How Should Our Identity in Christ Affect the Way We Live?
Identity is defined as “the collective aspect of the set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known.” If our identity is in Christ, we should display characteristics that are recognizable as belonging to Christ. The word “Christians” means “followers of Christ” and as the Apostle John points out, we should literally follow in His footsteps. “By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked” (1 John 2:5b-6). (read more)