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The Way We Look

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The  Way  We  Look  

Advent:    The  Church’s    

Mirror  

How  Do  I  See  Me?  How  Do  Others  See  Me?  How  Does  God  See  Me?  

John  the    BapDst    

Your  View  of  Self  +  

Your  View  of  Jesus    

=  Your  Character  

“This  was  John’s  tesDmony  when  the  Jewish  leaders  in  Jerusalem  sent  priests  and  Levites  to  ask  him  who  he  was.  He  did  not  fail  to  confess,  but  confessed  freely,  “I  am  not  the  Messiah.”  

John  1:19  

“I  bapDze  with  water,”  John  replied,  “but  among  you  stands  one  you  do  not  know.    He  is  the  one  who  comes  aUer  me,  the  straps  of  whose  sandals  I  am  not  worthy  to  unDe.”  

John  1:26  

Unworthy?    

•  I  despise  myself  Or  

•  I  disregard  myself    

“I  care  very  liYle  if  I  am  judged  by  you  or  by  any  human  court;  indeed,  I  do  not  even  judge  myself.  ”      

1  Corinthians  4:3  

Your  View  of  Self  +  

Your  View  of  Jesus    

=  Your  Character  

“The  next  day  John  saw  Jesus  coming  toward  him  and  said,  “Behold,  the  Lamb  of  God,  who  takes  away  the  sin  of  the  world!”      

John  1:29  

Fearless  Confident  

Approachable  Non-­‐Judgmental  

Resilient  

“True  humility  is  not  thinking  less  of  yourself;  it  is  thinking  of  yourself  less.”      

C.  S.  Lewis  

Advent:    The  Church’s    

Mirror