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FREEDOM TRAINING
Worth & IdentitySlide2
Overview
Identity
Children, co-heirs, servants, friends, royalty,…
Wrong identity
Works, education, pride, self-hate,…
Abuse, neglect, life circumstancesSlide3
VALUE & WORTHSlide4
Relational: worth and identity
B
oth
worth and identity
are defined best relationally (us and God)
There
are many that try to discover their worth and identity outside of
God
Incomplete: “I
am worth it” and “I deserved to be loved well”
Complete: “I
am worth it because
I am created in the image of God, additionally Christ
set my value with His blood” and “I deserve to be loved well because I was created by a
loving
Father to be in a loving relationship with
Him”
As
His
creation,
He
defines us (identity)
and
valuates us (worth) Slide5
Worth: created ones
All
humans
(believers and unbelievers) were created by God in His image (before the fall); humans are a special creation
“So
God created man in his own
image, in
the
image of God
he created
him; male
and female he created them
.” Gen 1:27
God created according to His will
“Worthy
are you, our Lord and
God, to
receive glory and honor and
power, for you created all things,
and
by
your will
they existed and were created
.” Rev 4:11Slide6
Worth: created us
“For
you
formed
my inward
parts; you
knitted
me together in my mother's womb
.
I praise you, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully
made
. Wonderful
are your
works; my
soul knows it very
well. My
frame was not hidden from
you, when
I was being made in
secret, intricately
woven in the depths of the
earth. Your
eyes saw my unformed
substance.” Ps 139:13-15
Fearfullly
and wonderfully made: if you have a birth defect, this should be attributed to the fall or
satan
, but not GodSlide7
Worth: Christ’s blood
Our value is also determined by how much we cost: Christ’s blood
“For God so
loved
the
world,
that
he gave his only
Son” John 3:16
“knowing
that you were
ransomed…
not with perishable things such as
silver or gold
,
but
with the
precious blood of Christ
, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot
.” I Pet 1:18-19
“For
one will scarcely die for a righteous person
—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
but
God shows his
love
for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.”
Romans
5:7-8Slide8
Value of human life
Value of human life is worth Jesus’ blood…
“And for your
lifeblood
I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man
...
’Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for
God made man in his own image
.’” Gen
9:5-6
“
We should not be like Cain, who was of the
evil one and murdered
his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's
righteous…Everyone
who
hates
his brother is a
murderer,
and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him
.” I John 3:12,15
“For
the commandments,
‘You
shall not commit adultery, You shall not
murder
, You shall not steal, You shall not covet
,’
and any other commandment, are summed up in this word:
‘You
shall
love your neighbor
as yourself
.’” Rom 13:9Slide9
Worth: continuing love
God’s ongoing love:
“Christ
Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is
interceding
for us
.”
Romans 8:34
“the
Spirit
intercedes
for the saints according to the will of
God” Romans 8:27
“
And he is before all things, and in him all things
hold together
.” Col 1:17Slide10
Group repentance: murder
Black and white: Murder, genocide, infanticide, abortion, euthanasia, suicide
Gray areas (talk it out with God)
Removing life support or feeding tubes
P
opulation control (world claims: people are the problem with the earth, it would be better off without us)
Certain forms of birth control (cause silent abortion
)
Repent – change your mind and actions to be in line with God’s
“God we agree with you that life is valuable. We ask for forgiveness for all the times we have devalued others. We specifically repent of any murder or thoughts of hate towards those made in your image. I repent of ever agreeing with the enemy of worthlessness and purposelessness.”Slide11
IDENTITYSlide12
Relational Identity
Our
spiritual identity
is defined from relationship with God
Father and child, Christ and co-heir
Creator and created ones
Friends
King and royal priesthood
Bridegroom and bride
Lover and beloved
Master and
servant
Commander and army
The righteousness of Christ
Created in God’s image
Temple of the Holy SpiritSlide13
Identity: children of God and co-heirs with Christ
“But
to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become
children of
God
” John 1:12
“For
you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as
sons
, by whom we cry,
‘Abba
! Father
!’ The
Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are
children of God
,
and
if children, then heirs—
heirs of God
and fellow
heirs with Christ
, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him
.” Romans 8:15-17
“For
the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the
sons of God
.” Romans 8:19Slide14
Identity: r
oyal priesthood
“But you are a
chosen race
, a
royal priesthood
, a
holy nation
,
a people
for his own possession, that you may proclaim the
excellencies
of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light
.” I Peter 2:9
“Beloved, I urge you as
sojourners and exiles
to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul
.” I Peter 2:11
“Jesus
Christ
… made
us a
kingdom
,
priests to his God
and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever
.” Rev 1:5-6
“you [Jesus]
ransomed people for
God
from every tribe and language and people and
nation, and
you have made them
a kingdom
and
priests to
our God
,
and
they shall reign on the earth
.” Rev 5:9-10Slide15
Identity: friends of Christ
“
Greater
love
has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
You
are my
friends
if you do what I command you.
