Knowing Our Identification in Christ Is Important

Galatians 2:20, NKJV

We live in a world that is plagued with identity theft. It’s when someone steals our personal information to commit fraud. The thief boldly uses someone else’s information to apply for services and goods just as the rightful owner would. This damages the owner’s credit worthiness and may take years and money to repair one’s credit and name. God’s creation has been plagued with identity theft since the Garden of Eden. We may or may not ever know who the thief of our personal information is, but we had better know that Satan is our adversary, and he stole our spiritual identity in the garden. His tactics from the beginning have been to lie and deceive, causing man to fall out of relationship with God. Has his tactics changed? No, his tactics haven’t changed because his character hasn’t changed. Why should he when he has “a wiser but weaker” population to which he can still use lies and deception “to steal, kill and destroy?”

Far too many of us as Christians don’t know who we are. Apostle Paul says “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20 ). It’s important that children of God know our identity. We are new creatures in Christ; we have been crucified with Him and belong to Him. The old sinful nature has been put to death; it is Christ who lives in us. Through Him, we have been blessed with “a rich and satisfying life” (John 10:10b, NLT). We no longer live in the flesh. The life that we live in this earthly body is by faith in the Son of God, who loved us and willingly died for us.

We can’t live and please God by external powers of this world. “The just will live by faith” (Galatians 3:11b). Yes, knowing our identification in Christ is important. The acceptance of Jesus is now and will always be our only protection against the Devil’s theft of our identity.