Who Am I？ A4C Youth Speeches 2023
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Summary
Who are you? What are we? How do we know who we are? How can we define ourselves? Are we the children of God, filled with love, who are chosen by Him? We are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that we may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of the darkness into His marvelous light.
Transcript
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When we talk about someone's character, mostly the first question that comes to mind
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He is the founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla
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Inc., owner and CEO of Twitter, blah blah blah.
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Who was Jacques Cartier, a maritime explorer for France that traveled around the eastern
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Who is Sidney Crosby, a Canadian professional ice hockey center and captain of the Pittsburgh
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I know these famous people through reading books about them, their biographies, news
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He is my younger brother who loves to torture me all the time.
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If you ask me who is Chesney, who is Olaf, or who is Melle, then the only thing I know
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about them is that they are my classmates from the speech program.
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So there are some tips to know someone as I mentioned above, through reading or living
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There is a unique answer from the apostle Paul, I am the chief of sinners.
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Of course, I don't believe that any one of us would like to judge ourselves or be judged
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We love to have alternate words to describe ourselves – kindness, intelligent, courage, loving,
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polite, generous, faithful, thrifty, strong, rich, compassionate, responsible, humility,
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Unfortunately, we are sinners from birth, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory
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Through reading the Bible, I learned that before God formed me in the womb, He made me.
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Even the very hairs of my head are all numbered.
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So anyone who believes in Jesus Christ is not condemned.
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And most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a
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Through living with the Holy Spirit, I received the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit to shape my
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inner life, love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
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Reading the Word of God and living in the presence of God gave me the great answer to the question,
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From my mother's womb, you have chosen me, love has called my name, I've been born again,
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Do your family, your blood flows through my veins, I'm no longer a slave to fear, I am a
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child of God, you're no longer a slave to fear, you are a child of God.
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In 1 Peter 2, verse 9, we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special
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people, that we may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of the darkness into
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Yes, we're the children of God filled with love who are chosen by Him.