What's your identity?

Identity fraud is a big issue these days. I hadn't thought too much about it until recently, when my credit card wouldn't work. The bank had put a stop on it. Someone had been using my card to pay $1000s to some obscure internet company in Israel. My card, my money, but not me!

It is so important to have a good grasp of your identity. Who are you really? 1 Peter was written to people who had changed their identity. Once they were 'not a people' and now they are 'the people of God'. These people had become 'Christians', which means that they had been called to belong to God, to be included in his family, and to display the family likeness. God had given them a new life, a new future, and a new purpose for living. A completely new identity.

We live in a world where people are constantly seeking to make a name for themselves. A world where our identities are shaped by our looks, our income, our education, our relationships, our possessions, and our dreams. The problem is that all these things perish and fade. By contrast, God gives us a new identity in Jesus Christ that is precious, lasting and secure. This identity is the REAL you. Not a fraud we manufacture for ourselves.

My question are: "Do you know who you really are?" "Do you see yourself the way God sees you?" "Have you been born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Christ Jesus from the dead?"