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Believe Week 5 “Identity in Christ”

Pastor Jerry Reddy

Oct. 16, 2016

Key Question: “Who am I?”

Key Idea: “I believe I am significant because of my position as a child of God”.

Key Verse: Jn. 1:12, “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God”. (NIV)

What’s the problem with our true identity?

Answer: It can get ______from us (“identity theft”)

Jn. 8:44, “When he (the devil) lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies”. (NIV)

Prov. 23:7, “For as he thinks within himself, so he is”. (NASB)

What Every Believer Needs to Know: If you are a Christian, the truest thing about you is that ______.

“Identity: The Truest Thing about You”

Eph. 1:11, “It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, He had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose He is working out in everything and everyone”. (MSG)

1 Pet. 2:10, “Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people.” (NLT)

1.  You are ______

Eph. 1:4, “Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love”. (MSG)

1 Jn. 3:1, “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!” (NIV)

à God’s love is unique because it is ______and unending

2.  You are ______

Eph. 1:6-7, “God gave that grace to us freely, in Christ, the One he loves. …How rich is God’s grace”. (NLT)

Lk. 12:24, “Look at the birds… God feeds them and you are far more valuable to Him than any birds!” (NLT)

Rom. 8:17, “And since we are his children, we are his heirs”. (NLT)

3.  You are ______

Eph. 1:7, “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins”. (NIV)

Rom. 8:1, “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”. (NIV)

4.  You are ______(Phil. 4:13)

Eph. 5:1-2, “Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ”. (NLT)