28/09/2019
THE IDENTITY CRISIS cont...
From the several past post it is important to know ones identity. And we know what an identity is. The big question we must ask ourselves is : how do we know or discover our identity?
I have a Panasonic Flat screen TV that I bought some nine years ago. I bought it because I knew the brand and knew the brand was associated with excellence and for the nine years that I have had it, I have never serviced it, changed any part or done anything to improve or fix it. Panasonic has stayed true to its name. When I bought it however I saw a little manual that informed me of all the TV is able to do, the energy needed for it to work effectively and how to take care of it etc it is Panasonic that could tell me all about the TV because only Panasonic know what they factored into the TV. Only the manufacturer knows the identity and the capability of the TV.
With us we tend to get our identity from our parents, schools we went to, our professions, our cultural affiliations, our clubs and associations and even our churches. Based on my above illustration can we ever get it right? This is the dilemma, this is why so many of us are clueless or oblivious of our identity. The only person that can tell you who you are is your manufacturer. The person that made you. GOD HIMSELF. That is why your life starts when you meet God. He is the only one that knows what He factored inside when He was creating you. He alone knows who you are, He alone knows what you can do and He alone knows what you have and if you don't relate with Him you can never know and you end up living a life that is based on chance, luck, opportunities and never live a life of purpose, you will just be existing.
Jesus came to the earth with a purpose. God spoke about Him in Genesis 3 vs 15 He had to come as the seed of the woman to defeat the devil because it was the man ( also the seed of a woman) that failed thus man must get back his rights. Therefore the Word took the form of a man. Jesus came as our prototype to show us how we were to live and operate, He came to show us who we really are. The fathers of old spoke of Him, the law referred to Him, the prophets declared about Him. When He came into manifestation He lived for only 33 years and changed the course of history and change the existence of Man, came and rectified the failure of Adam, defeated the devil and gave us back our identity. Hallelujah!!!!!
However this is not automatic, you as an individual must accept what He has done on your behalf, receive it John 1 vs 9 - 14. Receiving what Jesus did gives us a new identity, we become the sons of God. Vs 12 says but to all who believe him, he gave the right to become children of God.
This is our identity. WE ARE THE SONS OF GOD !!!!!!!! Like Jesus is, with the same authority, the same life, etc our prototype.
We must now ask ourselves what does it mean to be a son of God? Who are we? But thank God our Father did not leave us stranded but like Panasonic manufacturer He also gave us a manual to read to find out who we are hallelujah. The Bible is our manufacturer manual, only in the pages of the bible can you discover who you really are. I don't go to the bible to get a good sermon to preach, or to study so I can say I know the Word, I go to the bible to find out who I am, what I have what I can do, who my Father is, about my kingdom, .....everything I am so I can live the life I have been created to live. Without this you have not started living no matter how old or how accomplished you think you are. Jesus is the door not a terminus. There is a life we are called to live, it is called eternal life, it is called glory, and Jesus gave us the icing on the cake: the Holy Spirit. John 14 vs 17, 26, John 15 vs 26, John 16 vs 13, 15 the author of the manual sent to live inside us to interpret the manual to us and help us live it hallelujah!!!!
We the sons of God are possessed by the Holy Spirit and are called to live the eternal life, the life of glory. Hallelujah!!
But does this look like the life you have been living? If no WHY?
To be cont.....