No
longer do I call you
servants
,
for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you
friends
, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
You
did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” John 15:13-16 Slide16
Identities of the church
Body of Christ
: “And
he is the head of the
body
, the church
.” Col 1:18
Bride of Christ
: “
Husbands, love your wives,
as Christ
loved the church and gave himself up for her,
that
he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word
,
so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without
blemish.”
Eph
5:25-27
Army of God
: “Put
on the whole armor of
God…”
Eph
6:11
Family of God
: “For
through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
So
then you are no longer strangers and
aliens,
but
you are fellow citizens with the saints and
members of the household of
God
.”
Eph
2:18-19
Temple of the Holy Spirit
: “do
you not know that your body is a
temple of the
Holy Spirit…
” I
Cor
6:19Slide17
Spiritual identity
”There
is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
slave
nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And
if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring,
heirs according to promise
.” Gal 3:28-29
Our primary linage is spiritual (Abraham)
”
While he [Jesus] was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother
.” Matthew 12:46-50Slide18
Identity
Spiritual identity before physical identity
“But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the
outward appearance
, but
the Lord looks on the heart
.’” I Sam 16:7
“Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation
, and you have made them
a kingdom
and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.” Rev 5:9-10
Our gifts and callings are not our identity
“
Love never ends. As for
prophecies
, they will pass away; as for
tongues
, they will cease; as for
knowledge
, it will pass away.” I
Cor
13:8Slide19
Levels of Identity
Primary identity: deepest
identity is found in relationship: son/daughter, creation of God, co-heir with Christ,
royalty, and
friend of God
Secondary identity (possibly wrong identities)
Ethnicity, culture,
nationality, genealogy,…
Gender, sexual orientation, marital status,
Performance: vocation, education level, boss, successful, sin/addiction, …
Physical body: beauty, strength, capabilities, weakness
, DNA,…
Emotional makeup: personality type, leader, introvert, bossy,…
Mind: intellect, smart
, stupid,…
Brokenness: our sin, addiction, disability, illness, victim, orphan, lie…
Roles:
g
iftings
, callings, roles in the church,
or mother
, father
, eldest child,…Slide20
Wrong identity
“I’m Irish, we fight” or “my people are stubborn; thus I am”
“I hate my own gender” or “it is in my DNA to be this way”
“I am a man and therefore lust” or “women are just good at being bitter”
“I am an alcoholic” or “I am a sinner” (correct: “I was a sinner”)
“I am ugly” or “stupid”
I am defined by my illness or disability – “I am deaf”
“I will never measure up”
“I am a victim” or “I am powerless” or
“I am an orphan
”
“I am an introvert and therefore bad (unloving) with people”Slide21
No arguing with God
We have no right to disapprove of what God made
“
Woe to him who strives with him who formed
him, a
pot among earthen
pots! Does
the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making
?’ or
‘Your work has no handles
’? Woe
to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting
?’ or
to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor
?’” Thus
says the
Lord
,
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him
: “
Ask me of things to come
;
will you command me concerning my children and the work of my
hands?
