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Welcome the Blessings in Christ. I'mScott Roberts. Blessings in Christ is also
the Church of Christ preaching the Gospelof our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
He that believeth and is baptized shallbe saved. The Church of Christ
is scriptural in name Romans sixteen sixteen, scriptural and origin Colossians one eighteen,
scriptural and doctrine one Timothy four sixteen, and scriptural in practice James one and
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twenty two. Our lesson today isby James Mills from the Baltimore, Ohio
Church of Christ. He's bringing usa lesson on self esteem self worth.
In the Bible, we are alwaysto be humble, and we're never to
look at ourselves higher than anyone else. And we are also commanded to be
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in subjection to Christ and to obeyHis commandments. And Romans eight and verse
sixteen through seventeen. The Spirit itselfbeareth witness with our spirit that we are
the children of God. And ifchildren, then heirs heirs with God,
joint heirs with Christ, if sobe that we suffer with Him, that
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we may be glorified together. Sonot only are we humble, but we
also need to realize we are thechildren of God and we do need to
feel good about ourself and our Christianlife because we are ambassadors for Christ and
we are also stewards in His kingdom. We are the children of God.
We need to have self esteem andwe also need to be humble. We
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hope that you enjoy the lesson todayby James Mills and please like us on
Facebook. Thank you. No,maybe my hair doesn't let right, maybe
my head covering is not on straight, you know, or maybe my shirt
my collar is not straight, maybemy shirt's not buttoned up at the top.
And that goes along with our selfimage. That is having confidence in
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yourself. It didn't matter when Isaid I'm going to take a selfie,
you are ready, ready to goone, two three, say cheese.
And as well, self respect andthat as you think highly is enough of
yourself, as you respect yourself asa person, and it doesn't matter what
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other people see when they look atthat picture. Because I have respect for
myself, I know that that's goingto be a good picture. Both of
the time we talk about people takingtoo highly of themselves, right, we
have those that are arrogant, thosethat think of themselves to be better than
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others. Their self image places themabove all, and they feel that they
are better than, they look betterthan they're just an overall better person than
others around them. And we readabout that in God's word in the Book
of Romans, chapter twelve. Ifyou get your Bible and fall along with
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this in Romans chapter twelve, versethree, for I say, through the
grace given it to me to everyman, notice that is among you,
not to think of himself more highlythan he ought to think, but to
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think what soberly, according as Godhas dealt to every man the measure of
faith. So we're warned in God'sword not to think of ourself more highly
than others. But what we're tothink of ourself, Notice, think of
ourself soberly. That is not placingourself above anyone else. And we talk
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about that a lot. We talkabout not thinking or boasting of ourself to
be better than other people. Butthis morning I want to talk about the
other end of the spectrum. We'renot going to talk about thinking highly more
highly of ourself, but we wantto talk about thinking more lowly of yourself
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than others. Now, this morningI ask you so which is right?
You know which is right and whichis wrong. Is it okay to think
lowly of yourself? Because God's worddoesn't tell us that it's wrong. God's
word tells us that it's wrong tothink more highly of yourself. Well,
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this morning, neither one of them. The answer is neither one is right
in the eyes of God. Goddoesn't intend for us to think of ourself
better than others. And God doesn'tintend for us to think of ourself more
lowly than others. But what Godexpects is for us to have our honest
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self image, and that is behonest with yourself. And the next few
in minutes, we'll go through God'sword and we'll use his words to explain
exactly how we're to look at ourself. What are we to do when we
look at our self image? Howwe feel about ourself. The problems we
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have with self image today is,first of all, it affects the way
we see our self. It canlead us to have emotional problems, both
mentally and physically. If you feelthat you are worthless, if you feel
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that you're useless, if you havethat lack of confidence, then it can
lead you to have emotional problems.It can lead you to have health problems.
It can lead you to have thingslike stress, can lead you to
have things like anorexia, balimia.It can also cause you to be so
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extreme that you begin to cut yourself. The way we view ourselves, our
self image, first of all,affects us as a person. And what
do we do. We try tofix these issues. Right If we see
or we feel that we are worthlessand we are useless, and we are
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low, then we try to correctthose problems and we do things like botox,
We do things like plastic surgery,We do things like extreme dieting.
We try to fix the problem bychanging the way God invented us. Why
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because we feel less than? Wefeel that now there's nothing wrong. Let's
correct this. There's nothing wrong withcaring about how you look. It's important
to look presentable. It's important foryou to look good. It builds confidence.
