DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE? (3 OF 5)
by Jeff Strite
Do You Know Who You Are? (3 of 5)
Series: This Is Church Where U Fit In
Jeff Strite
Acts 2:36-38
OPEN: There was a famous singer back in the 70's named Jim Croce. He wrote songs like
''Time in a bottle,''
''Don't mess around with Jim'', and others.
One of the last songs he wrote began with these words...
''Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road, I've got a name, I've got a name.
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad, I've got a name, I've got a name.''
And the next phrase in the song says ''And I carry it with me like my daddy did...''
(''I've Got A Name'' written and performed by Jim Croce)
He carried his name like his daddy did? What could that mean?
Well, guess what his daddy's name was? It was Jim Croce. He was named after his father. In that song Croce was honoring the memory of his father and he was saying in that song that he was proud of his father's name. His own name was the same as his dad's and that gave him his identity. He bore his father's name... and when people called his name - he knew WHO he was.
Now, my question for you this morning is this:
Do you know WHO you are?
Do you know WHAT NAME you bear????
Acts 2:38 says we are baptized ''... IN THE NAME of Jesus Christ.''
We BEAR the name of Jesus! That's why we're called Christians. ''Christian'' means a ''follower of Christ.'' Paul wrote to the church at Corinth ... and said that he was ''determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified'' 1 Corinthians 2:2
Do you know WHO you are?
Do you know WHO you belong to?
Now, you'd think that would be a ''gimmee.''
You'd think it would be obvious who we belong to! But too often people forget. Too often people take their eyes off of Jesus and turn their gaze to someone or something else that they attach themselves to.
And that was a problem even in the days of the early church.
Paul wrote ''My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there ar ...
Series: This Is Church Where U Fit In
Jeff Strite
Acts 2:36-38
OPEN: There was a famous singer back in the 70's named Jim Croce. He wrote songs like
''Time in a bottle,''
''Don't mess around with Jim'', and others.
One of the last songs he wrote began with these words...
''Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road, I've got a name, I've got a name.
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad, I've got a name, I've got a name.''
And the next phrase in the song says ''And I carry it with me like my daddy did...''
(''I've Got A Name'' written and performed by Jim Croce)
He carried his name like his daddy did? What could that mean?
Well, guess what his daddy's name was? It was Jim Croce. He was named after his father. In that song Croce was honoring the memory of his father and he was saying in that song that he was proud of his father's name. His own name was the same as his dad's and that gave him his identity. He bore his father's name... and when people called his name - he knew WHO he was.
Now, my question for you this morning is this:
Do you know WHO you are?
Do you know WHAT NAME you bear????
Acts 2:38 says we are baptized ''... IN THE NAME of Jesus Christ.''
We BEAR the name of Jesus! That's why we're called Christians. ''Christian'' means a ''follower of Christ.'' Paul wrote to the church at Corinth ... and said that he was ''determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified'' 1 Corinthians 2:2
Do you know WHO you are?
Do you know WHO you belong to?
Now, you'd think that would be a ''gimmee.''
You'd think it would be obvious who we belong to! But too often people forget. Too often people take their eyes off of Jesus and turn their gaze to someone or something else that they attach themselves to.
And that was a problem even in the days of the early church.
Paul wrote ''My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there ar ...
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