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Sermon Outline “Until He Comes: Know Whose & Who You Are!” (Pt2) - I Peter 2:4-12 Self-esteem: “a person's overall evaluation or appraisal of her or his own worth,” good or bad The claim that good self-esteem is the cure for society’s ills is still prevalent. But is it true? Phil Cooke (The Change Revolution): The only problem with teaching self-esteem [is] it doesn’t work.” Professor Jean Twenge - Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled – and More Miserable than Ever Before. “Obsession with self- esteem has fuelled the rise of depression in the US, is encouraging narcissism, and undermining the skills of young people.” The Bible does not teach self-esteem, but self-denial - Mt 16:24-25 Do you know whose/who you are? 2012’s theme: Until He Comes - looking for Jesus to come again & living according to that perspective. God is here with us now & Jesus is coming again! We are enabled by God the Holy Spirit to so live for God’s glory as He teaches us whose we are & who we are in Christ & helps us live that out. I Peter 2:4-12 We are those who have come to Christ, the foundation of our lives and the cornerstone of the Church. We are “living stones,” which Jesus is using to build His Church, a “spiritual house.” We are in Christ priests to God and together a “holy priesthood.” We are I)A Chosen Race - “genos” - “kindred, offspring, family, stock, tribe, nation - the aggregate of many individuals of the same nature” (Strg’s). Romans 8:29 II)A Royal Priesthood - Holy/set apart priesthood, but also royalty! III)A Holy Nation - a nation of people set apart by God for Himself - Phil. 3:20 - Our loyalty belongs 1st to God. IV)A People for God’s Own Possession - Simply put, we belong to God. We are somebodies because we belong to Somebody greater than ourselves, somebody w/a claim on our lives, somebody who has redeemed us for Himself & in so doing has attributed worth to us. God has given us purpose: “That you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” V)Sojourners & Exiles - Sojourners - foreigners living in a place w/out the right of citizenship Exiles - those residing in the land of others. “This world is not our home” We so want to belong, but Peter is saying, “live as if you don’t belong here; live like you belong to Jesus May they see Jesus in us & give glory to God. Until He comes, let us remember whose we are and live like who we are in Christ!