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Identity
Creed.
Who Am I?
What we believe about every human—and the identity, value, place, and purpose we receive from the God who made us.
01 · Created
I am made by God and for God.
I am a human being made in the image of God. I belong to Him. My purpose is to know Him, to love Him, and to join Him in what He is doing on the earth.
Made in His Image
What is true about me.
My value is fixed.
My worth has been declared by the One with all authority. It does not rise or fall with money, followers, influence, status, talent, achievement, or anything else.
My identity is a gift.
It is not determined by my ability or disability, what I can or cannot do, what I think of myself, or what others say about me. It is inherent to who I am as God's image bearer.
I was made on purpose.
I am unique and made with intentionality and care. I am not an accident. I have been put together on purpose and placed in a particular time and place on purpose.
God's image is beautifully displayed.
Ethnicity, skin color, language, and culture are distinct, beautiful, and necessary parts of the full display of God's glory.
This Does Not Change
I am beautiful, wonderful, and valuable.
This truth is fixed and unchangeable. But the beauty God created has been covered in brokenness.
02 · Broken
Sin broke what was beautiful.
My sin has separated me from my Creator. I was made for Him and made to know Him, but I have ignored and rejected Him.
Instead of being secure in my identity, place, and purpose, I keep searching for them. Instead of receiving my value as a gift, I try to earn it.
I look inside myself for answers and find things I do not like. I look to the world to tell me who I am, but the world changes its mind. When I place my value in its hands, I live by approval and die by rejection.
03 · Restored
There is something more.
The God who made me sees me and loves me. He sees the beauty even in the brokenness. He sent His Son Jesus to save me.
The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus are the solution to restore what was broken. I can be forgiven. I can be renewed to the original intent of my Creator. I can return to what I was made for.
By faith in Christ, I move from the dignified position of His creation to the desirable position of His child. I have a hope and a future.
My identity is secure. My value is fixed. My purpose is meaningful.
Because of Jesus
I can rest in who I am because I know who He is.
He is enough.
Jesus loves me even in my weakness. He is a friend of sinners. I do not have to be afraid, and I do not have to be enough because He is enough.
I am His.
He is mine. Who I am is wrapped up in who He is. The life I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.
His Spirit lives in me.
Through faith in Jesus, the Spirit of the living God dwells in me. God is working in me and through me, and His power is made perfect in weakness.
04 · Sent
My life has meaning.
In God's power and authority, I join Him in the greatest cause on earth—the salvation of souls. I have a purpose. As the Father sent Jesus, Jesus now sends me.
Identity · Place · Purpose
My identity is in Him.
My place is with Him, and my purpose comes from Him. For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To God be the glory. Amen.