BECOME | LOVED
Message Recap
Image is what I want you to believe about me
Identity is what is actually true about me
[Matthew 7:24]
Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
[Matthew 7:26]
But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.
Insecurity: Building your identity on anything that can be taken away
Security: Building your identity on anything that can’t be taken away
[Genesis 25:28]
Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
[Genesis 27:16]
…covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.
[Genesis 27:18-19]
Isaac answered. “Who are you—Esau or Jacob?” 19 Jacob replied, “It’s Esau, your firstborn son.
[Genesis 27:21-27]
Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.” So Jacob went closer to his father, and Isaac touched him. “The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s,” Isaac said. But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob’s hands felt hairy just like Esau’s. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob. “But are you really my son Esau?” he asked. “Yes, I am,” Jacob replied. Then Isaac said, “Now, my son, bring me the wild game. Let me eat it, and then I will give you my blessing.” So Jacob took the food to his father, and Isaac ate it. He also drank the wine that Jacob served him. Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come a little closer and kiss me, my son.” So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son.
[Matthew 3:16-17]
After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”
[Romans 8:17]
…we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory.
[Romans 5:8]
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
If all you did for the rest of your life was FAIL you wouldn’t be anymore loved than if all you did for the rest of your life was SUCCEED.
Actions Step: Take time to walk through the Process of Deconstruction
DEFINE the colors on your canvas.
DETACH your identity from the good, the bad, & the ugly.
[Genesis 32:28]
“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”
[Genesis 37:3-4]
Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe. 4 But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.
Message Discussion Questions
Actions Step: Take time to walk through the Process of Deconstruction
DEFINE the colors on your canvas.
DETACH your identity from the good, the bad, & the ugly.