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Morning light sifts through leaves like emerald glass. The tree of life rises in the center of the garden, trunk warm with sap, branches speaking in a thousand soft tongues. Adam stands barefoot in the jeweled grass; dew beads around his ankles. Eve’s hand glides along living bark that thrums under her palm. A wind stirs, and with the wind He arrives. Jesus—the Word who walks in the cool of the day—steps from the brightness as if the light itself carried Him. He calls their names, and the garden hushes to listen. They turn, not in fear, but in the easy wonder of children, and joy swims up in their chests. “Walk with Me,” He says, and they do.
They move through a corridor of boughs, sun combing their hair with gold. Rivers glitter beyond the trees; birds stitch music through the air. He speaks identity like blessing: image-bearers, stewards, co-rulers under His care. He names their work as worship, their limits as shelter, their love as seed for nations not yet born. Every word lands like rain, and the earth answers—petals open, fragrances rise, colors deepen. Adam laughs; Eve answers with a question that sounds like a song. Jesus smiles, and the path brightens before them. Here, at the tree of life, identity is not earned or argued. It is received, and it walks at their side.
What if that moment is a picture of your present Christian identity—Jesus drawing near, opening the Scriptures, and affirming who we are at His table (Luke 22:19–20; 1 Corinthians 10:16)?
Where have you been living by the labels the world gave you, and where has the Lord been quietly walking beside you, ready to call you His child?
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What this series covered
Across this series we traced a simple arc that reframed the classic “three circles” through the lens of identity: God’s Design → Brokenness → Gospel, and then we moved on to show through Communion , the Truth and Transmutation the implications of our identity in Christ. In short: you were made to be accepted, secure, and significant as God’s image‑bearer (Genesis 1:26–27); sin fractured that identity (Romans 3:23); Jesus restores it, seats you with Him (Ephesians 2:6), and sends you to live from His life (Matthew 28:18–20), commissioning you as his children in His identity to have dominion over the earth to spread the good news in love to others.
We showed that identity is not self‑manufactured or algorithm‑approved; it is received from the Father, secured by the Son, and sealed in the Spirit. That’s why the series emphasized replacing counterfeit scripts (“I am what I do/feel/others think”) with the Father’s voice and fastening truth like the first piece of God’s armor. Identity formation is contested ground—spiritual warfare begins with lies about who God is and who you are—so we learned to take thoughts captive (2 Corinthians 10:4–5) and start with the belt of truth (Ephesians 6:14).
Finally, we moved from table to throne: communion as a lived union with Christ, and the astonishing reality that believers are seated with Him and commissioned to carry His cross‑shaped authority into the world—truth without cruelty, courage without contempt, love without coercion (Ephesians 2:6; Matthew 28:18–20).
Identity in Christ — Opened with Jesus’ baptism and wilderness testing, showing how the enemy’s first tactic is an assault on identity and why the gospel gives a name the world cannot give or take away (Matthew 3:17; Matthew 4:1–11).
God’s Design: Part I — Painted Eden’s wholeness: humans made in God’s image, walking with Him, working as worship, and receiving identity—acceptance, security, significance—as gift, not grind (Genesis 1:26–27).
God’s Design: Part II — Examined the serpent’s suspicion (“God cannot be trusted”) and how distrust fractures design. God’s boundaries are shelter, not prison.
Brokenness: Part I — Followed the story “east of Eden”: grasping replaces receiving; shame, hiding, and violence spread. We asked how a severed identity can be healed (Romans 3:23).
Brokenness: Part II — Stood at Sinai—holy law on the mountain, idolatry in the camp—to show the limits of human will and our need for more than rules.
The Gospel: Part I — Took us to the cross where Jesus declares, “It is finished,” and the veil tears. The gospel is not self‑improvement; it is new‑creation identity given by a crucified and risen King (John 19:30).
The Gospel: Part II — Moved from acquittal to adoption, from forgiveness to formation. In Christ we die and rise, receive the Spirit, and hear “no condemnation” (2 Corinthians 5:17; Romans 8:1).
