A Distorted Self-Image

Philip Strong
12/15/19 - Sunday Night Worship

...and it certainly isn't limited to "old men"

James 1:22-25

There are many forms of distorted self-image, let's focus on 3 spiritual ones:

1. Seeing too little in yourself.

• Failing to see the worth/value God see in you, Rom 5:6-11 (Mt 10:28-33)
• Failing to see the potential God sees in you, Rom 5:1-5
• Consider Paul, as an example, 1 Tim 2:15-16

2. Seeing too much in yourself.

• No one is spiritually "bullet proof," 1 Cor 10:12; Rom 11:20; 2Pet 3:17-18
• Satan is "like a roaring lion," 1 Pet 5:8
• But that doesn't mean he can't be resisted, 1 Pet 5:9
• Peter is an example, Lk 22:31-34

3. Seeing too much of yourself.

• Those who "see" too much of themselves, see little else.
• Everything becomes about "me."
• This is not the way, Rom 15:1-7.
• The Pharisee of Luke 18:9-13 is an example.

So, look closely, see clearly, remember well (what you see), and make the changes God's perfect mirror of the soul requires, Jas 1:25