The fact that man has believed The Lie and fallen results in chaos in his life … he no longer knows who he is … he is divorced from any value he had, since his relationship with God was to be the fullest expression of his worth.
Fallen Results
Today, at the end of the twentieth century, the race of man is still partaking of that original lie … that man can find his self-worth outside of God.
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To understand the goal of salvation, we must look at the original creation. In so doing, we run across “The Lie” … not just any old lie, but The Lie which is the foundation of all our problems.
Lie
This Lie is not a call to atheism, but of independence … that we would live out of ourselves … seek to find meaning, purpose, and life in ourselves. This leaves man lost to his original worth to God.
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Here is a great video talking about the Parable of the Talents, a parable that often confuses a lot of people.
Father God? Or Daddy God? A listener recently wrote me and mentioned how they had their “father’s shadow” looming over their lives as they dealt with their self-worth.
Daddy God
I can relate. Being raised without a dad, and even having some disturbing encounters with him at an early age, I struggled with seeing God as my Daddy. He was simply “The Father” which was cold and distant. I share about why seeing God as your Papa/Daddy is a huge step toward establishing self-worth in your life.
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The Significance Journey … to learn a new self-worth based on what God says about you isn’t easy. We’ve built up years of “stinkin thinkin” that just doesn’t go away over night.
Significance Journey
The lie of the fall in the Garden of Eden was that man could live independently from God, govern his own life, control his own destiny. Join me to learn about the original blueprint of man … join me on the significance journey.
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Last week we discussed the Performance Trap part of the Lie in the fall of man: Self-worth = My performance + Others’ Opinions. But we left with the problem, and not the solution.
Fear of Failure
In this episode we return to this topic and talk about God’s solution to this problem. On what basis are we supposed to base our identity and worth on?
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One thing that trips a lot of people up, especially those who really see the revelation that God is love, is the idea of wrath. What are we to make of the wrath of God?
Wrath of God
Again and again, our English language fails us. The pictures of an angry God who seems to take great delight over the destruction of man is not the God that Jesus revealed. This picture also doesn’t really capture what the word “wrath” actually means. So what is the “wrath of God” all about then?