Finding One’s Identity
Victor L. Brown April 1983 Sunday Morning Session
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This wonderful young man has now achieved an awareness of his own identity which so many people, young and old, are hungering for.
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In Psalm 8:4 the question is asked: “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?”
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“Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.” (Ps.
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With this unique capability and emphasis on the worth of souls in the sight of God also comes the opportunity for confusion.
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“So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” (Luke 12:16–21.)
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“And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” (Matt.
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“While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.” (John 12:35–36.)
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 19: “He Spake Many Things unto Them in Parables”
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- Open paragraph (Matt. 7:24)
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That the lesson of the parables was comprehensible through study, prayer and search was intimated in the Teacher’s admonishment: “Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”m To the more studious inquirers, the Master added: “Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 22: A Period of Darkening Opposition
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- Open paragraph (Matt. 7:24)
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Through direct revelation from God Peter knew that Jesus was the Christ; and upon revelation, as a rock of secure foundation, the Church of Christ was to be built.e Though torrents should fall, floods roll, winds rage, and all beat together upon that structure, it would not, could not, fall, for it was founded upon a rock;f and even the powers of hell would be impotent to prevail against it.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 25: Jesus Again in Jerusalem
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- Open paragraph (John 8:12)
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Sitting within the temple enclosure in the division known as the Treasury, which was connected with the Court of the Women,y our Lord continued His teaching, saying: “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”z The great lamps set up in the court as a feature of the joyful celebration just ended gave point to our Lord’s avowal of Himself as the Light of the World.
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Jesus the Christ
Chapter 26: Our Lord’s Ministry in Perea and Judea
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- Open paragraph (Luke 18:18)
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This lawyer, standing up among the people who had gathered to hear Jesus, asked: “Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”b Jesus replied by a counter question, in which was plainly intimated that if this man, who was professedly learned in the law, had read and studied properly, he should know without asking what he ought to do.
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Chapter 29: On to Jerusalem
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- Open paragraph (John 8:12)
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The voice was real; it was no subjective whisper of comfort to the inner consciousness of Jesus, but an external, objective reality.
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