Do you have a Secret Identity?: Hidden habits or holy habits We live in a world that is full of people who have no direction. We live in a world where many believe that they simply don’t fit in. We live in a world were many people are searching for a sense of belonging to someone or something. We live in a time when many Christians are experiencing an identity crisis. Many don’t know who they are in Christ. Because they have lost their spiritual identity, they don’t know who or what they are called to be. The consequence is believers struggling everyday with the concept of being in the world but not of the world. It’s like our real identity has become our secret identity. Just like Clark Kent and Superman, your real identity is so secret that it never appears in public at the same time you do! Faith Service Worship Vision There may be times when you find it difficult to reconcile God’s truth to your own opinion or worldview, God’s truth is eternal, it does not change, our understanding of the truth does change as we allow God to work in our hearts and minds. These sessions are not about opinion, they are about learning truth, the truth contained in the Bible, together we are going to focus on how we apply God’s truth, black & white in a grey world. To set godly priorities, grow in Christian character and live according to God’s standards so that we are a living witness to others.
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Session 6 Bible Study 26 October 2010
Why do many Christians find it so hard to reveal who they really are? It’s no secret of what the world really thinks about those who live for Christ in the 21st Century. It’s no secret that most of the world thinks that we are nothing more than second-class citizens. Many think we’re nothing more than freaks, fanatics or frauds. Some see Christians as nothing more than extremists, trying to get some attention. Because so many have been hurt, rejected, and made fun of by the church, they refuse to hear anything that we have to say. Others believe that we are bibletoting, tongue-speaking renegades, who only want to put on a spectacle for others to see. They believe that the church is nothing more than a social club, where we gather from week to week to compare clothes, hairstyles, and trends; or that the church is nothing more than a place for those who are in everybody else’s business to gather to share notes and swap stories. They feel that the only difference between them and us is that they’re meeting in the clubs, and bars, but we’re meeting in the church!
Before you came to church for the first time, what did you anticipate it would be like? Was it what you expected? Many in the world think that we’re just putting on a show, pretending to be something that we’re not, and sadly many who ‘do church’ are doing just that and it has a detrimental effect on the entire body of Christ., when Christians compromise God’s commands and think “The world says I should...”
Is our witness ineffective because so many have the wrong understanding of what a Christian is? Or is our witness ineffective because we’re too busy trying to be Who The World Thinks We Are?
Get descriptive If you were to describe yourself in one word , what would that word be? It’s not who the world thinks we are, or who we believe we are, but what the Bible says we are that is important: But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9) To overcome a Spiritual Identity Crisis, don’t worry about who the world thinks you are, don’t worry about who you believe you are, stand on and rest in the promises of God. Chosen people: Selected, Elected, Preferred Royal priesthood: Regal, Majestic Holy nation: God’s holy nation Belonging to God: God’s very own possession.
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