ without compromise,” contrasting with hiding or softening Jesus’ words.
• The whole book’s thrust is allegiance: “give your allegiance, your life, your all, completely for Christ,” implying shame is competing allegiance.
• He presents early church and martyr testimonies as models, implying they were not ashamed even under pressure and pain.