
Our New Identity
Part of Gospel—A Core Value
I am
because Jesus set me free.
1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. —Galatians 5:1
I have
because Jesus approves of me.
2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. —Galatians 5:2
I am
because Jesus loves me.
3 I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4 You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. —Galatians 5:3-4
My new
in Christ gives me freedom, acceptance, and love.
5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. —Galatians 5:5-6
“In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.”
—St. Augustine