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Who You Truly Are:

Made in the Image of God

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Why Did God Make Me Quest

There comes a time in most of our lives when we feel the need to try and "find" ourselves. We ask ourselves that same ole questions which seem to have been handed down generation after generation. What am I meant to be? What is my purpose in life?

Who am I and why did God make me?

For many, this search begins in the early adult years. Having already gone through infancy, childhood, teen trials and becoming an adult ... You feel a need to explore your heart, identify what you like and don't like, solidify your beliefs, and once you do, you imagine you'll be able to get on with ... Life. But, the question still haunts you ...

Who am I and why did God make me?

During this Who Am I process, it seems nobody understands this and during your search for who you are those around you may act as if you are going through some ridiculous unimportant phase. Friends and even family may ridicule you during this soul searching.

Who Am I Bible study tidbit of Truth ... Sometimes this desire to search our souls doesn't happen until well into adulthood, which people have dubbed as "going through a mid-life crisis". The results of this are usually devastating, causing things like infidelity, broken homes, career changes, relocation, the loss and/or respect of your loved ones, etc.

Finding yourself doesn't have to be such a difficult time in your life. The Truth is that who you are has already been determined. This study can help you to find out who you are without a lot of psychological analyzing and be a positive experience at the same time.

Before we start digging into our Who Am I Bible study to find out who you are, we must find out where you came from. You know, your origins. But, first let us look at where you did not come from. Mankind has come up with some outrageous theories about our beginnings.

With this in mind, I'd like to quote to you, what our children are learning about as far as how the universe began. This excerpt is taken from A Child's First Library of Learning - Science Starter - by Time-Life Books. Sound like a reliable resource? Brace yourself.

"The Big Bang Theory" is the theory that once upon a time a "ball of fire" or something exploded, (as if the "scientists" that support this theory were there to know this) creating all the planets and galaxies of the universe.

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Why Did God Make Me Purpose

This Big Bang theory brings a curious question to mind: Who created the "fire ball" that exploded? Now, we also have a theory called Evolution, which suggests that human beings who are capable of thought and emotions, evolved from what I believe in the most popular theory, they claim that a self reproducing organism in the ocean. Which then became a process of evolution which changed from a germ to a bug to a bunch of other things to a monkey to ... Humans.

Wow ... I'll be a monkey's uncle.

No wait !!!

The monkey is supposedly our uncle.

So, I suppose this Evolution theory makes us ... Sea Monkeys!

We build skyscrapers, split atoms and, well, people are capable of doing incredible things, not to mention the human being itself is an extremely complicated, miraculous thing. And who does science give the credit to?

A ball of fire?

Who Am I Bible study trivia question ... Doesn't it make you wonder how science can believe that a ball of fire can create the universe, but God can't? Science claims that this is true even without proof, and yet they criticize the Faith of Christians for believing that God created the universe, and that we believe what was written in the Bible about the creation of the Heavens and the earth and mankind, instead of believing their monkey business.

Here's a real curious Who Am I question about this theory: Why are monkeys still here with us today? It would make more scientific "sense" if they were all evolved by now. Were some of them immune to the process of evolution?

Doesn't it seem logical that the evolution would have been complete? After all, you don't see ape men walking around, but monkeys, who were supposedly a stage before that, are still hanging around (no pun intended).

Again, Science will give credit to anything for the existence of anything ... Except for God. The only One who is truly capable of creating all the miraculous things that they continually try and prove came from something else.

Who Am I Bible study fact or fiction? Science seems to seek answers to the unexplained as if they will then be the creator if they can give a reason that we will swallow. Science opposes Faith because it seeks for proof. Where proof of something exists, Faith is lacking and deemed unnecessary, as our whole existence as Christians is based on Faith.

Science can try and explain away everything that surrounds us ... However, there are so many wonders that cannot be explained unless you have Faith in God. Mankind can imitate many things, they can even clone people and animals nowadays, but nobody can create a soul and a spirit, except God.

Look at what the Apostle Paul told Timothy about science:

Always keep this in mind:

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Why Did God Make Me Like I Am

You can search through every book that was ever written, read every encyclopedia, learn every scientific theory that was ever imagined, and you won't find a single one that can adequately explain your creation, your existence, your purpose, Who you are ... Better than the Bible. But without Faith in your Creator and all His works, the reason for your existence will always escape you and leave you searching for answers.

Mankind is always seeking for a better reason than God for their existence. But the Truth is that the reason you're here, alive on this earth, is to glorify your Creator. You were created by God. You are the image of God.

What's this Our image and Our likeness all about? Let's take a look at who God is and that way it will be easier to identify who you are:

God the Father

God the Son

God the Holy Spirit

Sounds kind of weird huh? Well let us not allow our limited understanding to cause doubt as to deny Truth.

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Why Did God Make Me In His Image

This is called the Holy Trinity. He is one God, in three divine parts. When God said, Let us make man in Our image, He was talking to Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

Now ... Let's look into how we are made in God's image. What does God mean? How are we made in His image? Let's look at the rest of what was shared in 1 John:

Therefore we, as humans, are made of three parts or depths, spirit, water and blood.

