Who Am I? A New Way to Define Identity

Topic:Who Am I? A New Way to Define Identity

Text: Ephesians 1:3-

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First, we must know how God sees us. One of the richest passages about identity in the Bible is found in Ephesians 1:3-14. In this passage, Paul addresses the church in Ephesus, explaining the new identity given to a person when they are in Christ.

According to Ephesians 1, we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing; we have been chosen, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, grace-lavished, and unconditionally loved and accepted. We are pure, blameless and forgiven. We have received the hope of spending eternity with God. When we are in Christ, these aspects of our identity can never be altered by what we do.

Viewing Yourself as God Sees You Matters

If we lived out of an identity based on how God sees us, we would no longer feel the need to find our worth in our external circumstances.

It would free us up to live in a confident and stable manner, instead of changing who we are based on others, the jobs we receive or don’t receive, how we see ourselves, and all the other ways we try to define our significance. It would give us the opportunity to experience God’s unconditional love for us in new and fresh ways. And it would allow us to confidently and boldly share His love with others.

It’s certainly a battle as we live in a world that seeks to define us by its own standards. But it’s a battle that, when we engage in it, could impact everything about us!

How would believing the truth about your new identity in Christ change the way you live?

we have been blessed with every spiritual blessing; we have been chosen, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, grace-lavished, and unconditionally loved and

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