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But when we let that lead toextremes, then that's what causes us
to have walk both mental and physicalissues. The second problem that comes with
our low self esteem low self imageis it affects our relationship with others.
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If you think of yourself less thanand you feel less than others around you.
You're always seeking for approval. Right, it matters to you what other
people think, and it gets outof hand to where you need those likes
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on Facebook? Right? How manylikes did I get on this post?
Did anybody comment on that picture?I posted? And you have a following
on social media? That's important?I need this many? Oh I only
had this many followers. So andso has more than me, And it
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matters to you. It matters toyou. That's the problem. And if
we don't get those likes, orif we don't get those followers, then
we feel like we have failed.We feel like we're a failure because we're
not up to other people's par Andthe third thing a low self image will
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do. It will affect our relationshipwith God. We start to blame God.
God's the one that made me fat, Right, God made me ugly?
God did this to me? Right? Why did God make it to
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worry? I can't jump very high? Why God made it to worry?
I'm not as fast as the otherperson. Why did God do that?
Why is he treating me this way? Why am I not as smart as
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the valedictorian? Why? Why didGod make me this way, Why didn't
God give me talent? Why can'tI play a musical instrument? It affects
our relationship with God. In Isaiahchapter forty five, verse nine, woe
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unto him that striveth with his maker. Let the potshirts strive with the potsherds
all the earth. Shall the claysay to him that fashionth it? What
makest thou or thy work? Hehath no hands? Woe unto him that
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saith them to his father? Whatbegettest thou? Or to the woman?
What hast thou brought forth? Doesthe clay question? Does the clay questioned?
The potter no, has no controlover what's about to happen? Do
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you question mother and father? Isit their fault? The way you were
born? We start to question Godwhen we feel less than when we have
a low self esteem, a poorself image. We want to blame it
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on God. Romans chapter nine,verse twenty. Nay, But old man,
who art thou that replies against God, shall the thing formed say to
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him that formed it? Why hastthou made me? Thus hath not the
potter power over the clay of thesame lump to make one best one to
honor and another to dishonor it's notour place to question God and how we're
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made. He's in control. He'sin control. But when we have a
low self esteem, a poor selfimage of ourself, it affects not only
our self physically mentally, it affectsour relationship with others around us. We
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need to feel accepted. We needto have those likes, We need to
have those that follow us. Weneed to have those people that tell us
we look good, how smart weare, how awesome of a person we
are. And if we don't findthat, then we'll find other people right
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whether or not my friend, becausethey always complain about the way I look.
And the third thing, it affectsour relationship with God. We forget
about our creator, we forget abouthow perfect we were made, and we
question God and we want to blameGod. So this morning, let's understand.
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Let's take God's word and understand selfimage from a biblical standpoint. We
want to take God's word not justsimply stating that he created us and that's
it. Deal with it. Youknow you are what God made you,
so be happy. Deal with that. So we want to find in God's
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word how we are to measure ourself worth? How do we how do
we measure exactly what we're word?How do we determine our self image?
First of all, it's our appearance, right, how we look. We're
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consumed by how we look. Weeither need to be We're either too pale,
so we need ten right. Andthen we have other people that are
too dark, they need to belighter. We have people that have thick
hair, we have people that havethin hair. Nobody's ever happy. My
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hair's too thick, my hair's toothin. I've got fat jaws. I've
had fat jaws all my life.I've got a double chin. I've had
a double chin most of my life. Guess what. My dad had a
double chin. I will probably diewith a double chin. I just hope
I don't have three. I'm baldyor I am bald, but I can't
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confuse that as to what I'm worthright. The The sake is we start
to count our looks on what we'revau what our value is. Does it
make me less than because I've gotfat jaws, double chin, bald head.
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Does it make me less than you? Does it make you feel better
because I look this way? Itgives us a false measure of exactly what
we're worth. Turn Over to Proverbs. Let's go to Proverbs chapter thirty one,
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Proverbs chapter thirty one, and goto verse thirty favor. Notice,
favor is deceitful, and beauty isvain. But a woman that fear of
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the Lord, what she shall bepraised. Give her the fruit of her
hands, and let her own wordspraise her in the gates. Beauty is
vain. Our appearance isn't what mattersto God, but our fear of God,
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Fearing the Lord, that's what matters. That's what makes you worth something
is if you fear God, knowingthat one day you will be judged according
to your works here on this earth. Back up to Proverbs chapter sixteen.
