Who am I? Who made me what I am? Who or what determines my true identity? That’s type of question young people asked back in the 60s and 70s and many still ask today. Its the kind of questions I was asking myself back then without really putting it in words. Who am I?
Who we are determines what our actions will be, and not the other way around. Many believe that when you do something bad, you are then bad and are identified as a bad person. The truth is, we are who we are before we commit any actions. Our actions come from the heart of our beings. What people see on the outside is only the results of who we are on the inside. “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:…” Prov 23:7a
You will find the true soul of who a person within their heart. Man’s heart is not filled with the goodness and love we would hope to see. Mark 7:21 says “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,” and in Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Any sin you commit in your life was first a seed in your heart which grew until it came to fruition by your committing the sin physically. The problem is not in the sin being performed, but in the your heart holding that sin within your soul. You are a murderer because in your heart you hate someone. You hate them and want revenge. You want them to hurt as much as they hurt you. In fact you want them to hurt even more because they deserve it. You get angry whenever you think of them. If they hurt you again, your anger builds and you strike. Your heart is so full of hate that it takes over and you actually kill them. You didn’t plan to but it happens because your heart overflowed with hatred.
You are who you are and nothing can change that. You can not become a good person any more then a cat can become a dog. Your nature is a sinful nature which resides deep in your soul. There is only one solution to this problem of a wicked heart . The only answer is for you to die.
You must place your wicked heart upon an alter of sacrifice. You must die to self and let God birth a new life within you. God can give you a new nature which desires to follow Him and do what is right and good. God bestows you with a new identity. You are no longer the old nature you once where but are a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
The battle for your soul begins in your heart. Give your heart to Jesus today and change who you are for all of eternity. Check out this page to find out how to accept Jesus into your life.
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