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Praise the Lord Church, today's topic is simply the question,
who are you?
Hmm.
Who are you?
A lot of people have an identity crisis because they're trying to find their worth and identity
in things.
However, to know who we are, we need to go back to the one who made us and first, know
him.
Our scriptures today are 2 Corinthians 5 for 17 ESV version.
It says, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has passed away.
Behold, the new has come.
Our identity isn't defined by what we do or what we have done because in Christ when
we're saved, we are new creations.
We are children of God.
Now, if you ever ask someone who's unsaved who they are, they'll probably just give you
their name and stuff they like to do.
But thank God we aren't defined by what we do because a lot of the stuff that we do
don't line up with God.
But when we are saved, we step into the plan God has for us.
Listen; in order to know our purpose, we have to know who we are.
You can't know what you have to do and not know who you are first.
For example, a doctor's job is to take care of people.
But what if the doctor thought he or she was a plumber?
It would be so unproductive because they don't know who they are.
They don't know what they're supposed to do because they don't know who they are.
But something we also have to remember is the Lord knew us before we were even born
because to understand ourselves, we first have to understand our Creator.
Our second scripture is Colossians 3 verse 26 in the Amplified Version.
And it says,
For you who are born again have been reborn from heaven, spiritually transformed, renewed,
sanctified, and are all children of God, set apart for his purpose with full rights and
pleasures through faith in Jesus Christ.
Now that was a mouthful, but something I want us all to notice is when we aren't saved,
we aren't children of God.
See when we are saved, that's when the old has passed away and that's when we become
children of God.
Because we were all born in sin, but when we are born again, Jesus restores our peace
with God.
And our identity is that we are the child of the king.
And so, when we understand our identity and who we are, how we're defined, we're going
to understand that we're not just going to do certain stuff because the God who lives
in us is not known for that and so because it doesn't line up with who God is.
Our last scripture is Matthew 5 verse 14 in the Amplified Version.
It says,
You are the light of Christ to the world, a city set on the hill that cannot be hidden.
When we don't know who we are, we act like the world.
The knowledge of who we are and who we belong is our foundation.
That's why so many people are confused on what they're supposed to do in this life because
they're trying to find their sense of purpose in the things that they have and their hobbies.
So, when we act like Christ, we spread the light.
We shine our light.
But when we act like the world, we dim our light.
And when we know who we are, it is our responsibility to act like it, to walk in God's light because
now we are new creations.
We're not the same one.
So, when we know that, we're not going to do the same stuff that we have done.
God does not want us to try and fix ourselves before we get saved because he's the only
one that can fix us.
But what is scary and very, very bad is when we are saved if we're not growing, if we're
not doing away with childish things, as Paul says.
So, our points for today are one.
Our identity is in Christ.
When we are saved, our identity is not found in anything else because in order to understand
ourselves, we have to understand Christ, which leads me into the next point, which is it
takes one to know one.
And what I mean by this is we need to know God and what he says about us.
And the third point for today is when we know our worth, when we know who we belong to,
we won't disrespect our temples.
See, our worth is not found in the things we do or in us ourselves, but our worth and
our identity is found in Christ because now he is the one who defines us.
Anything that anybody else says is irrelevant.
So, if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will definitely
help you.
But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give
your heart to the Lord today.
To receive him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10.
It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that
God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus.
You are saved from all your sins, past, present and future sins you may commit.
This truth is not a free past to sin anytime.
Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel
to others.
You are saved forever, and your name is written in the book of life.