KNOW THYSELF (4)
Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24, Genesis 1:26
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Title: Know Thyself (4)
Series: Mind Games and Emotional Gains
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: Ephesians 4:17-24, Genesis 1:26
Friedrich Schleiermacher, a German philosopher and theologian from the late 18th and early 19th century, who is often referred to as the father modern liberal theology, when he was an old man was sitting alone on a park bench when a policeman, thinking him to be a vagrant, came over, shook him, and asked, "Who are you?" Schleiermacher replied sadly, "I wish I knew."
At some point, life grabs each of us, shakes us and asks the question, "Who are you?" Like Schleiermacher, with a twinge of sadness and uncertainty, many answer "I wish I knew." The question of identity, who we are, is one of the big questions of life, one that many spend a lifetime trying to answer.
In our current sermon series "Mind Games and Emotional Gains" we have been talking about the importance of the mind, the need to renew our minds and how to renew our minds.
- Filtering, as much as we can, what enters our mind and what we entertain in our minds.
- Flushing, emptying ourselves, of what doesn't belong, sinful and unbiblical thought patterns and attitudes that pull us away from God.
- Filling, our minds with the truth of God's Word.
If we are to live right, we must think right. One of the areas in which we must think rightly and biblically is ourselves.
If we are to live life as it was meant to be lived, we must, as the old Greek philosophers said, "Know Thyself." To do that, we must understand humanity as it was, as it is, and as it was meant to be. For believers that means knowing who we are in Christ.
This will be our focus over the next few weeks.
I am convinced that many of our struggles in life, for unbelievers and believers, is because we don't know who we are, why we are, and are trying to live out of the wrong identity. How we see ourselves, how we define ourselves, and what we believe our purpose to be, sets the course for our ...
Series: Mind Games and Emotional Gains
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: Ephesians 4:17-24, Genesis 1:26
Friedrich Schleiermacher, a German philosopher and theologian from the late 18th and early 19th century, who is often referred to as the father modern liberal theology, when he was an old man was sitting alone on a park bench when a policeman, thinking him to be a vagrant, came over, shook him, and asked, "Who are you?" Schleiermacher replied sadly, "I wish I knew."
At some point, life grabs each of us, shakes us and asks the question, "Who are you?" Like Schleiermacher, with a twinge of sadness and uncertainty, many answer "I wish I knew." The question of identity, who we are, is one of the big questions of life, one that many spend a lifetime trying to answer.
In our current sermon series "Mind Games and Emotional Gains" we have been talking about the importance of the mind, the need to renew our minds and how to renew our minds.
- Filtering, as much as we can, what enters our mind and what we entertain in our minds.
- Flushing, emptying ourselves, of what doesn't belong, sinful and unbiblical thought patterns and attitudes that pull us away from God.
- Filling, our minds with the truth of God's Word.
If we are to live right, we must think right. One of the areas in which we must think rightly and biblically is ourselves.
If we are to live life as it was meant to be lived, we must, as the old Greek philosophers said, "Know Thyself." To do that, we must understand humanity as it was, as it is, and as it was meant to be. For believers that means knowing who we are in Christ.
This will be our focus over the next few weeks.
I am convinced that many of our struggles in life, for unbelievers and believers, is because we don't know who we are, why we are, and are trying to live out of the wrong identity. How we see ourselves, how we define ourselves, and what we believe our purpose to be, sets the course for our ...
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