Made to Be More

October 20, 2019

Please turn in your Bibles to Ephesian 2:10, John 10:10

Biblical Assumption 1: For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10

Biblical Assumption 2: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.”

Emotional Assumption: A Restless Discontent

BE It’s about identity/design: Who am I made to BE?

DO It’s about calling/purpose: What am I made to DO?

GO It’s about place/where: Where am I to live out my

BE and DO?

CORE IDENTITY: Who am I made to BE?

-Mistaken Identity of performance

-Mistaken identity of past hurts

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10

TO BE: You are chosen (ref. Romans 5:8)

TO BE: You are holy: precious; set apart as God’s own

(1 Peter 2:9b)

How do we determine the value of a treasure?

We want to know who the maker is (ref. Psalm 139:13-14)

We want to know who the owner is (ref. 1Corinthians 6:19b)

We want to know how much someone is willing to pay

(ref. John 3:16, 1 Peter 2:10b)

TO BE: You are family (ref. Hebrews 11:16b, Ephesians 2:10)

TO BE: You are a priest (ref. 1Peter 2:10a)

Challenge

1: Be a royal priest. Ask: How might God want to use me?

2: Be a competent priest. “I can’t, but He can.”