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Proverbs chapter sixteen and verse thirty one. The hoary head, that is the
gray hair, is a crown ofglory if it be found in the way.
What of righteousness? Our righteousness iswhat matters, not the color of
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your hair, not how much hairyou have, but whether or not you
are a righteous person, a personthat fears God. The second thing is
we confuse with our self worth.Our self image is our abilities. We
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determine what we're worth on whether wecan or we can't do something. Right,
I can't. I can't, thereforeI'm worthless. I can't do that,
so I'm useless. Right, Butif I can do it, I'm
the best. Right, I'm thebest. You know. There's a pickleball
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craze right now. Everybody wants toplay pickleball. The girls have drug me
over to the pickleball courts twice.The first time very bad, the second
time a little better. But Iwill never be good at pickleball. But
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I have fun. I have fun, but it doesn't determine what I'm worth
because I'm not good at pickleball.And on the other hand, if I
was really good at pickleball, doesthat make me better than you because I'm
a good pickleball player. We confuseour self worth on whether we can or
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we can't do something, you know. Psalms seven, Psalms Chapter oneeven let's
read verses ten through eleven. Hedelighteth not in the strength of the horse.
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Notice he taketh not pleasure in thelegs of a man. The Lord
taketh pleasure, and then want thatfear him, and those that hope in
his mercy praise the Lord. OhJerusalem, Praise thy God, O Ziah.
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There's no delight in our physical abilities, whether we can or we can't
do something. I would have lovedto have been a college football starf baseball
star. You know, I wasgood at baseball, but I was I
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knew that I wasn't good enough tobe a star athlete in college. I
would never be a pro athlete.But did that make me less than?
Did that make me worthless because Icouldn't do that? No? But me
fearing God and obeying the Gospel thatmade me worth more than any of those
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stars that never knew God, neverknew God. God delights in those that
fear Him, those that obtain righteousness. What about our accomplishments? Do you
determine what you're worth because of whatyou've accomplished? How many trophies do you
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have? Do you put them?Place them all over the walls of your
house to make sure everybody notices justhow awesome you were, whether it be
academics, athletics. Do you haveplaque upon plaque upon plaque about your honor,
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student, honor of the month,great attendance? You know, does
that make you better? Then?Does that make you an awesome person.
We value our trophies. We valuehow many degrees? How far did you
go to school? And and Emilyare about to where they are about to
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start their fourth year seniors in college. Unfortunately I don't have that, not
even half that. Does that makethem better than me? Probably? Probably?
No? In God's eyes, theyare no better than me. They
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may be smarter than me, theymay be smarter than me, but when
they get that degree, it won'tmake them a better person than I am.
It's your problem when you place thevalue on that that that person is
better than and you are worthless whenyou use that to determine your worth.
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That's the problem. That's the problem. Maybe people have a higher position at
work. You know, you havea boss and they have a boss you
know, and you can't stand itbecause that boss of yours tells you what
to do? Right? Does thatmake you less than just because they have
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authority over your work day? TheCEO, does that make him a better
word? It's more than you does. A person that makes more money does
that make them a better person thanyou? The problem is is when we
place that as how we value ourselves. Second Corinthians. Second Corinthians, Chapter
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ten and verse twelve. Paul,and speaking to those at Corinth, says,
for we dare not make ourselves ofthe number or compare ourselves with some
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that commend themselves. But they measuringthemselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves.
What are not Why? Yes,when we begin to compare ourself to
others, others accomplishments, maybe theyaccomplished more than we did. That doesn't
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make them a better person, Paultold those in Corinth, when you compare
yourselves to others, it's not wise, he said, it's not wise.
That will cause you to feel lessthan That will cause you to have a
low self esteem, that will causeyou to have a poor self image when
you start or try to compare yourselfto others around you. On the day
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of judgment, when you stand beforeGod, He's not going to compare you
to what the other people you willanswer for you and you alone, they
will answer for themselves. And thelast thing that we look at when we
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try to see what we're worth isour possessions. What we all You know,
how big of a house do wehave? Does that make you better
than? Does that make you better? If you've got a five thousand square
foot mansion. Does that make youbetter than a person that lives in an
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RV. It was your choice,It didn't make you better than or if
you chose to live and travel aroundan RV, that doesn't make you less
than. We feel that we're worthmore if we have more, if we
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have more money than others. Doesit make you hold your head up high
and feel like, Oh, I'mbetter? Oh I know I got more
money than those people end up retiringbecause you've got enough money. And I
know of several several people that workuntil they die. How many times have
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you heard I'll have to work tillI die because I can't retire. I
don't have enough money. Does thatmake you less than if you never retire.