I made the
earth and
created man on
it; it
was my hands that stretched out the
heavens, and
I commanded all their
host.” Is 45:9-12
(
Fearfullly
and wonderfully made: if you have a birth defect, this should be attributed to the fall or
satan
, but not God)Slide22
Critical judgments (word curses)
Disapproving of what God made
In the future, Satan “the
accuser
of our brothers has been thrown down, who
accuses them day and night before our God
.” Rev
12:10
“But
now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice,
slander
, and obscene talk from your mouth
.” Col 3:8
Negative self talk and self condemnation (beating up oneself)
(“
Look at yourself, you are so
fat” …
is not motivational
speech)
Confess and repent
What do you say about yourself that is derogatory? appearance, temperament, personality… (is that what God is saying about you?)
Parent: “that kid is so strong-willed” (not meant in a good way)Slide23
Attacked Identity
Our agreement with the critical words/actions is what matters
“Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a
curse
that is causeless does not alight
.”
Prov
26:2
If we are secure in our identity then other’s words/actions have little effect
Adults may not agree with everything said about them or done to them
Childhood abuse (while identity is still forming)
physical, mental, emotional abuse, neglect, rejection, critical words, …
can deeply define who we are (I am a bad or dirty child, not worth healthy love, small, insignificant, victim,…). We believe lies about ourselves…Slide24
Broken identity: broken world
Childhood trauma
Death of a loved one (parent)
Divorce of parents
Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, mental,…)
Neglected or orphaned
Rejection – 1000 slights or one time
action
Inner vows as a child – never get hurt again, never trust anyone, be self reliant,…
Circumstances define us
(discern circumstances, not all are from God)Slide25
Missing Identity
Where are the areas that
true identity
has not been instilled and formed in you? (abuse, neglect, family beliefs,…)
Insecurity
,
powerless, unloved
, unworthy,
untrusting, self-abasing
,…
Prideful,
arrogant, believe
too much of
yourself,…
How do we work with God to get solid identity in Him?
Renew our minds daily (or more often)
Meditate and memorize Biblical the identity statements (do art about them, write about them,…)
Review childhood circumstances with Christ’s perspective of usSlide26Slide27
Questions
Relationship with God
Do
you
ever feel
you aren't good enough to meet His standards?
Do
you see Him as a loving
father
or a dictator
?
Do
you feel God's love in your life?
Do
you feel like your sins are forgiven? Or do you feel guilty?
Do
you feel that God is angry or upset with you
?
Works
Do
you believe that it's only by the Blood of Jesus that your sins are forgiven? Or do you feel you need to earn your forgiveness in any way
?
Do
you feel that doing good things, you earn God's love and acceptance?Slide28
Identity statements
Time to memorize some identity statements and make them your new internal dialog. Anything competing with these ideas need to be tossed out immediately.
“I am a child of God and dearly beloved” and “the opinions of man will never matter as much as my heavenly Father’s thoughts toward me which are innumerable”
and “I am royalty”
“I have been washed clean by the blood of Jesus and I will not be reminded of my past”
“What people did to me was wrong but I forgive them” (ask Jesus to show you the situation with Him in it)
“I am never alone or forgotten” and “I have a new spiritual family with many brothers and sisters to love”
and “I am a co-heir with Christ”
“I am capable and powerful with the Holy Spirit in me”Slide29
Activation: Identity
Is my God given identity my primary internal voice? (“I am a child of God, dearly beloved” “I have been fully washed by His blood and am clean”)
Is my spiritual identity more important than cultural, family, or gender identity?
Where has my identity been lost or stolen?
What situations in life have I let define me? (powerless, insignificant, pride,…)
What did people do to me or say to me or the way they treated me that made me believe something contrary to what God thinks about me?
Are there failures that I let define me? (loser, not capable, failure,…)
Are there successes (career, education, spouse,…) that have redefined my identity? Should my identity be wrapped in these fleeting things?