IS GRACE REVEALING MY TRUE IDENTITY

Main message: Grace reveals who we really are in Christ, and faith's job is to persuade us to accept and live from that revealed identity — identity comes before behavior, and living from that identity changes our actions.

Key points:

• Grace first reveals Christ's accomplishments and, through union with Him, our true identity (new creation, completeness, oneness with Christ).
• Identity precedes behavior: when you reckon and remember who you are in Christ, your behavior will begin to align with that reality.
• Faith is persuasion — hearing and proclaiming what grace has done strengthens faith to believe and embrace the identity revealed in Christ.
• Practice "identity remembrance" (rehearse Scripture truths about who you are) even when feelings contradict those truths.
• Grace produces a new way of living (it instructs us to deny ungodliness); this is not religious effort but living out what Jesus has already accomplished.

Scriptures mentioned: Ephesians 2:8-10, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Colossians 3:3-4, Romans 6:11, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 2:10, Titus 2:11, Romans 10:17