January 19, 2025

Identity – Luke 4 - Rev. Justin Young

Main Idea: Identify your identity.

Two Confrontations

  • Devil (vv. 1-13)
  • Hometown (vv. 14-30)

Identity

  • Invites testing
  • Leads to triumph

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This Week's Bible Reading

  • January 20 - Psalm 14, Luke 20-21
  • January 21 - Psalm 15, Luke 22
  • January 22 - Psalm 16, Luke 23-24
  • January 23 - Psalm 17, Acts 1
  • January 24 - Psalm 18, Acts 2-3

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Growth Group Guide

  1. Answer the following using three to five words: “Who are you?"
  2. Read Luke 4:1-13. How similar are the three temptations to modern temptations? Brainstorm similar modern temptations.
  3. What does it prove about our identity when we don’t give in to temptations?
  4. Read Luke 4:14-30. Why does his hometown reject Jesus? What is the warning therein?
  5. What do the following say about a Christian’s identity: 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 1:12, 1 John 3:1, Romans 8:17, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 1:4-5, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Matthew 5:14-16, and Ephesians 2:10.
  6. How does a Christian’s identity both invite testing and lead to triumph?