Does that make you worth more ifyou did retire and you've got the
means to live out your life andrest enjoy that. Neither one is wrong.
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But if you value your worth basedon how much money you have,
how big your house is, hownice your car is, that's where it's
displeasing to God. And as Paultold those at Corinth, it's not wise.
It's not wise to compare yourself.Turn over to the Book of Luke
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Look chapter twelve, verse fifteen.Jesus spoke concerning valuing our possessions. Luke
Chapter twelve and verse fifteen. Jesussaid, under the m take heed notice
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and beware of conveteousness, for aman's life consists not in the abundance of
the things which he possesses. Jesushimself spoke these words. He said,
it doesn't matter how much you have. That doesn't mean how valuable you are
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because of what you possess. AgainPsalms, Psalms chapter sixteen. Psalms,
Chapter sixteen. And we'll read versesone and to preserve me, O God,
for indeed do I put my trust, oh my soul, thou hast
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said it too, the lord thouart, my lord, my God,
goodness extendeth not to thee. So, after we realize that we're placing all
of our value on everything other thanwhat God told us to, we begin
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to depend on other things to tellus what we're worth. Right So,
now, because we don't know howto value ourselves, we've done everything wrong.
We've based it on what we looklike. We've based it on whether
we can or we can't do stuff. We've based it on whether we've accomplished
something or not. We've based iton how much possessions we own. So
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now we turn, we turn toother things to see what what am I
worth? And the first thing wedo is we place it on our parents,
right, our parents. Why Becauseour parents have been there from the
start, from the time you wereborn. Your parents have been there instructing
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you, teaching you, and thiswill make the biggest impact on your life.
Have you ever been told, orhave you ever heard a parent tell
their baby that you're such a huskythink
Welcome the Blessings in Christ. I'mScott Roberts. Blessings in Christ is also
the Church of Christ preaching the Gospelof our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
He that believeth and is baptized shallbe saved. The Church of Christ
is scriptural in name Romans sixteen sixteen, scriptural and origin Colossians one eighteen,
scriptural and doctrine one Timothy four sixteen, and scriptural in practice James one and
(00:24):
twenty two. Our lesson today isby James Mills from the Baltimore, Ohio
Church of Christ. He's bringing usa lesson on self esteem self worth.
In the Bible, we are alwaysto be humble, and we're never to
look at ourselves higher than anyone else. And we are also commanded to be
(00:47):
in subjection to Christ and to obeyHis commandments. And Romans eight and verse
sixteen through seventeen. The Spirit itselfbeareth witness with our spirit that we are
the children of God. And ifchildren, then heirs heirs with God,
joint heirs with Christ, if sobe that we suffer with Him, that
(01:07):
we may be glorified together. Sonot only are we humble, but we
also need to realize we are thechildren of God and we do need to
feel good about ourself and our Christianlife because we are ambassadors for Christ and
we are also stewards in His kingdom. We are the children of God.
We need to have self esteem andwe also need to be humble. We
(01:32):
hope that you enjoy the lesson todayby James Mills and please like us on
Facebook. Thank you. No,maybe my hair doesn't let right, maybe
my head covering is not on straight, you know, or maybe my shirt
my collar is not straight, maybemy shirt's not buttoned up at the top.
And that goes along with our selfimage. That is having confidence in
(01:53):
yourself. It didn't matter when Isaid I'm going to take a selfie,
you are ready, ready to goone, two three, say cheese.
And as well, self respect andthat as you think highly is enough of
yourself, as you respect yourself asa person, and it doesn't matter what
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other people see when they look atthat picture. Because I have respect for
myself, I know that that's goingto be a good picture. Both of
the time we talk about people takingtoo highly of themselves, right, we
have those that are arrogant, thosethat think of themselves to be better than
(02:37):
others. Their self image places themabove all, and they feel that they
are better than, they look betterthan they're just an overall better person than
others around them. And we readabout that in God's word in the Book
of Romans, chapter twelve. Ifyou get your Bible and fall along with
(02:59):
this in Romans chapter twelve, versethree, for I say, through the
grace given it to me to everyman, notice that is among you,
not to think of himself more highlythan he ought to think, but to
(03:20):
think what soberly, according as Godhas dealt to every man the measure of
faith. So we're warned in God'sword not to think of ourself more highly
than others. But what we're tothink of ourself, Notice, think of
ourself soberly. That is not placingourself above anyone else. And we talk
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about that a lot. We talkabout not thinking or boasting of ourself to
be better than other people. Butthis morning I want to talk about the
other end of the spectrum. We'renot going to talk about thinking highly more
highly of ourself, but we wantto talk about thinking more lowly of yourself
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than others. Now, this morningI ask you so which is right?
