What is your true identity?

Are you just a material creature in a meaningless world?

Are you what others think you are, which may be less than wonderful?

Are you the sum of all the very imperfect things you have done?

Or are you who God says you are?

“The Spirit of God bears witness within us that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.” (Romans 8:16-17)

We discover our true identity as we listen to God’s Word to us, come to full expression in Jesus Christ. Through Christ God claims us as children of God, who are forgiven and loved by God, and who have an eternal inheritance.

So take hold of your true identity! – to live in God’s grace as part of the everlasting family of God.

Sunday’s Scripture Readings:
Romans 8:8–17
Matthew 16:13–18

About the Author

Dr. David A. Palmer has been the senior pastor at the United Methodist Church of Kent since 1995. He has a B.A. from Wittenberg University, a Master of Divinity from Duke University, and a Doctor of Ministry from Princeton Theological Seminary. A native of Wooster, Ohio, he has served three other churches in east Ohio before coming to Kent. He and his wife, Mavis, have three children.