The gift of gender serves my identity in Christ
Aug 05, 2018
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Identity definition:
I am created through Christ and for Christ, therefore I am not my own (Col. 1:16, 1 Cor. 6:19).
I am fallen and sin against my Creator, therefore I fall short often (Rom. 3:23). I am a blood-bought sinner, purchased by God, therefore I am not a slave to sin (1 Cor. 7:23).
I am redeemed and reconciled to God, therefore my sins are forgiven by grace and I glorify God with my body through grace (Col. 1:14).
I am a saint and sanctified in Christ Jesus, therefore I am called out of the world to go back into the world to call others out of the world (1 Cor. 1:2).
I am a member of the body of Christ, therefore I belong to, benefit from, and suffer for the sake of the church family (Eph. 3:6, Col. 1:18, 24).
I am indwelled by the Holy Spirit of God, therefore I carry the treasure of Christ’s gospel and I am empowered by Christ to share that which cannot be exhausted (1 Cor. 3:16, 2 Cor. 6:16).
This is my identity and nothing else will define me. My gifts of gender, race, language, abilities, dwelling, vocation, desires, and affinities all serve my identity in Christ. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal. 2:20).