KNOWING WHO YOU REALLY
ARE
BY DR. MERVYN ABREO
It is absolutely imperative that we know
three basic facts about ourselves: who am
I, where did I come from and where am I going!
Jesus knew these three basic truths about
Himself, and therefore He was able to function in any capacity; even as a
humble servant doing His Father’s will, going even to the extent of washing the
feet of His disciples.
But
before performing this lowly act, Jesus asserts Himself, thereby revealing His
true identity:
‘Jesus knew that the Father had put all
things under His power, and that He had come from God and was returning to
God.’ (Jh. 13:3).
But
it is only when this verse is paraphrased into modern Biblical language, that
it’s truly appreciated.
‘Jesus knew that He was The Omnipotent God
with absolute power, and that, although He had entered this world as a humble
human being, He had never ceased being God, and that He was returning to where He had come
from, where He would be acknowledged in all His glory, honor and power.’
(For more such Scriptures read: Scientifically modernizing Biblical language).
WHO AM I?
(Here I have used ‘I’ instead of ‘we’
to make it more personal.)
I
am a human being who has, out of my own free will and consent, accepted Jesus
Christ as my Lord and Savior, and therefore I have free access to my heavenly
Father.
I am a child of God and can call the mighty
Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient God as my Father.
I
am the temple of the Holy Spirit.
I
am a saint, who sins occasionally, and one who is continuously cleansed by the
precious blood of Lord Jesus Christ.
I
have been blessed in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in
Christ. For He chose me in Him before the creation of the world to be hole and
blameless in His sight. In love He predestined me to be adopted as His son
through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will-- to the praise
of His glorious grace which He has freely given me in the One He loves. In Him
I have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance
with the riches of God’s grace that He lavished on me with all wisdom and
understanding.
(Ephesians 1: 3 – 8).
And David who affirms about himself:
“I praise You because I am
fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full
well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed
body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them
came to be.” (Psalm 139:14).
WHERE
DID I COME FROM?
We
are ‘born again’ and therefore we come from God, Who is our Father.
When
we were born in the natural, our chromosomes came from our earthly parents, and
therefore we carried all the characteristics of our parents.
But now, since we are born of God, we
automatically bear His genes. This can easily be seen in God’s children,
who are so pure and holy, so different from those whose earthly parents are
junkies, rapists etc.
WHERE AM I GOING?
In
the spiritual we are already in heaven! Our names are written in the Lamb’s Book of
Life, and therefore we are citizens of heaven.
And
weather we undergo a physical death or are taken up in rapture, we will be spending eternity with our
heavenly Father!
Therefore
it is essential that we live more in the spiritual than in the natural and keep
continuously reminding ourselves of this fact:
I AM A SPIRIT BEING,
WHO HAS A SOUL AND LIVES IN A BODY!
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