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Praise the Lord Church, today's topic is simply the question,

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who are you?

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Hmm.

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Who are you?

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A lot of people have an identity crisis because they're trying to find their worth and identity

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in things.

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However, to know who we are, we need to go back to the one who made us and first, know

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him.

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Our scriptures today are 2 Corinthians 5 for 17 ESV version.

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It says, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

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The old has passed away.

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Behold, the new has come.

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Our identity isn't defined by what we do or what we have done because in Christ when

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we're saved, we are new creations.

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We are children of God.

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Now, if you ever ask someone who's unsaved who they are, they'll probably just give you

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their name and stuff they like to do.

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But thank God we aren't defined by what we do because a lot of the stuff that we do

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don't line up with God.

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But when we are saved, we step into the plan God has for us.

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Listen; in order to know our purpose, we have to know who we are.

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You can't know what you have to do and not know who you are first.

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For example, a doctor's job is to take care of people.

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But what if the doctor thought he or she was a plumber?

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It would be so unproductive because they don't know who they are.

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They don't know what they're supposed to do because they don't know who they are.

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But something we also have to remember is the Lord knew us before we were even born

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because to understand ourselves, we first have to understand our Creator.

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Our second scripture is Colossians 3 verse 26 in the Amplified Version.

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And it says,

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For you who are born again have been reborn from heaven, spiritually transformed, renewed,

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sanctified, and are all children of God, set apart for his purpose with full rights and

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pleasures through faith in Jesus Christ.

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Now that was a mouthful, but something I want us all to notice is when we aren't saved,

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we aren't children of God.

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See when we are saved, that's when the old has passed away and that's when we become

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children of God.

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Because we were all born in sin, but when we are born again, Jesus restores our peace

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with God.

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And our identity is that we are the child of the king.

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And so, when we understand our identity and who we are, how we're defined, we're going

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to understand that we're not just going to do certain stuff because the God who lives

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in us is not known for that and so because it doesn't line up with who God is.

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Our last scripture is Matthew 5 verse 14 in the Amplified Version.

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It says,

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You are the light of Christ to the world, a city set on the hill that cannot be hidden.

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When we don't know who we are, we act like the world.

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The knowledge of who we are and who we belong is our foundation.

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That's why so many people are confused on what they're supposed to do in this life because

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they're trying to find their sense of purpose in the things that they have and their hobbies.

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So, when we act like Christ, we spread the light.

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We shine our light.

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But when we act like the world, we dim our light.

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And when we know who we are, it is our responsibility to act like it, to walk in God's light because

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now we are new creations.

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We're not the same one.

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So, when we know that, we're not going to do the same stuff that we have done.

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God does not want us to try and fix ourselves before we get saved because he's the only

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one that can fix us.

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But what is scary and very, very bad is when we are saved if we're not growing, if we're

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not doing away with childish things, as Paul says.

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So, our points for today are one.

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Our identity is in Christ.

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When we are saved, our identity is not found in anything else because in order to understand

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ourselves, we have to understand Christ, which leads me into the next point, which is it

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takes one to know one.

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And what I mean by this is we need to know God and what he says about us.

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And the third point for today is when we know our worth, when we know who we belong to,

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we won't disrespect our temples.

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See, our worth is not found in the things we do or in us ourselves, but our worth and

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our identity is found in Christ because now he is the one who defines us.

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Anything that anybody else says is irrelevant.

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So, if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will definitely

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help you.

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But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give

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your heart to the Lord today.

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To receive him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10.

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It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that

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God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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For with the heart one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto

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salvation.

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If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus.

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You are saved from all your sins, past, present and future sins you may commit.

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This truth is not a free past to sin anytime.

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Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel

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to others.

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You are saved forever, and your name is written in the book of life.