Who Do You Think You Are? | Identity
July 15, 2021

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Who Do You Think You Are?

· When you know

you are, then you will know to do.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! …And [God] has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. —2 Corinthians 5:17,19-21

Who do you think you are?

You are an

sent from to !

As an Ambassador:

· You were not

by people.

· You were

by God

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will last… As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. —John 15:16, 19

· You never represent

you represent

For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. —John 6:38

I may seem to be boasting too much about the authority given to us by the Lord. But our authority builds you up; it doesn’t tear you down. So I will not be ashamed of using my authority. —2 Corinthians 10:8 NLT

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. —2 Corinthians 5:20-2

You have the power to act on behalf of the Kingdom of God. Enjoy the benefits of the kingdom. Deal diplomatically with all men: treat with gentleness and respect. Remain loyal even if misunderstood.

You are NOT a tourist – Ambassador…

…Their mind is on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. —Phil 3:19-20

I am an ambassador—sent by God—from heaven to earth.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. —John 17:16