130120-1030-Loran Livingston - What Defines You?

2013-01-20-1030 Pastor Loran Livingston is the speaker this morning January 20th 2013 in the 10:30 service.Scripture: Hebrews 1:5-6; 11:16; John 1:12; Galatians 4:6; I John 3:1-2Topic: BondageNotes:- Funhouse mirrors distort who you really are- Who have you allowed to define you?  The world?  The Church?  You?  Moral Failure? (Doubting Thomas)- Jesus never let anyone define who He is.- It doesn’t matter what they say about you, even if it’s true.  When Jesus  saves you, none of that is a factor anymore- I know who my father is and who I am in Him- In the world you have to do before you are, but in the kingdom you are something before you ever do anything- “... my beloved son in whom I am well pleased”- Using any other mirror, you will have a wrong conception of who you are; we’re looking at ourselves through twisted mirrors- God doesn’t define you; He identifies you.- Now I am a child of God; I will never be fixed, but I will always be His