Who Am I?

By Kevin Cauley

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Date written: December 31st, 2006
Scripture ref: 2 Corinthians 13:5

SUBJECT: God’s People, New Year

TITLE: Who Am I?

PROPOSITION: In this lesson we will look at the question, “Who Am I?”

OBJECTIVE: That on the eve of the New Year, we know who we are and what our purpose is in life.

INTRODUCTION:

1. Read: 2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”

2. About the Text:

1) The scriptures tell us to examine ourselves.

2) One of the best questions that we can ask ourselves is “Who Am I?”

3) We might answer this question in one of many different ways.

4) By our job function. By our marriage relationship. By the children that we have.

5) How about in our spiritual relationship with God?

6) How do we answer the question, “Who Am I?”

7) Let’s look at a few possible answers.

3. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.

DISCUSSION:

I. I am a disciple.

1. A disciple is a learner, pupil, follower. Consider Luke 6:40 “The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.”

2. Disciples are made by teaching and baptism. Matthew 28:18-20

3. We continue to be disciples by forsaking all that we have for Jesus. Luke 14:26-27 “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.”

4. Disciples are Christians. Acts 11:26

II. I am a Christian.

1. Christian comes from Christ

1) Christ means “anointed one.”

2) Jesus is the Christ (John 20:31).

2. Christians are “little christs.”

1) We seek to be like Jesus.

2) Consider 1 Corinthians 11:1 “Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.”

3) Philippians 2:5 tells us to have the same mind He had.

3. A Christian is one who seeks to glorify God through Christ Jesus regardless of the consequences.

1) 1 Peter 4:14 “If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.”

2) 1 Peter 4:16 “but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.”

3) Acts 5:41 “They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.”

III. I am a child of God.

1. To be a child of God means to know the love of the Father. 1 John 3:1 “Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”

2. To be a child of God means to have the Spirit of His Son in our lives. Galatians 4:6-7 “And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father. So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.”

3. To be a child of God means that we are the people of God. Romans 9:25-26 “As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved. And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.”

4. We become children of God through a living and active faith.

1) John 1:12 “But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:”

2) Galatians 3:26-27 “For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.”