The Truth About Me!

THE TRUTH ABOUT ME!
When the Truth Sets You Free – Part 1
Vernon Zook February 23, 2025

Quiz:

□ I sometimes feel like my life is out of control.
□ I have a bad habit/addiction that I just can’t overcome.
□ I sometimes feel like my life is worthless.
□ I struggle with controlling my actions and my words.
□ I sometimes feel helpless in overcoming my problems.
□ I feel like there’s a dark cloud hanging over my life.
□ I feel like there is something holding me back from experiencing
all that God has for me.
□ I have hurt & pain in my life I’m not sure how to deal with.
□ I struggle with negative thoughts in my mind.
□ When I read the Bible, it just doesn’t make any sense.
□ I struggle with an on-going physical ailment.
□ I regularly get awakened @ 3:00 am for no reason.
□ I feel like there’s a barrier between me & God.
□ I feel as though I am being held captive by my emotions.

You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. -John 8:32 (TEV)

Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until that day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. -1 Thessalonians 5:23 (NLT)

Body, Soul & Spirit:

You have begun to live the new life, in which you are being made new and are becoming like the One who made you. This new life brings you the true knowledge of God. -Colossians 3:10 (NCV)

What is the goal of the new me?

● Spirit –

Ephesians 2:4-5

● Soul –

Mind – Romans 12:2
Will – 1 Peter 4:2
Emotions – Be

● Body – Offered as a

Romans 12:1 1
Corinthians 6:19-20

THE TRUTH ABOUT MY NEW LIFE:

1. New life requires a .

Jesus replied, “The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven. So don’t be surprised at my statement that you must be born again. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit. -John 3:5-8 (NLT)

2. New life brings a . 

For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God’s children. And since we are his children, we will share his treasures—for everything God gives to his Son, Christ, is ours, too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. -Romans 8:16-17 (NLT)

3. New life results in a .

You must display a new nature because you are a new person, created in God’s likeness—righteous, holy, and true. -Ephesians 4:24 (NLT)

● We are no longer , we are .

You have begun to live the new life, in which you are being made new and are becoming like the One who made you. This new life brings you the true knowledge of God. -Colossians 3:10 (NCV)

Ephesians 2:10
Psalm 139:14