Ep. 45 - I Am A Member

We are continuing in our series called “Who do you think you are?” You don’t have to look long or far to realize that our world is having an identity crisis. Everywhere we look, people are on a constant search to figure out who they are, to define themselves, to make themselves significant or important. The good news for us is that the Bible has lots to say about who we are. It communicates that those of us who are in Christ have a brand new identity.

So in this series, we’ve seen that the Bible says quite a bit about us both apart from Christ and once we are in a relationship with Jesus. It uses a number of metaphors to communicate what God has done for us in Christ, and what that means for our identity. So far we’ve seen that we are justified— legally forgiven and declared righteous in God’s sight, we’re redeemed—set free from sin’s penalty and power, we’re reconciled— God has made us his friends. We are adopted into God’s own family. And in the last episode we saw that God doesn’t simply work in relationship to us, He works in us. For those of us who are in Christ, God has made us alive, He has given us spiritual life, He has caused us to be born again. The result is that we are new creations with new desires and new purposes with good works that God has prepared just for us to walk in. It is highly personal. Today, we are going to see that even though our salvation is intensely personal, it is not only personal. There is also a corporate element to our identity that is hugely meaningful.

Memory Verse of the Week -

Last Week - 2 Corinthians 5:17

This Week - 1 Peter 2:9-10

**Bible study portion starts at 12:58**