You are not the Hero!

Jesus FirstFor God’s glory …… His pleasure …… and our joy.

“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.”

John Piper

Genesis 1:27 God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them.

Jesus First[2/9]‘Who are You?’

Who are you?

• Your Name?

• Your Gender and sexuality?

• Your history and experiences?

• Your occupation and activities?

• Your relationships and responsibilities

You are …

• A person … a human being

• A child of God … a follower of Jesus

So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians 4: 11-13

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

Ephesians 4: 14-16

Growing up into the fullness of Christ

Who you are in Christ

Worship as all of life

How we are together

Where we are going

So do not worry, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 6: 31-34

You are a child of God

• In Christ you are accepted

• In Christ you are secure

• In Christ you are significant

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.

2 Corinthians 15: 17-20

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