July 2019
by Seth Halpern, Editor My name is Seth. You may be Bob, Juan, Mary or Astrid (or any of a million names). You may even rename yourself, but is that “who you are”? If someone asks you who you are beyond your name do you answer “I’m an American”? or maybe “I’m Mexican-American” or “I’m Punjabi-American”? That just tells me where you are from. What about “I’m a stay at home mom” or “I’m a business owner”, or “I’m a veteran”. Well, that just informs us of what you do or have done. None of that really says Who You Are? More recently, the answer “I’m Republican” or “I’m a Democrat” or maybe being a Trump supporter or opposer would be said to be “defining” (but it may be more “dividing”)
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Whom we belong. The Bible (which is Recently, my wife and I have been the basis for my proposition), states that researching our family tree to find out we either belong to God or to the Devil. about our ancestry. Some might think of (John 8:44, 1 Jn 3:10). We are in one of this as answering the question “Where the two families. did I come from?”. Again, some Still this does not "...the question of who we are is readers may have really answer the stopped reading or correct question of the basis for the three most WHO we are. significant questions in our life... be defensive. You might ask “Are you I would propose • Where did I come from? saying that unless I that in order to • Where am I going? believe in the God answer the question of WHO we are, we • And What is my purpose here?" of the Bible, then need to answer the I am part of the question of WHOSE Devil’s family??” we are. I may have lost some readers Well, I’m not saying it, the Bible does! at this point either due to confusion In fact, the question of who we are is or opposition to the what this implies. the basis for the three most significant Who we are is answered by knowing to questions in our life- Where did I come
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from? Where am I going? And What is my purpose here?. Again, these foundational questions of life are rooted in the answer to “Who Am I?”. You may ask, “But doesn’t God love everyone?”. Yes, indeed He does. In fact, Jesus brutal death on the cross was and is an opportunity for any and all individuals in the world to have their sins forgiven and begin a relationship with God. This offer is for anyone and everyone. However, it takes that individual to acknowledge and confess the sins they need forgiveness for and then an act of repentance or turning away from those sins and selfishness in order to follow God’s way (which is found in the Bible). That act (done genuinely
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