Description 

Main Point: Where one finds their identity is a simple answer for a person of faith. However it’s an almost impossible question to answer for the non-believer.

Synopsis:

• An interviewer discovers that most people don’t look to Jesus as the source of their identity or their core set of values .
• A cross-section of people interviewed reveals that many find their identity within themselves – others create it and are the master of their own domain.
• Others cite community, work, their environment –what they’re exposed to. When the interviewer asks what if they closed their eyes and everything disappeared, where would their identity come from, they had no answers.
• A single woman references her Lord Jesus Christ and one man refers to his prophet Mohammad.
• When asked if they follow any leaders, the answers vary religious leader Gandhi to funny man W.C. Fields to musician Neil Young.
• One man walks away because the question seems too difficult. The final respondent says that she would have to ponder the question awhile.
• Unique graphics and camera techniques are employed—such as a fingerprint to reinforce the idea that we all have an identity. There are great camera angels, incorporation of double exposures, zeroing in on respondents, and fast forwarding techniques –showing people standing in line.

Application:

• Universal application because everyone derives their identity from somewhere.
• Everyone is looking for an identity whether they know it or not –that’s why kids join gangs.
• Video painfully demonstrates how disconnected many people that we pass on the street every day are.
• In a post-modern world, many do not attribute Judeo-Christian values as part of their core set of beliefs.

Suggested Uses:

• Great sermon starter for the Identity of the Believer
• Also appropriate for sermon on what people are putting their faith in.

Biblical Reference:

In Christ, we are new creations. The former things have passed away.