The water represents the body since the human body is made up of mostly water. The blood represents the soul ... DNA in blood is used to identify a specific person.

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Why Did God Make Me To Be So Fragile

But, what of the Spirit?

In the book of Genesis, God says Let there be and there was. But if we look closer at the Scripture itself;

Who Am I Bible study point of interets ... We see that God thought and God's Word spoke and His Spirit obeyed and caused the physical change. In like manner, our assigned spirit obeys our soul. I bet your eyebrow is lifted right about now. I will give you an example ...

You are watching television, happy as a lark and then you see something that saddens ya. Your soul sees or hears the sad thing and tells your spirit that you are sad and your spirit reacts and the physical body changes. Physical tears fall from your eyes and out come the Kleenex. Your soul chose to believe or think something was sad and said "Let there be" sadness so your spirit obeyed and changed emotions and your body reacted to the spirit.

Your spirit is the part of you that listens and obeys the things that it accepts as what you tell it to feel. God said "Let there be ..." and the Holy Spirit carried out the command. Your soul tells your spirit to act and react to things, and your spirit carries out the commands that your mind gives to it. Many people think that the spirit and the soul are the same thing, but the Bible is clear that they are two separate parts ... Your soul controls your spirit.

It is a process that occurs because of what God said ... We are made in their image. Our spirit and body are subject unto our souls. This is an important Truth to be aware of because it's happening with or without your being conscious of it.

What our soul chooses to think and/or believe is what our spirit will perform and the body will follow.

It doesn't matter if it is good, bad, happy or sad. The spirit only hears the words ... "Let there be."

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Why Did God Make Me Secret

Sooooooo, you are created in God's image and there are three parts of you. When we die ... What happens to these three parts of us?

Our body returns to dust:

Our spirit returns to God:

When the righteous die, their soul goes to:

Abraham's Bosom

The body goes back to the dust and the spirit goes back to God who gave it to us.

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Why Did God Make Me His Child

Who Am I Bible Study Reminder ... So, it is obvious that it is the soul that is the part of you that is judged for your choice to believe in Jesus or not. Your soul is your being. It is your existence. It is what makes up your heart, your beliefs, your feelings, your convictions, your virtues. It is the entity within you that makes choices. When you think of who God is, you don't think of Him in bodily form, you think of His love, His Grace, His righteousness, His virtue, His strength. When you think of who you are, you're all the things that make up your character. Your qualities, disposition, moral fiber, personality, temperament, eccentricity, integrity, etc.

These things are who you are ...

The sun exploded and created this intricate miracle that is you??? I think not. Now that you know where you came from, it's easier to find out what you're meant to be. Why did God create you? The answer is to glorify Him.

Did ya notice that we (our soul) is directed by God to glorify God with our body and our spirit which belong to God? Cool huh? Let's return to the original questions now that we have discovered what we are:

Who Am I and Why Did God Make Me?

The thing that makes us question who we're meant to be, is that we don't feel like we've accomplished what we're meant to. We feel like we can improve what we are. The person we're meant to be doesn't change, it's our satisfaction within of whether or not we're achieving our destiny that changes. But many times, we take the wrong path, and we search for who we think we should be, instead of what God intended us to be. What happens when you make a wrong choice and take a wrong path? You get lost. Sometimes very lost.

You may want to ask yourself, Will any changes that you make in your life change who you are? You can change your habits, you can change your feelings about certain things, you can change your appearance, you can change your career, you can change your whole lifestyle which may change what you appear to be on the surface ... You can't change who you are meant to be.

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Why Did God Make Me Answer

There are other things that try and influence people to try and change who they are or "find" a different self than the one they've been created to be. These worldly deceptions are called self and pride. People long to be famous, to be recognized, to be noticed. We admire movie stars, singers, professional athletes, public officials ... Anybody who has made a name for themselves.

Ask yourself though, as a Christian, How many famous people have chosen their profession to give glory to God through their work? I don't mean how many give thanks to God every Sunday for their good fortune, I mean how many of those people have you ever looked at and said to yourself "Now, that's a man of God," or "That there, is a godly woman?" How many times have you thought, "Wow, I wish I could serve the Lord like that!" Are their accomplishments service to God? What are their fruits?

Do you hear them at the Academy Awards thank God for their achievements? No, most thank any and everybody but God for their part in films that contain taking the Lord's name in vain, depicting violence, glorifying wealth, sex, and many other forms of evil. It would be insulting for anyone to thank God for achievements that are unGodly.

Do you hear many athletes in their post-game interviews thank God for their victory? Not too many. Most speak of self and then the next week we hear that they've been arrested for DWI, spousal abuse, murder, or fired for taking steroids, etc.

Do you hear most of the music stars praise the Lord at the end of their performance and give God the credit for their talent? No ... They take the bows for themselves. We read in Rolling Stone Magazine how they're involved in child pornography, homosexuality, drug abuse, etc. Now I speak not of Christian Music as they serve the cause and obviously do give praise to our Father.

