1. 6/11/2018
session 1

2. session 1: Who am I and why am I here?
session 2: Why is knowing who God is so important to my identity and purpose?
session 3: Do I have worth and value?
session 4: What role did God give his image-bearers?

4. What’s done with the stolen identity?
66% open new credit account
33% write fake checks
29% purchase cell phone service

5. session 1

6. 1. What does God know about me?
Psalm 139:1–18

7. 2. How can God’s love help us as believers understand who we are and why we are here?
Ephesians 1:3–6

8. 3Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us
in Christ
with every spiritual blessing
in the heavenly places,
4even as he chose us
in him
before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and
blameless before him.
In love 5he predestined us
for adoption
as sons through Jesus Christ,
according to the purpose of his will,
6to the praise of his glorious grace,
with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

9. 3. What is the relationship of God the Creator to his creation and all his creatures, including me and you?
Psalm 104

10. Psalm 104 Group 1: Verses 1–13 Group 2: Verses 14–23

11. “Discipleship has at its heart the surrender of the self-generated,
self-determined life
in order to be
available to God.
This results in a
real-life dependency
upon Christ,
including love of God,
loving others, and
loving self.”
—Hans Bayer

12. Since God is the Creator and I am his creation,
So, who am I and why am I here?
Since God is the Creator
and I am his creation,
the only way to understand
my identity and purpose
is to live in dependence upon him.

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So What?
Identity & Purpose
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Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway. Used by permission.
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This publication contains copyrighted images from Thinkstock Corporation © 2013, and its licensors. Used under license. Identity theft statistics: Javelin Identity Fraud Survey, 2011; FTC, as reported by MSNBC; study conducted by Carnegie Mellon CyLab and AllClear ID; Identity Fraud Report, Javelin Strategy and Research, 2012; 2011 Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec; accessed via Quote: Hans Bayer, A Theology of Mark: The Dynamic Between Christology and Authentic Discipleship (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2012).
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