Identity Part 1 | I am a Child of God

Ephesians 2:10 (ESV) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Exodus 3:3 (NIV) So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”

Exodus 3:11-12 (NIV) But Moses said to God, “Who am I …

Exodus 3:11-12 (NIV) And God said, “I will be with you.

Our identity is not discovered by

looking but by looking to .

• Your identity is not in your .

Galatians 2:16 (NIV) A person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV) For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.

• Your identity is not in your .

Philippians 3:7-8 (NIV) Whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

• Your identity is not in .

Galatians 1:10 (NIV) Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

• Your identity is not in your .

Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV) Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!

Psalm 147:3 (NIV) He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

John 1:12 (NIV) To all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

Exodus 3:13-14 (TLB) But Moses asked, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them that their fathers’ God has sent me, they will ask, ‘Which God are you talking about?’ What shall I tell them?” “‘The Sovereign God,’” was the reply. “Just say, ‘I Am has sent me!’

How to Live as a Child of God

1. Understand who .

1 John 3:8-10 (AMP) The one who practices sin [separating himself from God, and offending Him by acts of disobedience, indifference, or rebellion] is of the devil [and takes his inner character and moral values from him, not God]…No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because God’s seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently] in him [who is born again—who is reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose]; and he [who is born again] cannot habitually [live a life characterized by] sin, because he is born of God and longs to please Him. By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother.

Ephesians 2:19 (NLV) From now on you are not strangers and people who are not citizens. You are citizens together with those who belong to God. You belong in God’s family.

2. Stop earning .

Romans 8:15 (NIV) The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.

Titus 3:5 (NIV) He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.

3. Throw off the .

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT) This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

Isaiah 62:2 (NIV) You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.

4. Live like .

1 John 3:1 (NIV) See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!

5. Claim .

Romans 8:17 (NIV) Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.

2 Corinthians 3:16-18 (NLT) But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.