Our Identity | Randy Frazee | I ๐ My Church
Going Deeper
Why do you think there is not one functional family mentioned in the Bible, even Jesusโ family? What do you think is the root cause?
Ephesians 2:14-19 tells us Jesusโ vision was to start a new family rooted in his work on the cross. How does this help to remedy the problem?
Share your story on when you said yes to Godโs family!
The challenge issued was โdonโt go it aloneโ. How are you doing with this challenge?
Teaching Notes
Identity โ Who am I?
Ubuntu: โWe are, therefore I amโ
The Problem โ Families are Dysfunctional
โHe is out of his mind.โ
Mark 3:21
The Solution โ Jesus came to start a new family
Therefore, remember that formerlyโฏ you who are Gentiles by birth and called โuncircumcisedโ by those who call themselves โthe circumcisionโ (which is done in the body by human hands)โโฏremember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreignersโฏto the covenants of the promise,โฏwithout hopeโฏand without God in the world.โฏBut now in Christ Jesus you who onceโฏwere far away have been brought nearโฏby the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:11-13
For he himself is our peace,โฏwho has made the two groups oneโฏand has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,โฏby setting aside in his fleshโฏthe law with its commands and regulations.โฏHis purpose was to create in himself oneโฏnew humanity out of the two, thus making peace,โฏand in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,โฏby which he put to death their hostility. He came and preached peaceโฏto you who were far away and peace to those who were near.โฏFor through him we both have accessโฏto the Fatherโฏby one Spirit.
Ephesians 3:14-18
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,โฏbut fellow citizensโฏwith Godโs people and also members of his householdโฆ
Ephesians 3:19
The word โChurchโ is derived from the Dutch word kerk and German word kirche.
These words find their link to the medieval Greek word kurikon which means โLordโs Houseโ.
Ekklesia โ A new community โcalled outโ to live a distinctly different life. (Matthew 16:18)
The Body of Christ โ A new community that represents the presence of Christ on earth. (1 Corinthians 12:12-14)
The Temple of God โ A new community that becomes the new temple where God dwells. (Ephesians 2:19-22)
The Bride of Christ โ A new community that restores of the image of God in us. (Ephesians 5:21-33)
The Family of God โ This new community is a new family where a healthy identity emerges. (Hebrews 2:11)
Both the one who makes people holyโฏand those who are made holyโฏare of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. (Hebrews 2:11)
See what great loveโฏthe Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!โฏ And that is what we are!
1 John 3:1
An Invitation - Come into Godโs Family
A Challenge - Donโt go it alone
โฏAnd let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,โฏnot giving up meeting together,โฏas some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one anotherโand all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25
A declaration: Who are we? โ We are Godโs Family!
Sunday Set List
Raise a Hallelujah- Bethel Music
Whom Shall I Fear- Chris Tomlin
Control- Mitch Langley Music
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