I am. The words that follow I am follow me

Intro: Brief overview of who you are

TESTIMONY: BRIEF

I questioned who I was for so many years if my life, “Who am I”

I am who You say I am

I’m a Child of God

For many of us when we think of this statement we can immediately relate to the various Scriptures in the word of God that describes us as His Children.

Matter of fact we can easily quote these scriptures.

Yes I know I am a child of God, Yeah, “I’m a child of God, Yes I am” I am God's child.

I know I am fearfully and wonderfully made, I know I am called and chosen..We know this

I know I am fearfully and powerfully made, I know I am called and chosen..We know this

Because for one reason or another, maybe you've been coming to church your whole life, you were raised on the word. You ate it for breakfast!

Maybe you’ve heard it because you sit every Sunday hearing it being preached, or maybe you’ve even studied it in seminary.

Whatever your source was that gave you this knowledge (information), this information in many cases stayed information. What I have found is that like myself for so many years I knew so much about the word and what His word says about me but I didn't do anything with it.

And because of this we don’t see the power of Gods words manifested in our lives.

So We have information that now needs to go from information to application.

What do I mean by that.

Yeah, “I’m a child of God, Yes I am” I am God's child.

Yeah, “I’m a child of God, Yes I am” I am God's child.

Well if you're like me, I questioned who I was for so many years if my life, I would constantly ask myself consciously and subconsciously “Who am I?”

I understood who I was in Christ was my foundation but I was programmed different and I had a different operating system than others. The way I was raised told me I was an orphan, I was fatherless, I was nothing, I wasn't loved, I wasn't worth anything. This applied to me.. Application.

I believe many of us, myself included have some lifelong habits, meaning deep rooted dysfunctions that speak to defeat, depression, failures, fears etc.

and these have clouded us from truly understanding who we are in Christ. Why because that knowledge that information we’ve allowed to go from information to application and ultimately manifestation

and in the same way we allowed the beliefs of our past failures, situations, hurts, and pains to manifest we need to now take the knowledge of who we are in christ and allow it to go from information to application and ultimately to manifestation.

I believe that God wants us to understand what our true identity is in him today, so we can experience the truth behind “I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND HAVE IT TO THE FULL.”

· Let compare and contrast what it looks like to not have the proper knowledge of who you are in him vs. knowing who you are in Christ,

· When we don't understand who we are then what happens is we start acting like somebody else.

· You might start acting like the person around you.

· You might identify with someone on TV they made an impression on you.

· So you try to talk, dress, walk and talk like that person and then what happens is you have now become so buried in everybody else’s identity and you have lost yourself.

· Some of you might identify yourself with your jobs or professions, so much so if you lost any one of these things you would lose your identity.

Story of ancestry:

Here I finally got some answers that aI so desperately wanted answered. I needed to know who I was so I can connect with something or someone…

Now this is a physical identification but our spiritual identification is stronger than your physicals it supersedes any DNA test!

In order to understand who you are you need to pursue God with everything you have.

Just like I pursued ancestry DNA with anxiousness knowing they were going to give me the hard facts, we have to do the same thing with God. His word is the hard truth, facts change but the truth is the truth

Pursuing him is being in relationship with him… dialoguing with him getting to know him so he can tell you who you are…

I love the scripture in You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!

See I don’t know who told you who you are, I don’t know who told you you’re no good, I don’t know who told you you will amount to nothing...

I don’t know who told you these things but I promise you if you take Gods DNA test,

but I promise you if you take Gods DNA test,

but I promise you if you take Gods DNA test,

And He will come back with some amazing results that will leave you astonished and make you get up out of bed at 2am with excitement because the results will read….

· 100% Fearfully wonderfully made.

· 100% Child of a King

· 100% He calls you His friend

· 100% you have been set free

· 100% You are Gods workmanship created to produce good works

· 100% You are a citizen of heaven

· 100% Thessalonians 1:4 He loves you and has chosen you. Over and over and over and over again….

Ancestry DNA:

I am chosen,

I am God's child.

I am not forgotten.

I am Jesus' friend.

I am a whole new person with a whole new life.

I am a place where God's Spirit lives.

I am God's Incredible work of art.

I am totally and completely forgiven.

I am created In God's likeness.

I am spiritually alive.

I am a citizen of Heaven.

I am God's messenger to the world.

I am God's disciple-maker.

I am the salt of the earth.

I am the light of the world.

I am greatly loved.

We can easily quote these scriptures.

· 100% Thessalonians 1:4 He loves you and has chosen you. Over and over and over and over again….

Because for one reason or another, maybe you've been coming to church your whole life, you were raised on the word. You ate it for breakfast!

· 100% Child of a King

Maybe you’ve heard it being preached, maybe you’ve even studied it in seminary.

· 100% He calls you His friend

Whatever your source was that equipped you with this knowledge it led us to believe, not only in the one who saved us but the one who has given us this title “a Child of God”

I’m a Child of God

100% Thessalonians 1:4 He loves you and has chosen you. Over and over and over and over again….

· 100% you have been set free

But

· 100% You are Gods workmanship created to produce good works

· 100% You are a citizen of heaven

Yeah, “I’m a child of God, Yes I am” I am God's child.

· 100% Thessalonians 1:4 He loves you and has chosen you. Over and over and over and over again….

Ancestry DNA:

I am who He says I am! The hard truth that supersedes and trumps any DNA test

And These results apply to you today! Hallelujah

As I was given this knowledge these results I couldn’t just take this information and do nothing with it, the test didn’t lie, it was the hard truth.

We’ve heard of the staying “Knowledge is power”? Did you know knowledge is power only when it is applied.

YOu know Knowledge is power only when it is applied. We know these things that God says about us

We know these things that God says about us but we expect the power of Gods word to manifest without the application.

