PersonHood

Part Person vs. Whole Person Relating

I. What is a Person? A Person is a Multidimensional Being with Needs, Feelings, Thoughts, Motives and Dreams

I. How do we relate to God?

II. How do you treat yourself?

II. Part Person Relating: Reduces a Person to a body, function, bad name, extension of our self, less than a Whole Person. III. Whole Person Relating: Is a Wide Screen Lens that sees the Person as having their own needs, feelings, thoughts, desires, dreams, value in Gods sight, purpose, good and bad traits. IV. Reducing a Person to a Part Person

Summary: Part Person Relating is generally sin. Whole Person Relating is Love. Lets learn how to love well!

Discussion Questions: 1. What are the components of a Whole Person? Eg. Needs, feelings, etc. 2. What is Part Person Relating? Can you think of an example in your life? 3. What is Whole Person Relating? How is Whole Person relating related to loving others? 4. When we think of someone as an Idiot we are reducing them into a Part Person. How can we convert him/her in our minds into a Whole Person again? 5. How do you view God? Can you see many aspects of Him or are you treating Him as a Santa Clause, ATM, 911 Call? 6. How do you treat yourself? Part vs. Whole Person?

V. Reconstructing a Whole Person: