There’s an old phrase used at weddings, “Something old, something new…” As the Apostle Paul describes the identity of the Christian, he often contrasts the something old and the something new. In 2 Cor. 5:17 Paul describes the Christian believer as a new creature in Christ. But he also describes a transformation whereby something old has passed away. In Ephesians 4:24 the same Apostle calls us to “put off” the old self and “put on” the new self. All of this language of old and new seems to go back to Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus where he challenged him to be “born again”. Our identity is part of a story of transformation. Just as we have old roots, we also have a new destiny… a legacy to leave and an assignment to fulfill (Eph. 2:10)

1. Who we are
in Christ
Identity

2. Identity
Who we
are in
Christ
We are…
•God’s Children
•A New
Creation
•Justified and
Reconciled
•Friends of
Christ
•Citizens of Heaven
•Ambassadors for
Christ
•Secure in His
Hand
•Free from
Condemnation

3. Identity
Who we
are in
Christ
First Point
In Christ, we
receive a new
nature.

4. 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has passed away;
behold, the new has come.

5. Identity
Who we
are in
Christ
Second Point
In Christ, we
receive a new
mind and mindset.

6. Identity
Who we
are in
Christ
Outside of Christ…
• Our thinking is futile. (Eph. 4:17)
• Our understanding is darkened.
(v.18)
• Our hearts are hard. (v.18)
• Our conscience is calloused. (v.
19)

7. Identity
Who we
are in
Christ
In Christ…
•We put off the old self.
Ephesians 4
22 …put off your old self,
which belongs to your
former manner of life and is
corrupt through deceitful

8. Identity
Who we
are in
Christ
In Christ…
•We put on the new self.
Eph. 4:23 and to be renewed
in the spirit of your
minds, 24 and to put on the
new self, created after the
likeness of God in true

9. Identity
Who we
are in
Christ
Third Point
In Christ we are
God’s workmanship
with important work
to do.

10. Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good
works, which God prepared
beforehand, that we should walk
in them.

11. Who we are
in Christ
Identity