Communion — Defined restoration as shared life with Jesus—abiding as branches in the Vine, drawing near with confidence, and letting His life reorder our habits (John 15:5).
The Truth — Clarified present‑tense authority: Jesus reigns now; we are seated with Him, resisting a defeated foe, living cross‑formed influence that looks like servanthood (Ephesians 1:20–23; Ephesians 2:6; Luke 10:19).
Transmutation — The only thing left to redeem is the world which will one day be made new, heaven and earth united again in perfect ;paradise. This paradise flows from our Identity today, not just a future hope (Revelation 21:5; Revelation 22:1–3; Isaiah 65:17–25;1 Corinthians 15:28).
Preview of the next series: Evil
Identity clarifies who we are; the next series clarifies what we’re up against—and why only Christ can overcome it.
What is Evil? — A biblical taxonomy of evil as parasitic on the good and bent against God’s design.
The Politics of Violence — From mobs to assassination, the rawest forms of political evil unmasked.
The War on the Unborn — Systemic violence in state‑sanctioned abortion and the church’s call to defend life.
The Cancellation Machine — Cultural violence that weaponizes words and reputations while denying redemption.
The Gender Experiment — Identity manipulation and bodily harm under transgender ideologies and surgeries.
The Equity Deception — How denying biological reality (sports, military) and certain strands of feminism model cultural lies about fairness.
The Silencing of Speech — Hate‑speech regimes and censorship that threaten gospel proclamation.
The Corruption of Power — When politics and business exploit the weak for gain.
The Idolatry of Politics — The root problem: elevating party and state above Christ.
Conclusion
If the world shouts, “Prove yourself,” the gospel sings, “Receive yourself—in Christ.” Our journey showed how design, brokenness, and the gospel unfold into a life of communion and cross‑shaped authority. From here, we will confront evil with the settled confidence of sons and daughters who already know their name.
Are you out of alignment with this message—still hustling for a name, still listening to scripts that God never wrote? If so, pray with me:
Father, I come to You tired of performing and pretending. I confess I have let success, failure, feelings, and other people’s opinions tell me who I am. I renounce the lies that I am forgotten, unsafe, or insignificant. Speak Your Word over me again.
In Jesus’ name, I receive what I cannot earn: forgiveness for my sin and adoption into Your family. Jesus, thank You for Your cross that breaks shame and Your resurrection that births new life. Crucify my old self with its fear of man and raise me to walk in newness of life. Seat Your truth in my bones: I am Your beloved, forgiven, and sent. Holy Spirit, fasten the belt of truth around my mind. Expose scripts that keep me small. Teach me to take every thought captive, to practice confession instead of concealment, Scripture instead of speculation, prayer instead of performance.
Root me so deeply in Christ that success cannot inflate me, failure cannot define me, temptation cannot rename me, and suffering cannot undo me. Make my table a place of communion, my work an act of worship, my wounds a well of compassion for others. From Your table to my neighborhood, let Your life flow through me. I choose to live from identity, not for it—resting in grace, resisting the enemy, and rejoicing in Your easy yoke. In the strong name of Jesus—amen.
Bibliography
J. I. Packer, Knowing God.
Rankin Wilbourne, Union with Christ.
Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly.
John Stott, The Cross of Christ.
Jerry Bridges, Who Am I?.
Neil T. Anderson, Victory Over the Darkness; The Bondage Breaker; Who I Am in Christ.
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity.
A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy.
Christopher J. H. Wright, The Mission of God’s People.
Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self‑Forgetfulness.
Scripture References
Luke 24:30–32
Luke 22:19–20
1 Corinthians 10:16
Genesis 1:26–27
Romans 3:23
Ephesians 2:6
Matthew 28:18–20
2 Corinthians 10:4–5
Ephesians 6:14
Matthew 3:17
Matthew 4:1–11
John 19:30
2 Corinthians 5:17
Romans 8:1
John 15:5
Ephesians 1:20–23
Luke 10:19