Who am I?

[Marilyn C]

8 hours ago, Beppybuva said:

Who am I?  If I die to Christ then what is left?  Who are we at our core?  We are made anew in Christ. So none of my past experiences, relationships, etc. make me who I am?  What’s left?  Am I just this person that worships God and reads the Bible and that’s it?  

I feel glib. Not sure who I am. 

Hi Beppybuva,

You are being changed, and that is a process. It is for us to look at the Lord and learn about Him. Navel gazing is not productive as we all have faults and thus can get discouraged. But by looking, learning, appreciating the Lord, who He is, what He has done and what He will do, encourages our heart and gets the focus off ourselves and on to the Lord. And this is who we are being made like by His Holy Spirit.

You will only see your true self in glory when all the old is `burnt up` and the new is revealed.

 

BTW we die to self, not Christ. Self as in selfishness is what we `die` to, or choose to not act like. And that is a process.

[johnthebaptist]

8 hours ago, Beppybuva said:

Who am I?  If I die to Christ then what is left?  Who are we at our core?  We are made anew in Christ. So none of my past experiences, relationships, etc. make me who I am?  What’s left?  Am I just this person that worships God and reads the Bible and that’s it?  

I feel glib. Not sure who I am. 

Off the top of my head, there are those who obey the Lord and are blessed, and there are those who don't and aren't. Put another way, there is a paradise to be discovered, and the Lord's commandments point the way.

[Sower]

13 hours ago, Beppybuva said:

Who am I?  If I die to Christ then what is left?  Who are we at our core?  We are made anew in Christ. So none of my past experiences, relationships, etc. make me who I am?  What’s left?  Am I just this person that worships God and reads the Bible and that’s it?  

I feel glib. Not sure who I am. 

I believe each of us are a chosen vessel, like a branch attached to the vine. Abiding.
Allowing Christ (not I but Christ) to work through us, as we abide.
Each in our own God given unique personality, used by God for His particular purpose.
Look at all those great men/women of God in the bible. Each one was unique, used of God.
I prefer to let God mold me into the new man He can use, and let loose of my old man.
I enjoy the changes so far. (so does my wife:)

[Logostician]

1 Jno 3:2

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, AND IT DOTH NOT YET APPEAR WHAT WE SHALL BE   But we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Even the apostle that Jesus loved cannot tell you exactly what we will be.  But being like Jesus sounds pretty good to me.

God created me the first time, probably before I was born, and perhaps during the first six days of creation waiting to "appear" in bodily form when he willed it.  He didn't ask me if I wanted to be black or white, male or female, or anything else.  He made me the way he wanted to make me.  And he knew I would return to him forever upon leaving this world.  God can do anything he wants with me.  He owns me and loves me.  I trust him completely to do everything perfectly.  I am so glad he is in charge of me, and not me. My choices apart from God have been incredibly stupid in the past.  With God, I have made good choices, because they weren't really mine. They were his.  I leave everything to God to do with me as he will in the first creation, and the one to come.

1 Cor 2:9

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

However wonderful we imagine a life with Jesus in heaven to be, and whatever we become, it will barely scratch the surface of the wonders God will provide.  I will be what he wants me to be, and he will show me wonders beyond my imagination and limitations in this life.  I trust him.  Completely.

I beleive that some things are clear though.  We will have new and incorruptible bodies in heaven.  Whether you call it our spirit, soul, and/or mind that occupies these bodies is probably beside the point.  The essence of us, in full self awareness, and awareness of things outside of our selves will occupy incorruptible spiritual bodies not unlike that of Jesus after his resurrection, when he walked among his disciples for 40 days (Act 1:3), and even ate and drank with them.  I beleive these bodies will be capable of everything our present bodies are capable of, and much, much more.  But these are just my thoughts.  I can't accurately answer questions about our precise state of being in heaven, but Jesus will be more than happy to do that, when we get there, and meet him face to face.