Who Am I? (Part 1)

My Identity in Christ

Introduction

• Identity is the qualities, beliefs, personality traits, appearance, and/or expressions that characterize a person or group.
• “Identities tell us who we are and they announce to others who we are” (Peter Burke).
• Our identities guide behavior and inform how we are “supposed” to act.
• Who Am I? My Identity in Christ…

I.   I Am Finite – “I am a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow, a wave tossed in the ocean, a vapor in the wind.”

II.  I Am Known – “Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth would care to know my name?”

III. I Am Lost – “Who am I, that the bright and morning star, would choose to light the way for my ever-wandering heart?”

IV.  I Am Loved – “Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin would look on me with love and watch me rise again?”

V.   I Am Broken – “Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea would call out through the rain and calm the storm in me?”

VI.  I Am Heard – “Still You hear me when I’m calling.”

VII. I Am Saved – “Lord, you catch me when I’m falling.”

VIII. I Am Yours – “You’ve told me who I am; I am Yours.”

Conclusion: “Whom shall I fear?”

• Knowing who we are gives us purpose in life.
• Knowing who we are gives us hope in eternity

My new series of messages is entitled, Who Am I? My Identity in Christ. “Identity is the qualities, beliefs, personality traits, appearance, and/or expressions that characterize a person or group” (Wikipedia). As humans we search for identity because we need to know who we are as we define, identify, and differentiate ourselves from others. According to Peter Burke, “Identities tell us who we are and they announce to others who we are.” Our identities guide behavior and inform how we are “supposed” to act.

In this series, I plan to discuss who we are in Christ and how that affects how we define ourselves in every other area of our life. Casting Crowns addresses this in their song, Who Am I?

Who Am I?

by Casting Crowns

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth

Would care to know my name

Would care to feel my hurt?

Who am I, that the bright and morning star

Would choose to light the way

For my ever-wandering heart?

Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin

Would look on me with love

And watch me rise again?

Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea

Would call out through the rain

And calm the storm in me?

Not because of who I am

But because of what You’ve done

Not because of what I’ve done

But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading

Here today and gone tomorrow

A wave tossed in the ocean

A vapor in the wind

Still You hear me when I’m calling

Lord, You catch me when I’m falling

You’ve told me who I am

I am Yours

I am Yours

I’m all Yours

Whom shall I fear? Whom shall I fear?

‘Cause I am Yours

I am Yours

This song beautifully depicts our identity in Christ and concludes that we belong to God.  This self-identity will inform and enrich every other aspect of our life.

Come and join us!  Joey