Identity // Week 2 // Who and Why You Are

Identity: Who and Why You Are1. Where did I come from?Genesis 1:26-27 NIV26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.1. Where did I come from?2.  Who am I? 1 Peter 2:7a, 8b-10 NIV7 But to those who do not believe,...8 they stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for. 9 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. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God1. Where did I come from?2. Who am I?3. Why am I here?Acts 1:6 NIV6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”Acts 1:7-8 NIV7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”1. Where did I come from?2. Who am I?3. Why am I here?4. Do I choose to accept?