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At Grace Family we focus our worship on Sunday to impact our lives every other day of the week as well. We also believe no one is perfect but everyone is welcome to worship God with us. So, no matter where you're from, what you've done, or what your week has been like, let's worship God and learn from His word together today.

Everyone searches for their identity

Who do I fit in with?

Who will love me for me?

Who do I want to be?

Who do I trust?

Am I who I thought I would be?

Am I who I was created to be?

As followers of Jesus we cannot answer the question of identity without answering questions about God.

Who God is or is not sets the table for every answer about identity?

Can we be sure the God of the Bible exists?

Are the conclusions we make about God consistent with the world around us?

1. Morality

• Romans 2:14-15, "Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. 15 They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right."

All people and societies uphold a set of moral values.

No one really believes true subjective morality leads to a positive outcome.

You cannot legislate morality if there is no consistent foundational rule.

2. Cosmology - The science of the origin and development of the universe.

• Romans 1:18-23, "18 But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.[a] 19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. 21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles."

The big bang.

1929 Hubble.

All matter and energy started in one place at one time.

If matter and energy had a beginning...mind must have come before matter.

"Either you think it's God, something you can't see, touch, taste, photography, and science can't prove, or you believe it's nothing...something you can't see, touch, tast, photograph, and science can't prove. 

But if your nothing sometimes spontaneously erupts into everything, that's a pretty magical nothing."                          - Pete Holmes

You are not an accident.

What you desire is not an accident.

We have a profound desire for beauty. 

Every desire points to fulfillment or completion. 

We have a profound desire to belong.

You and I long to be loved, known, and included because we are created by a God who loves, knows, and includes us. 

Only when we know God and are known by him can we feel complete. 

What if I choose not to believe it?

We will chase the moving goalposts of life and culture until time runs out.

Who I am should be found in who he is.

How will you take time to see God this week?

Gaze. Am I running too fast?

Search. Am I not running enough?

Worship. Am I chasing the right things?

Surrender. Is there something in my way?

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