In this series, we are going to be looking at who we are in Christ Jesus, one of the battles against believer’s is the battle of identity. We can’t become a Sign and a Wonder if we don’t know who we are in Christ . That is why the Bible told us if any man is in Christ he is a new creature! Salvation changes your identity from who you used to be to who you were meant to be.
TOPIC: You are a new Creature.
TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
MEMORY VERSE: JOHN 5:24 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath evalasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life”
FOCUS
In this second series in the month of June, we will be dealing with who we are in Christ. There is no one that will command Signs and Wonders or that will be a Sign and a Wonder that will not answer the question of identity. The question of identity is so important that even at creation, God asked Adam to identify all the animals. Identity helps you to have a good image of who you are in Christ. God has designed us to be a special breed of people but it is very important that we know who we are.
Our text says “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” So the first thing you must know about yourself is that you are a new creature: you are no longer the old person. It does not matter who you were before, it does not matter the name you were called, and it does not matter what you did in the past, what is important is that you are a new creature.
Coming into Christ is coming into purpose. Coming into Christ is identifying with divinity which leads to a certain and a sure destination. A lot of people keep wandering on the surface of the earth without finding their purpose because they do not know who they are.
When a child is born, you must know the gender of the child whether it is a boy or a girl for you to say that identity is important even at birth. The Bible says in “Male and Female created he them” so there is no one in between. God himself made identity well defined so why will you be in Christ and not know who you are? That is why this morning, I have come to tell you that you are a new creature, old things are gone and you are made whole in Christ.
LESSON
GALATIANS 6:15 “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature”
When it comes to the kingdom of God, your status, your academic qualifications, your political positions etc does not matter. What really matters is if you are a new creature and if you are born of the spirit. Who are you? Are your sins washed? Have you been identified with Christ? Do you know him? How much of Christ do you know? Do Christ live in you? These are questions that make you know who you are.
You cannot identify with the Egyptians and claim to be an Israelite. They have to be a transformation and translation from your old self. Just as you cannot fly to Canada using a United Kingdom visa, you must know that God has redeemed you and has brought you into his Kingdom through his son and that nothing matter except you are a new creature, this is the visa you need to be a carrier of Signs and Wonders. God bless you.
PERSONAL CONFESSION
Father help me to understand my new identity in you .
PRAYER FOCUS
Father deliver me from old nature that hinders signs and wonders.
NOTE: I am free from the law of sin and death in christ Jesus.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Until you become His child his wonders can not follow you.
I am a saint and not a sinner.