We have to update our operating systems with this new download this new update where we go from version 1.0 of Information to version2.0 of Information & Application...

When I got DNA results and I talked bout it all the time. Its in most of my conversations..

I applied it to me! Application!

“The most powerful force in the human psyche, is how we describe ourselves to ourselves.” -Rock Thomas

So we must Re-program our brains, our operating systems to take this information and say this applies to me cause these are my DNA results IN CHRIST

So We've gone from information to application to now see the manifestation of what his word says about us which is evident in our lives.

evident in our lives.

Psalm 82:6 NIV

“I said, ‘You are “gods”; you are all sons of the Most High.’

I am a child of God

Romans 8:28–30 NIV

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

We know… Information

Who love him.. Applies to me . We love God how do we know that. Well we’ve already agreed that the information that we are who He says we are applies to us right.

So earlier on in romans it says in It tells us that Gods love has been poured into our hearts..

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For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,

b reason but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons,

c Sphere by whom we cry,

d Exclamation “Abba! Father!”

16 Affirmation The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

English Standard Version Chapter 8

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,

b Reason but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons,

c Sphere by whom we cry,

d Exclamation “Abba! Father!”

16 Affirmation The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

17 a Condition (b) and if children,

b Implication then heirs—

c Implication heirs of God

d Implication and fellow heirs with Christ,

17 a Condition (b) and if children,

b Implication then heirs—

c Implication heirs of God

d Implication and fellow heirs with Christ,

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

Romans: A Commentary on the Book of Romans 8:18–30; Thesis and Rationale Concerning the Hopeful Suffering of the Children of God

This love is confirmed by the Abba acclamation (8:15–16*), which the Spirit evokes in Christian believers, expressing their profound sense of acceptance and belongingness as “children of God” despite their vulnerability

The love of God that we have is a response to the event of our salvation, sustained by ongoing spiritual experiences that continue in the midst of suffering

Jewett, R., & Kotansky, R. D. (2006). Romans: A commentary. (E. J. Epp, Ed.) (p. 526). Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.

I need you to get that today, it doesn’t matter what you’re going though. What you've faced in your past, where you are on your spiritual journey.

What God says about you doesn't change when suffering is present or in your weakness.

The information always applies to you, its not contingent upon an event or a non event

NIV 29. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Romans 8:28 ESV

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

English Standard Version Chapter 8

but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons,

c Sphere by whom we cry,

d Exclamation “Abba! Father!”

16 Affirmation The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

17 a Condition (b) and if children,

b Implication then heirs—

c Implication heirs of God

d Implication and fellow heirs with Christ

Romans 8:

English Standard Version Chapter 8

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,

b Reason but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons,

c Sphere by whom we cry,

d Exclamation “Abba! Father!”

16 Affirmation The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

17 a Condition (b) and if children,

b Implication then heirs—

c Implication heirs of God

d Implication and fellow heirs with Christ,

We

He foreknew in other words he knew you before you made your choice, he for-knew and for-loved you.

· We have to understand who we are in Christ

So heres the thing we make the choice but not before he already chooses us.

So theres nothing that can do to change our identity in him.

This was already packaged before we came into the knowledge of Christ and into the application.

Our choice, it was always in our DNA. Our choice to apply it which leads to manifestation of its power in our lives.

He pre-destined (purpose) clearly speaking of Divine purpose

· I believe many of us, myself included have some lifelong habits, meaning speaking defeat, depression, failures, fears etc. and these have clouded us from truly understanding who we are in Christ. This is all you know!

To be conformed to the image of His Son, you see this manifested trasnformation?

I believe that God wants us to understand what our true identity is in him tonight, so we can experience the truth behind “I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND HAVE IT TO THE FULL.”

That he might be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

· Let compare and contrast what it looks like to not have the proper knowledge of who you are in him vs. knowing who you are in Christ,

So ours lives are to testify to others and bring them back into the family of God buy simply being a living testimony of who God says we are, chosen and fully loved.

· When we don't understand who we are then what happens is we start acting like somebody else.

As we are conformed to his image we are being encouraged by Paul here that our work in the body is part of a greater plan to bring many into sonship.

· You might start acting like the person around you.

So taking information of who you are, and what He says about you applying it to your life has a manifested purpose in a-greater plan that its not only for you but for others to be changes and transformed into his likeness and become apart of the family.

· You might identify with someone on TV they made an impression on you.

Information to application to manifestation causes you to be conformed in his image and I finish with this...

· So you try to talk, dress, walk and talk like that person and then what happens is you have now become so buried in everybody else’s identity and you have lost yourself.

· Some of you might identify yourself with your jobs or professions, so much so if you lost any one of these things you would lose your identity.

The New International Version Chapter 8

More Than Conquerors

31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” g

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Story of ancestry:

Here I finally got some answers that aI so desperately wanted answered. I needed to know who I was so I can connect with something or someone…

Now this is a physical identification but our spiritual identification is stronger than your physicals.

· In order to understand who you are and have a full understanding of you next step you need to pursue God with everything you have.

· Just like I pursued ancestry DNA with anxiousness, we have to do the same thing with God.

· Pursuing him is being in relation with him… dialoguing with him getting to know him so he can tell you who you are…

· I love the scripture in You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!

· See I don’t know who told you who you are, I don’t know who told you youre no good, I don’t know who told you youlle amount o nothing, I don’t know who told you

· And He will come back with some amazing results that will amaze you and make you get up out of bed at 2am with excitement because the results will read….

· 100% Fearfully wonderfully made.

· 100% Child of a King

· 100% He calls you His friend

· 100% you have been set free

· 100% You are Gods workmanship created to produce good works

· 100% You are a citizen of heaven

· 100% Thessalonians 1:4 He loves you and has chosen you. Over and over and over and over again….