You know which is right and whichis wrong. Is it okay to think
lowly of yourself? Because God's worddoesn't tell us that it's wrong. God's
word tells us that it's wrong tothink more highly of yourself. Well,
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this morning, neither one of them. The answer is neither one is right
in the eyes of God. Goddoesn't intend for us to think of ourself
better than others. And God doesn'tintend for us to think of ourself more
lowly than others. But what Godexpects is for us to have our honest
(04:54):
self image, and that is behonest with yourself. And the next few
in minutes, we'll go through God'sword and we'll use his words to explain
exactly how we're to look at ourself. What are we to do when we
look at our self image? Howwe feel about ourself. The problems we
(05:16):
have with self image today is,first of all, it affects the way
we see our self. It canlead us to have emotional problems, both
mentally and physically. If you feelthat you are worthless, if you feel
(05:38):
that you're useless, if you havethat lack of confidence, then it can
lead you to have emotional problems.It can lead you to have health problems.
It can lead you to have thingslike stress, can lead you to
have things like anorexia, balimia.It can also cause you to be so
(06:04):
extreme that you begin to cut yourself. The way we view ourselves, our
self image, first of all,affects us as a person. And what
do we do. We try tofix these issues. Right If we see
or we feel that we are worthlessand we are useless, and we are
(06:28):
low, then we try to correctthose problems and we do things like botox,
We do things like plastic surgery,We do things like extreme dieting.
We try to fix the problem bychanging the way God invented us. Why
(06:55):
because we feel less than? Wefeel that now there's nothing wrong. Let's
correct this. There's nothing wrong withcaring about how you look. It's important
to look presentable. It's important foryou to look good. It builds confidence.
(07:19):
But when we let that lead toextremes, then that's what causes us
to have walk both mental and physicalissues. The second problem that comes with
our low self esteem low self imageis it affects our relationship with others.
(07:45):
If you think of yourself less thanand you feel less than others around you.
You're always seeking for approval. Right, it matters to you what other
people think, and it gets outof hand to where you need those likes
(08:05):
on Facebook? Right? How manylikes did I get on this post?
Did anybody comment on that picture?I posted? And you have a following
on social media? That's important?I need this many? Oh I only
had this many followers. So andso has more than me, And it
(08:28):
matters to you. It matters toyou. That's the problem. And if
we don't get those likes, orif we don't get those followers, then
we feel like we have failed.We feel like we're a failure because we're
not up to other people's par Andthe third thing a low self image will
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do. It will affect our relationshipwith God. We start to blame God.
God's the one that made me fat, Right, God made me ugly?
God did this to me? Right? Why did God make it to
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worry? I can't jump very high? Why God made it to worry?
I'm not as fast as the otherperson. Why did God do that?
Why is he treating me this way? Why am I not as smart as
(09:33):
the valedictorian? Why? Why didGod make me this way, Why didn't
God give me talent? Why can'tI play a musical instrument? It affects
our relationship with God. In Isaiahchapter forty five, verse nine, woe
(10:07):
unto him that striveth with his maker. Let the potshirts strive with the potsherds
all the earth. Shall the claysay to him that fashionth it? What
makest thou or thy work? Hehath no hands? Woe unto him that
(10:30):
saith them to his father? Whatbegettest thou? Or to the woman?
What hast thou brought forth? Doesthe clay question? Does the clay questioned?
