CREATED FOR RELATIONSHIP (1 OF 3)
by Joey Rodgers
Created for Relationship (1 of 3)
Series: Identity
Joey Rodgers
Genesis 2
If I were to ask - Who's Billy Graham? Most would say - BG was a great evangelist. And that'd be correct. But would it answer my question? No. B/c being an evangelist isn't who BG is - it is what he used to do. If the totality of BG's identity is found in being an evangelist, then who is he now he's retired - a non-person?
Who we are isn't defined by our vocation - or our successes, fears, or failures - our identity is so much more than these things. As Christ-followers, who we are, is determined by our spiritual birth. We're no longer sinners but saints - set apart from sin to God - established by adoption to be God's inheritance - rescued from sin into a new creation where the old is gone and all things have been made new. (Lost/Found Chart)
Today, we're starting a series on the most vital truth in the faith: our identity in Christ - Who am I in light of who He is and has done.
Throughout this series, I've asked Ben Brezina to join me in co-teaching this truth. Why? B/c Ben, His dad, and CFT base their entire ministry on this primary truth.
Hold up a light bulb - ''What is this?'' It's a light bulb. That's its identity. That's what it is. What does a light bulb do? It shines light. A light bulb was made for one purpose - to be plugged into an electrical socket to glow w/ light. How do we know this is a light bulb and this is its purpose? B/c it has either been taught to us or b/c we observed it working as designed.
But if I were to take this light bulb back in a time machine 2000 yrs. and hand it to the emperor of Rome and leave, would he know what it is or what to do w/ it? NO! He wouldn't have a clue. Why? B/c there was no knowledge of electricity at the time. He wouldn't have a chance of discovering its identity or potential. Would it change the fact it's still a light bulb? No. But it'd never function out of its identity as a light bulb until that identity is d ...
Series: Identity
Joey Rodgers
Genesis 2
If I were to ask - Who's Billy Graham? Most would say - BG was a great evangelist. And that'd be correct. But would it answer my question? No. B/c being an evangelist isn't who BG is - it is what he used to do. If the totality of BG's identity is found in being an evangelist, then who is he now he's retired - a non-person?
Who we are isn't defined by our vocation - or our successes, fears, or failures - our identity is so much more than these things. As Christ-followers, who we are, is determined by our spiritual birth. We're no longer sinners but saints - set apart from sin to God - established by adoption to be God's inheritance - rescued from sin into a new creation where the old is gone and all things have been made new. (Lost/Found Chart)
Today, we're starting a series on the most vital truth in the faith: our identity in Christ - Who am I in light of who He is and has done.
Throughout this series, I've asked Ben Brezina to join me in co-teaching this truth. Why? B/c Ben, His dad, and CFT base their entire ministry on this primary truth.
Hold up a light bulb - ''What is this?'' It's a light bulb. That's its identity. That's what it is. What does a light bulb do? It shines light. A light bulb was made for one purpose - to be plugged into an electrical socket to glow w/ light. How do we know this is a light bulb and this is its purpose? B/c it has either been taught to us or b/c we observed it working as designed.
But if I were to take this light bulb back in a time machine 2000 yrs. and hand it to the emperor of Rome and leave, would he know what it is or what to do w/ it? NO! He wouldn't have a clue. Why? B/c there was no knowledge of electricity at the time. He wouldn't have a chance of discovering its identity or potential. Would it change the fact it's still a light bulb? No. But it'd never function out of its identity as a light bulb until that identity is d ...
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