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