Culture insists that nobody has the right to tell you who you are – leaving you with the crushing pressure of defining your own identity. But what if true freedom isn’t found in constant self-creation, but in receiving an identity that was spoken over you long before you were born? In this message from Deuteronomy 29, we examine God’s radical covenant that includes both marginalized outsiders and future generations. Discover how Jesus took on the curse of our broken promises, and the truth that God chose you long before you ever chose Him!
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00:00 – Deuteronomy 29:10
03:16 – Thomas Jefferson vs. The Ancient Targum
04:52 – The Exhausting Burden of Self-Creation
06:48 – Who Gets to Tell You Who You Are?
09:48 – Including Outsiders
14:43 – A Covenant for Those Who Don’t Exist Yet
17:32 – The Myth of the “Buffered Self”
21:56 – Why We Inherit Our Parents’ Patterns
24:40 – The Difference Between a Contract and a Covenant
30:37 – Genesis 15: The Smoking Fire Pot
35:21 – Jesus as the Woodcutter and Water Carrier
40:12 – Two Practical Homework Assignments