The potter no, has no controlover what's about to happen? Do
(10:56):
you question mother and father? Isit their fault? The way you were
born? We start to question Godwhen we feel less than when we have
a low self esteem, a poorself image. We want to blame it
(11:16):
on God. Romans chapter nine,verse twenty. Nay, But old man,
who art thou that replies against God, shall the thing formed say to
(11:39):
him that formed it? Why hastthou made me? Thus hath not the
potter power over the clay of thesame lump to make one best one to
honor and another to dishonor it's notour place to question God and how we're
(12:05):
made. He's in control. He'sin control. But when we have a
low self esteem, a poor selfimage of ourself, it affects not only
our self physically mentally, it affectsour relationship with others around us. We
(12:28):
need to feel accepted. We needto have those likes, We need to
have those that follow us. Weneed to have those people that tell us
we look good, how smart weare, how awesome of a person we
are. And if we don't findthat, then we'll find other people right
(12:50):
whether or not my friend, becausethey always complain about the way I look.
And the third thing, it affectsour relationship with God. We forget
about our creator, we forget abouthow perfect we were made, and we
question God and we want to blameGod. So this morning, let's understand.
(13:16):
Let's take God's word and understand selfimage from a biblical standpoint. We
want to take God's word not justsimply stating that he created us and that's
it. Deal with it. Youknow you are what God made you,
so be happy. Deal with that. So we want to find in God's
(13:41):
word how we are to measure ourself worth? How do we how do
we measure exactly what we're word?How do we determine our self image?
First of all, it's our appearance, right, how we look. We're
(14:01):
consumed by how we look. Weeither need to be We're either too pale,
so we need ten right. Andthen we have other people that are
too dark, they need to belighter. We have people that have thick
hair, we have people that havethin hair. Nobody's ever happy. My
(14:22):
hair's too thick, my hair's toothin. I've got fat jaws. I've
had fat jaws all my life.I've got a double chin. I've had
a double chin most of my life. Guess what. My dad had a
double chin. I will probably diewith a double chin. I just hope
I don't have three. I'm baldyor I am bald, but I can't
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confuse that as to what I'm worthright. The The sake is we start
to count our looks on what we'revau what our value is. Does it
make me less than because I've gotfat jaws, double chin, bald head.
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Does it make me less than you? Does it make you feel better
because I look this way? Itgives us a false measure of exactly what
we're worth. Turn Over to Proverbs. Let's go to Proverbs chapter thirty one,
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Proverbs chapter thirty one, and goto verse thirty favor. Notice,
favor is deceitful, and beauty isvain. But a woman that fear of
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the Lord, what she shall bepraised. Give her the fruit of her
hands, and let her own wordspraise her in the gates. Beauty is
vain. Our appearance isn't what mattersto God, but our fear of God,
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Fearing the Lord, that's what matters. That's what makes you worth something
is if you fear God, knowingthat one day you will be judged according
to your works here on this earth. Back up to Proverbs chapter sixteen.
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Proverbs chapter sixteen and verse thirty one. The hoary head, that is the
gray hair, is a crown ofglory if it be found in the way.
What of righteousness? Our righteousness iswhat matters, not the color of
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your hair, not how much hairyou have, but whether or not you
are a righteous person, a personthat fears God. The second thing is
we confuse with our self worth.Our self image is our abilities. We
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determine what we're worth on whether wecan or we can't do something. Right,
I can't. I can't, thereforeI'm worthless. I can't do that,
so I'm useless. Right, Butif I can do it, I'm
the best. Right, I'm thebest. You know. There's a pickleball
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craze right now. Everybody wants toplay pickleball. The girls have drug me
over to the pickleball courts twice.The first time very bad, the second
time a little better. But Iwill never be good at pickleball. But
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I have fun. I have fun, but it doesn't determine what I'm worth
because I'm not good at pickleball.And on the other hand, if I
was really good at pickleball, doesthat make me better than you because I'm
a good pickleball player. We confuseour self worth on whether we can or
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we can't do something, you know. Psalms seven, Psalms Chapter oneeven let's
read verses ten through eleven. Hedelighteth not in the strength of the horse.
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Notice he taketh not pleasure in thelegs of a man. The Lord
taketh pleasure, and then want thatfear him, and those that hope in
his mercy praise the Lord. OhJerusalem, Praise thy God, O Ziah.
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There's no delight in our physical abilities, whether we can or we can't
do something. I would have lovedto have been a college football starf baseball
star. You know, I wasgood at baseball, but I was I
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knew that I wasn't good enough tobe a star athlete in college. I
would never be a pro athlete.But did that make me less than?
