Selfika na JF: Snap it. Show it

Identity is made of three components: the mind, the heart, and revelation. The mind represents all of the thinking that a person has processed. The heart contains all of the experiences that a person has had. Revelation is the place where the heart and mind have come into agreement to form a foundational belief system. Identity flows out of a person’s revelation.

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Imagine, for example, a young boy who is told every day that he is worthless. Certain thoughts form in the boy’s mind. Also, if the boy is slapped and abused regularly, the experiences are stored within his heart. The combination of his heart and mind leads to a revelation that says, “You are worthless. You are trash. You don’t matter. Your actions don’t matter. There is no God. You should just do whatever you want because nobody will hold you accountable.” And on the basis of this revelation, the identity of a criminal flows forth!
 
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Enter the hero—Gideon, a man much like you and me. Gideon was threshing wheat in a wine press in an attempt to hide his harvest from the Midianites. Gideon’s name means “one who cuts to pieces”; he was supposed to be a warrior, a powerful man; yet he was defeated, hiding, and full of despair. Even though Gideon did not understand his identity, God did. The angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, called him a powerful and brave man, and commissioned him to destroy the idol worship in Israel and defeat the Midianites through God’s empowerment (see Judg. 6:6-16).
 
“If the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36 NASB).

“the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts…. For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace (Romans 6:12,14 NASB).

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Another example of the choice we must make is seen in the story of Cain and Abel. “The Lord said to Cain ‘…sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it’” (Gen. 4:6-7). Notice that God did not say that sin was within Cain and that he had no choice but to obey its whims. Choice is always a factor.


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So what does it mean to receive righteousness by faith (and not by trying hard)? We must realize that when God looks at us, He now sees the righteousness of Christ. Romans 4:5 says: “But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness” (NASB). In His eyes, we are blameless and holy. That is our current identity because of Christ.
 
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The truth of self-control is that you are powerful and you can always choose to control yourself. Self-control means that nothing outside of you is running your life—not your angry boss, your rebellious children, your nagging wife, your critical mother-in-law, the evil spirits of lust, generational curses, the wounds from your past, or anything else. Absolutely nothing can control you because the Holy Spirit gave the reins of your life back to you. This is an awesome and empowering truth!
 
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