Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Luke 21:33 (NIV) Over the past few days we’ve been discussing mirrors that we look into to try and determine who we are. Instead of looking at God’s Word to de ne us, we let memories, other’s opinions or our performance determine what we think of ourselves. Another false mirror we look into is the mirror of religious teaching. Legalistic Christian teaching is not based on the Bible. For example, maybe you were taught that to be humble you need to think poorly of yourself. You may have picked up the belief that to please God you need to su er. Or maybe you learned that God is angry with you when …

But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it— not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James 1:25 (NIV) We’ve been on a series over the past couple days talking about the different “mirrors” that we use in looking at ourselves. The problem is we think that we can determine who we are by looking into these mirrors, but they lie to us. The third false mirror to be aware of is the mirror of performance. It’s common to rely on performance for a sense of self. We tend to define ourselves by our careers, our roles in the family and by our accomplishments, but this mirror falls short of …