To find your identity in Christ is to feel grief at what grieves Christ, and to unite around what he values. And that includes not just ideals but people: to find our identity in Christ is to love his body and accept those he accepts: “welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you” (Romans 15:7).
Knowing Jesus is simply recognizing your need for Him, believing that He died and was resurrected for you… and inviting Him to be your friend, your advocate, your savior. “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through me.”
We seek God first by remembering that our approval comes from Him. We accept what Jesus did on the cross for us, and we put Him first when we seek to live out the calling He has for us. We say yes to God above and before anything else. He is the answer to everything that matters in this life and for eternity.
We Are Precious and Honored in His Eyes. In Isaiah 43:4, it says, “Since you are precious and honored in my sight and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.” In God's eyes, we are precious and honored.
In Exodus, God states His own name for the first time: “God said to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM. ' And He said, 'Say this to the people of Israel: 'I AM has sent me to you'” (Exodus 3:14). The name of I AM is how God chose to introduce himself, becoming so sacred that in Judaism, the name is not to be spoken.
It is simply this: Love God and love others. That is the greatest calling, and if you remember nothing else, I hope you remember this truth: God has called you—and that's His will for your life—to love Him with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself.
He sees you in the Beloved—He sees you in Christ, and He sees the blood that has been shed for you by His dear Son. When God looks at you today, He sees Jesus. Because of this, His thoughts toward you are thoughts of loving-kindness, forgiveness, blessings, and favor.
When the people of Israel were enslaved in Egypt, they cried out to God for deliverance. Then God answered their cry, using the expression “I am who I am” (Exod 3:14) to introduce himself as their deliverer. In English, that sounds like a philosophical statement about God's existence.
We belong to the Most High God… His beloved and forgiven children. Our Lord Jesus Christ gave His life so we could live. Jesus is our Living Hope and our Eternal Lord.
“From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind” (Psalm 33:13). Like Proverbs 15:3 explains, “The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.” God is keeping an eye on everyone. Nothing that happens in the world is out of His view.
God looks like nothing we could comprehend
For example, John 4:24 says God is a spirit, and as Exodus 33:20 points out, “You cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” “As sinful human beings, we are incapable of seeing God in all his glory,” according to Got Questions.
God sees each of us through eyes of unconditional love, and He loves everyone—it doesn't matter what they do, where they work, how much money they have, how educated they are or what they look like. We need to do the same. We need to learn to see others as God sees them.
Aramaic is best known as the language Jesus spoke. It is a Semitic language originating in the middle Euphrates. In 800-600 BC it spread from there to Syria and Mesopotamia. The oldest preserved inscriptions are from this period and written in Old Aramaic.
Jehovah (/dʒɪˈhoʊvə/) is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
'” (Exodus 3:14). Elsewhere in John's gospel, Jesus made seven profound “I am” statements (“I am the bread of life … the light of the world … the gate [for the sheep] … the Good Shepherd … the resurrection and the life … the way, the truth and the life … the true vine …”). Jesus identified himself as the great “I AM.”
God Desires Us to Worship and Love Him. It's not enough just to know God, although that is certainly essential. God also wants us to worship and love Him. In fact, the Bible says that if we know God but don't worship and love Him, we're no better than the demons.
Scripture clearly indicates that God does view sin differently and that He proscribed a different punishment for sin depending upon its severity. While God does see sin differently we now have Jesus to forgive us of our sin.
He speaks through scriptures, impressions, dreams and angels. On matters universally relevant, He speaks through His living prophet. Occasionally Christ physically appears on earth and speaks. We hear God's words according to our faithfulness, to help with our personal needs.
God calls all of us to be His disciples and to do His work. In the Bible, God makes it clear that we are to love others, care for the poor, and live our lives in such a way that others see Him in us.
Instead, Micah listed out the three principles of what God asks of His people: to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with Him.