The Authentic You

John 8:31-33

The New International Version (Chapter 8)

31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

골로새서 3:9–10 (NIV)

9 Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Title: The Authentic You

One Point: The authenthic you is honest with yourself and others.

[Scripture Reading]

For today’s message, let us turn to the Gospel of John 8:31-33. Let us all rise and recite the scripture together in one voice. On the count of 3. 1, 2, 3.

요한복음 8:31–33

“31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?””

Amen

[Sermon]

Good morning PW. Welcome to today’s Sunday worship service. Let’s take this time to greet one another. I want everyone to turn to their friends and greet them by saying this. “You are the Light of this world.” That is right, we shared that it is our calling. It is our identity in Christ Jesus. For God created us to be the Light of this world. That is who we are. But, including me despite having the light in us, we try our best to hide this light. We don’t want to show others who God is. We don’t want others to know who we really are and we make another identity. We fabricate this new self and we wear it to cover up the light in us which means that we want to cover up who we really are. Today we are going to call this situation, AI: Artificial Identity and for the next 4 weeks we are going to learn ways for us to truly live up to who we really are.

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로마서 12:2 (NIV)

2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.