True Identity 2

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2. GENESIS 1:26 AMP AMP “Then God said, Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image,”
3. GENESIS 1:26 AMP AMP “According to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]”
4. GENESIS 1:26 AMP AMP “And let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle,”
5. GENESIS 1:26 AMP “And over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”
6. GENESIS 1:27 AMP AMP “So God created man in His own image,”
7. “In the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.” GENESIS 1:27 AMP
8. PSALM 139:13 NLT “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
9. PSALM 139:14 NLT “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!”
10. PSALM 139:14 NLT “Your workmanship is marvelous —how well I know it.”
11. OUR VALUE IS INTRINSIC (baked in, within our nature)
12. just because we are not based on function, but because we’re made in the image of God.
14. All creation has the fingerprint of God on it, but only Humanity has the image of God on him.
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16. Our value to God isn’t because we’re without holes or perfect vessels,
17. it’s simply because we are His. we carry His image because He created us.
18. This should affect how we value others, not because for what they can do for us,
19. But simply because God created them. No matter how tarnished they are, His image is still on them.
20. UNTIL WE TRULY KNOW OUR VALUE IN GOD,
21. We’ll never live to the FULLNESS OF CHRIST He’s called us to.
22. KNOWING GOD’S VALUE OF US AND OTHERS will affect how we treat others as well.
23. God values us in whatever state we are in.
24. We must extend that same love and value to others.
26. PSALM 139:15 TPT 15 “You even formed every bone in my body when you created me in the secret place,”
27. PSALM 139:15 TPT 15 “Carefully, skillfully shaping me from nothing to something.”
28. PSALM 139:16 TPT 16 “You saw who you created me to be before I became me!”
29. PSALM 139:16 TPT 16 “Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days you planned for me were already recorded in your book.”
30. God is our Creator, we were literally fashioned by His hands.
31. Before He created you, He had a plan for you!
32. JEREMIAH 1:5 KJV 5 “He said to Jeremiah "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;"
33. JEREMIAH 1:5 KJV 5 “And before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee..."
34. Before we were even conceived, God had a plan for our lives. He created us to become what He desired.
35. Often you will hear the term, "he was an accident" or "she was not planned".
36. Well, your parents may not have planned you, you may have been a surprise, but you are not an accident!
37. YOU WERE PLANNED BY GOD before the foundation of the world
38. And He places great value on your life!
39. Every single child that has been lost was planned by God.
40. God had a purpose for their life.
41. Not only are we valuable to God as a large group of children, as one of many He cares about, we are individually important!
42. The idea here is that God lovingly and skillfully weaves together various parts to make a beautiful product.
43. Christ taught us that not one sparrow falls from the sky but God sees it. He cares for even the lilies of the field.
44. Not how many hairs, its that each one has its own number!
45. Christ said that the Father knows us so well that the very hairs of our head are numbered!
46. Not how many hairs, its that each one has its own number!
47. Not how many hairs, its that each one has its own number!
48. The Bible says that God sees us when we are in our mother's womb, and that our good shepherd Jesus calls us by name!
49. We are valuable enough to Him that He gets individually involved in our lives!
50. Human life is valuable because it was planned by God and as we move farther we will see that not only was your life planned by God.