Wanna hear Truth? The absolute worst thing about trying to be a famous worldly star is that it is short lived and soon they are forgotten as the new kid on the block arises or age creeps upon them and the career they selected has age limitations. They are deemed as has beens. They traded up their entire existence for a few years in the limelight. Seek not to be a worldly star but rather an eternal star and let your light shine for Jesus.

The stars that people glorify here on earth ... Those rock stars, star athletes, movie stars, etc. who do not glorify God are likened unto fallen stars. Their glory comes from man. It is temporal. It will end when their life on earth ends ... Or before. As a Christian, you are eternal. Unlike the temporal stars, you will trade your earthly body for a heavenly body and become an eternal star. But just like the fallen stars, if you seek for something better than glorifying God, you will fall. Wouldn't you rather seek eternal glory with God?

Unfortunately, most people abuse their God given gifts, and the sad thing is that these people influence our world ... our children. Do you want God to remember you for worldly fame or for the glory that you brought to Him through the gifts that He gave you? Do you want people to raise up their hands and clap for you or raise their hands up and praise your Father?

God does give gifts (1 Corinthians, Chapter 12). Special talents that are meant to glorify Him. We tend to make discovering our gifts a difficult search, but God wove them into WHO you are, your passions, your talents, the things you love to do. You can be skilled in something, but if you don't enjoy doing it, chances are, it isn't your calling, because your Father doesn't want you to be unhappy serving Him. He knows that if you enjoy performing the talents that He gave you, you will glorify Him better.

Now many of you might be saying, Yeah right, I follow good, but I am nothing and I have no talents to speak of. It is important for you to know that this makes you a prime candidate for God service.

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Why Did God Make Me Unique

Why is it then, that so many people strive to be wise and mighty, when it's just the opposite of that which God has chosen? Because the world has deceived mankind by making people believe that they should seek glory for themselves instead of seeking to glorify God.

When you're sizing up your life, seeking what you're meant to be, you may come to the conclusion that it's time to be your own person because up until now, you've always been somebody else's ... Something. You were somebody's child, then somebody's student, then somebody's employee, then somebody's spouse, then somebody's parent ... Always serving somebody else. Now look at this from a different point of view. At the Last Supper, Jesus washed the feet of His Apostles and said:

Serving God's people is an honor ... For you and to your Father, so if you change your outlook on things, being somebody else's something is the whole idea because it brings glory to God.

But still, all of this doesn't seem quite satisfying, does it? You still wonder ... Is this as good as it gets? Certainly I was born for more than this! But after reading up to here, you may feel guilty for wanting more and hesitant to ask for it. Is it selfish to desire more success in your life? Maybe it's not fame you're looking for, but a little more money wouldn't hurt. Just enough so you wouldn't have to worry about putting food on the table, maybe a little college fund for the kids, perhaps a little nest egg ... You know, in case Social Security ever goes broke ... These kind of things.

It's not wrong to pray for more success. In fact, if the result of your success glorifies God ... By all means ... Ask!!! Remember always though, the best way to glorify God is to be Christ-like in every way you can be. In prayer, in faith, in frame of mind, in humility, in grace, etc. Pray about what you're praying about! Is success what one needs to more perfectly glorify God? These things are worthy of pondering on and praying about.

Keep this in mind also; becoming what you're meant to be doesn't necessarily mean starting over. Remember, you can't change who you're meant to be, but you can take what you already are and make an impact for God. When you change your attitude about why you want certain things in your life and your desire to attain them is for God, not for yourself or the praise of others ... My friend, things will start to get exciting! With this attitude, you move from living in your own will to living the will of God.

Consider Solomon. After he became king of Israel, God appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, Ask what you want, and I shall give it to you. Now, Solomon could have asked for fame and fortune, which is what most people would ask for, but instead, Solomon said:

God was so pleased at Solomon's unselfish request for something that would honor the Lord, that He not only made Solomon the wisest man to ever live, but gave him fame and fortune as well! When you begin to ask, instead of, Who am I, and, What am I meant to be ... Who does God want me to be, and, What am I meant to do for His glory, that's when you stir things up and you will discover the person that you're seeking for, the person that God meant you to be.

I Am a Child of God!

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Why Did God Make Me Prophecy

Once you realize who you are, and what you're meant to be, there will be times that you will Fall Down. That doesn't mean that you're doomed to hell. The trick is to repent, ask forgiveness and continue on in God's Grace. Most of the heroes of the Bible fell, but their legends live on and they are eternal stars.

Who Am I Bible Study Truth ... I have never met you, and yet, if you are a Christian, I can tell you who you are and what you're meant to be. You are a child of God. You're made in His image, so you're meant to be a reflection of Him, and to glorify Him.

If you're having trouble finding yourself, it may be that you're not really looking for you, but somebody you're not. God loves you ... The child He created. Seek for God in you. He's easy to find.

Sometimes a song touches the heart deeper than mere words, so consider the words to a song performed by Casting Crowns ...

My friends, I will tell you who you are. Our Who Am I Bible Study research reveals that you are the image of God and you should reflect Him properly in your words and deeds. For His Glory.