Two Lies and the Truth [Notes]

One of the most important questions that nearly all of us ask during our lifetime has to do with our identity—“Who am I?” Are we defined by our driver’s license and social security card? By our social media profiles? How do we determine our true identity?

Today's Takeaway // We are who God says we are.

“Finding our identity in Christ means doing a better job believing what God says about you is truer than what anyone else (including yourself) says.”
– John Majors, Growing Your Faith

“He went to His hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so they were astonished and said, ‘How did this wisdom and these miracles come to him? Isn’t this the carpenter's son?’”
– Matthew 13:54-55a (HCSB)

“The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, “Look a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’”
Luke 7:34 (HCSB)

Lie #1 - Who others say we are
Lie #2 - Who we say we are

“We suffer from poor I-Sight. Not eyesight, a matter of distorted vision that lenses can correct, but I-Sight. Poor I-Sight blurs your view, not of the world, but of yourself.”
– Max Lucado, Cure for the Common Life

● “I am demon possessed” – Mark 1:23, Luke 8:27
● “I am a leper” – Mark 1:40
● “I am a paralytic” – Matthew 9:2
● “I am a bleeding woman” – Luke 8:43
● “I am blind” – Matthew 9:27
● “I am mute” – Matthew 9:32
● “I am an invalid” – John 5:5
● “I am disabled” – Luke 13:11

The following is the list of your identity traits contained in the above infographics including Bible references.

I am SAVED (Romans 10:9-10)
I am CHOSEN (Ephesians 1:4)
I am LOVED (1 John 4:19)
I am FREE (Romans 6:18)
I am WONDERFULLY MADE (Psalm 139:14)
I am FORGIVEN (1 John 1:9)
I am VALUABLE (1 Corinthians 6:20)
I am MADE ALIVE (Ephesians 2:5)
I am GOD'S TEMPLE (1 Corinthians 6:19)
I am A CHILD OF GOD (1 John 3:1)
I am ADOPTED (Romans 8:15)
I am RIGHTEOUS (2 Corinthians 5:21)
I am A SAINT (1 Corinthians 6:11)
I am A MASTERPIECE (Ephesians 2:10)
I am AN AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST (2 Corinthians 5:20)
I am JUSTIFIED (Romans 5:1)
I am GOD'S WORKMANSHIP (Ephesians 2:10)
I am ACCEPTED (Ephesians 1:6)
I am EMPOWERED (1 Corinthians 4:20)
I am BLESSED (Ephesians 1:3)
I am MORE THAN A CONQUEROR (Romans 8:37)
I am A NEW CREATION (2 Corinthians 5:17)
I am AN OVERCOMER (1 John 5:4)
I am POWERFUL (John 1:12)
I am REDEEMED (Galatians 3:13)
I am HEALED (1 Peter 2:24)
I am TRANSFORMED (Romans 12:2)
I am VICTORIOUS (1 Corinthians 15:57)
I am SALT & LIGHT (Matthew 5:13-14)
I am STRONG IN THE LORD (Ephesians 6:10)
I am A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN (Philippians 3:20)
I am NEVER ALONE (Deuteronomy 31:8)
I am RECONCILED (2 Corinthians 5:18)
I am FREE FROM CONDEMNATION (Romans 8:1)
I am TREASURED (Deuteronomy 7:6)
I am FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT (Romans 8:9)
I am UNDER GRACE (Romans 6:14)
I am EQUIPPED (2 Timothy 3:17)
I am SEALED (Ephesians 1:13)
I am CALLED (Romans 8:28)
I am BORN AGAIN (1 Peter 1:23)
I am A FISHER-OF-MEN (Matthew 4:19)
I am RESCUED (Psalm 34:22)
I am GIFTED (1 Peter 4:10)

I am a CHILD OF GOD – “Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children. And we are!”
– 1 John 3:1 HCSB

I am LOVED – “We love because He first loved us.”
– 1 John 4:19 HCSB

I am FORGIVEN – “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
– 1 John 1:9 HCSB

I am ACCEPTED – “to the praise of His glorious grace that He favored (accepted) us with in the Beloved.”
– Ephesians 1:6 HCSB

I am BLESSED – “Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.”
– Ephesians 1:3 HCSB

Live out our identity:

• Loved in Christ people, love people more freely
• Forgiven in Christ people, forgive people more quickly
• Accepted in Christ people, accept people more easily
• Blessed in Christ people, bless people more generously

Peace Be Still // Back to Life // Worthy of My Song // You Say

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