52. GENESIS 1:26A NKJV 26 “Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;...”
53. Every person who has ever lived was created in God's image.
54. Just as God was intimately involved in the creation of Adam and Eve, He was involved in creating you!
55. He knows all there is to know about you... past, present and future
56. Scripture tells us that He even knows the number of hairs on your head.
57. PSALM 139:13 NLT 13 “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
58. This shows us that THIS IS A PERSONAL WORK
59. You did not evolve from some monkey, you are personally fashioned in the womb as a beautiful work of God.
60. GOD MADE YOU just the way HE WANTED YOU to be.
61. Not only is the creation of a human life a personal work...
62. PSALM 139:14 NLT 14 “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!”
63. PSALM 139:14 NLT 14 “Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.”
64. PSALM 139:15 NLT 15 “You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,”
65. PSALM 139:15 NLT 15 “As I was woven together in the dark of the womb.”
66. THIS IS A PRECISE WORK David speaks of being "curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth".
67. The idea here is that God lovingly and skillfully weaves together various parts to make a beautiful product.
68. The literal translation of this passage is that God skillfully knit us together in the womb.
69. The idea here is that God lovingly and skillfully weaves together various parts to make a beautiful product.
70. The "lowest parts of the earth" is a poetic term that describes the mother's womb.
71. The idea here is that God lovingly and skillfully weaves together various parts to make a beautiful product.
72. This speaks of the womb as being a place of protection.
73. God made you just the way He wanted you.
74. There is no one else on earth who is just like you.
75. The idea here is that God lovingly and skillfully weaves together various parts to make a beautiful product.
76. Even scientists and doctors tell us that we all have our own unique DNA and fingerprints.
77. These are just physical reminders that we are special to God.
78. The people of this world may look at you as being worthless, but God places great value on your life!
79. He is the Creator, this means that He has the rights of ownership.
80. And since He is the One Who gives life, He is the only One with the authority to take life.
82. PSALM 139:16 NLT “16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book.”
83. PSALM 139:16 NLT “Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.”
84. PSALM 139:17 NLT 17 “How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!”
85. PSALM 139:18 NLT 18 “I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!”
86. In this Psalm, David rejoices because of God's intimate interest in His life.
87. He was in awe of the fact that God had been so good to him.
88. The idea here is that God lovingly and skillfully weaves together various parts to make a beautiful product.
89. He stated that it was impossible to count God's blessings in his life because they outnumber the grains of sand upon the earth.
90. There is no way for us to comprehend all the thoughts that God has for us.
91. He is constantly mindful of us and He never ceases to provide for us.
92. God blesses us abundantly and
93. HE IS WITH US CONTINUOUSLY!
94. These are just a few truths to prove that we are precious to God.
95. PSALMS 36:7 AMP 7 “How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!”
96. PSALMS 36:7 AMP 7 “The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.”
97. God say’s you are worth the life of Jesus Christ Himself!
98. GOD HAS GREATER LOVE FOR YOU than you could ever comprehend!
99. So being that He values you so much, is there wisdom in finally giving your heart and whole life to Him?
100. Who could love and value you more?
101. We are valuable enough that He took a process of over four thousand years to put together His word of sixty-six books by forty authors detailing His steadfast and unchanging love for mankind.
102. We are valuable enough that He took a process of over four thousand years to put together His word of sixty-six books by forty authors detailing His steadfast and unchanging love for mankind.
103. Over one hundred generations of people's lives demonstrated that love.
104. And He made sure it was written down for us to read for ourselves!
105. CONCLUSION CONCLUSION
106. We are valuable because of who it is that is saying we are valuable.
107. If a king or a president were to give you their endorsement, as an extremely valuable member of their society, that would carry a lot of weight.
108. We would think "Wow, I'm something special"! Well the creator of the universe, The King of all creation is saying:
109. ”You are valuable to me, and a valuable member of my kingdom, and a valuable member of my family!"
110. Our value and Identity is based on the endorsement of the highest possible entity in the universe!
111. We are valuable to God because not only is He saying we are valuable by extending our life and wanting us to live forever with Him,
112. He adopts us as sons and daughters!
113. (1st John 3:1) says "Behold what manner of love is this that we might be called the Sons of God"!
114. If we were the son of an earthly king we would be called a prince and an heir to the throne and all of its riches!
115. We would be entitled to all the protection, and the provision of that kingdom.
116. In God we are according to (Revelation 1:6) Kings and priests to the kingdom of God by Jesus' Christ!
117. But as the Sons and Daughters of the Creator of the Universe we are not only valuable we are very valuable!