Did that make me worthless because Icouldn't do that? No? But me
fearing God and obeying the Gospel thatmade me worth more than any of those
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stars that never knew God, neverknew God. God delights in those that
fear Him, those that obtain righteousness. What about our accomplishments? Do you
determine what you're worth because of whatyou've accomplished? How many trophies do you
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have? Do you put them?Place them all over the walls of your
house to make sure everybody notices justhow awesome you were, whether it be
academics, athletics. Do you haveplaque upon plaque upon plaque about your honor,
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student, honor of the month,great attendance? You know, does
that make you better? Then?Does that make you an awesome person.
We value our trophies. We valuehow many degrees? How far did you
go to school? And and Emilyare about to where they are about to
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start their fourth year seniors in college. Unfortunately I don't have that, not
even half that. Does that makethem better than me? Probably? Probably?
No? In God's eyes, theyare no better than me. They
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may be smarter than me, theymay be smarter than me, but when
they get that degree, it won'tmake them a better person than I am.
It's your problem when you place thevalue on that that that person is
better than and you are worthless whenyou use that to determine your worth.
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That's the problem. That's the problem. Maybe people have a higher position at
work. You know, you havea boss and they have a boss you
know, and you can't stand itbecause that boss of yours tells you what
to do? Right? Does thatmake you less than just because they have
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authority over your work day? TheCEO, does that make him a better
word? It's more than you does. A person that makes more money does
that make them a better person thanyou? The problem is is when we
place that as how we value ourselves. Second Corinthians. Second Corinthians, Chapter
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ten and verse twelve. Paul,and speaking to those at Corinth, says,
for we dare not make ourselves ofthe number or compare ourselves with some
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that commend themselves. But they measuringthemselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves.
What are not Why? Yes,when we begin to compare ourself to
others, others accomplishments, maybe theyaccomplished more than we did. That doesn't
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make them a better person, Paultold those in Corinth, when you compare
yourselves to others, it's not wise, he said, it's not wise.
That will cause you to feel lessthan That will cause you to have a
low self esteem, that will causeyou to have a poor self image when
you start or try to compare yourselfto others around you. On the day
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of judgment, when you stand beforeGod, He's not going to compare you
to what the other people you willanswer for you and you alone, they
will answer for themselves. And thelast thing that we look at when we
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try to see what we're worth isour possessions. What we all You know,
how big of a house do wehave? Does that make you better
than? Does that make you better? If you've got a five thousand square
foot mansion. Does that make youbetter than a person that lives in an
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RV. It was your choice,It didn't make you better than or if
you chose to live and travel aroundan RV, that doesn't make you less
than. We feel that we're worthmore if we have more, if we
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have more money than others. Doesit make you hold your head up high
and feel like, Oh, I'mbetter? Oh I know I got more
money than those people end up retiringbecause you've got enough money. And I
know of several several people that workuntil they die. How many times have
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you heard I'll have to work tillI die because I can't retire. I
don't have enough money. Does thatmake you less than if you never retire.
Does that make you worth more ifyou did retire and you've got the
means to live out your life andrest enjoy that. Neither one is wrong.
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But if you value your worth basedon how much money you have,
how big your house is, hownice your car is, that's where it's
displeasing to God. And as Paultold those at Corinth, it's not wise.
It's not wise to compare yourself.Turn over to the Book of Luke
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Look chapter twelve, verse fifteen.Jesus spoke concerning valuing our possessions. Luke
Chapter twelve and verse fifteen. Jesussaid, under the m take heed notice
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and beware of conveteousness, for aman's life consists not in the abundance of
the things which he possesses. Jesushimself spoke these words. He said,
it doesn't matter how much you have. That doesn't mean how valuable you are
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because of what you possess. AgainPsalms, Psalms chapter sixteen. Psalms,
Chapter sixteen. And we'll read versesone and to preserve me, O God,
for indeed do I put my trust, oh my soul, thou hast
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said it too, the lord thouart, my lord, my God,
goodness extendeth not to thee. So, after we realize that we're placing all
of our value on everything other thanwhat God told us to, we begin
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to depend on other things to tellus what we're worth. Right So,
now, because we don't know howto value ourselves, we've done everything wrong.
We've based it on what we looklike. We've based it on whether
we can or we can't do stuff. We've based it on whether we've accomplished
something or not. We've based iton how much possessions we own. So
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now we turn, we turn toother things to see what what am I
worth? And the first thing wedo is we place it on our parents,
right, our parents. Why Becauseour parents have been there from the
start, from the time you wereborn. Your parents have been there instructing
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you, teaching you, and thiswill make the biggest impact on your life.
Have you ever been told, orhave you ever heard a parent tell
their baby that you're such a huskythink
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