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Let me be real…
Imagine trying to teach others how to find their true worth only in Christ while at the same time trying to find my own worth in doing a great job teaching and making sure that you all like me.
How sick is this?
Well this is what happens when we follow Satan’s math.
Satan’s math
Self-worth = my performance + other people’s opinion of me
This takes the form of four false beliefs about ourselves that we will look at momentarily.
I must meet certain standards to have value and be able to accept myself.
I must have the approval of others in order to accept myself.
Those who fail should be punished, including myself.
I am what I am, I cannot change.
In moments of clarity, I can see this about myself, and I hate it!
Will you join me on a journey to be free from Satan’s lies and these false beliefs and live in the truth that God has for us?
So let me ask you…who are you?
Who am I?
When you are all alone...what do you think about when thinking about yourself?
Questions we may ask ourselves
Questions we may ask ourselves:
The answers to these questions will reveal several things about yourself
Does my life have any value?
Does my life have any value?
Does my life have a purpose?
Does my life have any meaning?
Our answers reveal
How well I live with myself and others.
++How well I live with myself and others.
Our existence is determined by the way we perceive ourselves.
From relationships, what we try to do, what we avoid, and the misery in our lives all comes from the sense of who we are, how we value ourselves.
In short...how we deal with this math.
How I am doing in my spiritual battles.
Most Christians don't understand that they are in the middle of a conflict between God and Satan.
The battle began when Lucifer rebelled against God in heaven.
Some scholars believe that tells us the fall of Satan.
Satan apparently was puffed up with pride and wanted the worship which belonged to God alone.
He rebelled and God cast him from heaven.
God created the world and the first people.
Satan tricked Eve into rebelling against God as well, and Adam willfully joined this rebellion ().
So Adam followed Stan in his rebellion.
After this rebellion Satan became the god of this world (until Christ's work on the cross), see , , , and ; ; .
For Christ defeated Satan on the cross (; ).
Also, see http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-fall-of-satan-and-the-victory-of-christ.
How are you doing in this battle?
How I am living out my duty.
Our duty is to deal with Satan and his demons through the power of Christ.
Our identity is crucial here.
We are to be actively engaged in this battle.
We are not supposed to be a victim of this conflict.
God chose not to stop this war, so he gave us a new nature, his Spirit and the word to deal with Satan and his demons.
Whether or not I live as a victim
My identity, how I see myself, my understanding of what God did for us and with us in Christ, determines whether we live as an active participant in the battle, or a victim of the battle.
What does God say about this?
You are what God says you are.
You are not what you think you are, or even what others may say you are, rather, you are what God has declared you to be!
You have an identity as a new creation.
God speaks and worlds come into existence.
At creation, God simply spoke, and things were created, out of nothing, ex nihilo.
You are a new creation of God with a new identity.
When we accept Christ as our Lord and Savior, God declares us to be a new creation.
And thus we are.
We are given a new identity.
The same thing that happened at creation happens to us.
God declares us a new creation, and we are.
God takes away the spirit we are born with and puts a new one in us that will be with him for all eternity.
But there is one problem…Satan wants to teach us our identity, and he does this since our birth.
It happens sometimes through our families, always through society, and even sometimes in churches.
What does Satan say about this?
++You must meet certain standards to have value and be able to accept yourself.
++You must have the approval of others in order to accept yourself.
++Those who fail should be punished, including yourself.
++You are what you are, you cannot change.
I must meet certain standards to have value and be able to accept myself.
If I don't perform to a certain level, I can't accept myself and must reject myself.
I don't have value if I don't perform.
I must have the approval of others in order to accept myself.
I have to have the approval of others, especially certain ones like parents, in order for me to accept myself.
This is the most pervasive of them all.
It generalizes over everyone as we think we then have to have the approval of others.
Those who fail should be punished, including myself.
We don't just use this on others, we use it on ourselves too.
I am what I am, I cannot change.
What happens during situations in our lives?
Four false beliefs trigger thoughts
Thoughts trigger emotions
We act on these emotions.
This reinforces our commitment to the false beliefs.
Situations occur in our lives.
We go from one situation to the next.
We feel like we can control the situations we are going through.
But we can't.
However, God has planned these situations we go through.
When we go through them, they impact these 4 false beliefs.
When these beliefs are triggered, thoughts get triggered, and these trigger emotions.
From here, we act on these emotions.
As our actions happen, more power is given to the false belief.
Why do I feel this way?
Often, we have no idea why we feel this way.
We only explain it by pointing to a particular situation.
But, if it is the situation that is the problem, and we cannot control how we feel, then we are at the mercy of whatever situations happen in our life.
Is there hope?
If we understand that our situations are being interpreted by these 4 false beliefs, then if we change our false beliefs, we will see our emotions change, and if our emotions change, then our behavior will change.
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