Who? Week Two – Who Are We?
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Come join us June 30 and join the discussion of ‘Who?’. Who are we created to be? Who are we now? Who must we become?
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Last week we talked about who we were created to be “in the beginning”. Tonight we ventured into who we are in the eyes of God.
Who are we now? God sees us as we’re going to become. We’re loaded with potential.
When God created humanity, He created us to be in perfect relationship with Him. As we know, sin entered the picture pretty quickly, but we were not created for sinful things.
Matthew 5:13 says that we were created as the “Salt of the Earth” and the “Light of the World”.
We are not defined by our jobs, our habits, or our actions. We are defined by our character. If we are living in pursuit of the character of God, then we are living as we were created to live. Man may look out the outside, but God looks at the heart.
You were created as the son or daughter of the most high God. This is who you are. You choose whether you’re going to live in this identity. If you are prodigal, the Father is waiting, is inviting you back.
In our brokenness he still sees us the way He made us, saying “it is very good.” We are co-heirs with Christ, created in the image of God. Do we really believe that?
How have we walked out of relationship with God?
What steps can we take to align our character with the character of God?
One Response to “Who? Week Two – Who Are We?”
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LeviathanTM Says:
June 24th, 2009 at 4:35 amI believe to align ourselves with God's character we have to remain humble. Going through everyday life, we are filled with…i will use the term "negative propaganda" i.e. buying this shampoo makes you beautiful, doing this will get the woman/man of your dreams etc. This negative propaganda is extremely misleading but it fills our everyday life causing some of us to fall for its trickery.
Its hard to tell ourselves that we are heir to Christ because our sin constantly challenges our faith but arent we born in sin? Humanity is a beautiful thing…from the simple things like a childrens smile, swimming with dolphins, crying at a Disney movie. I believe this is God reminding us that its ok to show your emotions. After all if we had no emotions we would border on a "robotic culture".