Core 52 Adults | Week 2 | Identity
Part of Core 52
March 16, 2022

OPENING DISCUSSION

  1. How would you respond to the question, “Who are you?

  2. Can the things that define you be taken away and, if so, what happens when they are removed from your life?

VIDEO RECAP

  1. There are three primary characteristics that God has put in us:

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    . With each of these characteristics, they are all
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    is in operation at all times. This means that in the mundane, we have the
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    for our
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    of God’s nature in us.

  2. God – in his nature – is

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    . So are YOU. So am I. You cannot ask the questions
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    without asking the question
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    . You are the COLLECTION OF RELATIONSHIPS around you. That’s why the church of Jesus is so
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    to understanding YOUR NATURE as
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KEY POINTS

  1. Our true identity is found in community, not in individualism.

  2. God’s divine nature in us is exercised in the simplest acts of converstaion, art, planning, shared meals, etc.

  3. Our divine design enables and requires us to participate with God in the ongoing act of creation.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. What does it mean for you to be made in God’s image? How does that affect the way you live your life?

  2. Last week, we talked about the difference between the church (people) and a church building. Is having Christian community a necessary part of Christian identity?

  3. What is our culture’s view on individualism vs community? How does it affect the way we think, feel, and act?

  4. What are the dangers of retreating from this community?

  5. Because we are made in the image of God, what responsibilities do we have to the environment? What responsibilities do we have to other humans?

  6. Why should we care about creation now if God is going to destroy it all and make a new earth one day?

ACTION STEPS

Share what you will do to carry out the following action steps for this week:
1. Identify one area of your life where you’re living too individualistically, and invite someone into that area of your life.

  1. To help care for God’s creation, pick up one piece of trash you find on the ground today. Then say a prayer thanking God for His creation and that you have the opportunity to help care for it.

  2. Because we are made in the image of God, what responsibilities do we have to the environment? What responsibilities do we have to other humans?

TO DO THIS WEEK

Thursday
• Memorize GENESIS 1:26

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,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” —Genesis 1:26 (NIV)

Friday
• Read EPHESIANS 1
What does it tell you about who you are that the Genesis story doesn’t?

Monday
Meditate on PSALM 8:4–5; PSALM 139:13–14; HEBREWS 2:6–8.


Tuesday
We claim an important part of our true identity when we take community seriously. Pick three friends and think about what abilities and characteristics they have that reflect God’s nature. (Your friends don’t need to be Christians, just humans.) Then share what you see with them. It will blow their minds.Then, identify one area of your life where you’re living too individualistically, and then invite someone into that area of your life.

OVERACHIEVER CHALLENGE: MEMORIZE PSALM 8:4-5