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Discipleship Focus: Identity
- Identity: Our true identity comes from the Father. Only when our identity comes from God can we be obedient in ways that satisfy our person to our core.
This is a
bit of a difficult chapter to read while focusing on discipleship. After all, this chapter is the beginning of
Isaiah’s apocalypse. This chapter is
about judgment and wrath. This chapter
is largely about how humanity has brought judgment upon all of creation. The whole of creation mourns because we as
human beings were sinful.
Given all
of that, I think this is a good chapter to turn and look at the topic of
identity. Yes, we are God’s people. Yes, God has paved the way of salvation. Ultimately, our identity is in Him.
But what
about our nature? It is important once
and a while to remember that our nature is corrupt. The sinfulness of our flesh is
contagious. We impact all that we touch,
and often not in a positive way. We are
inherently self-centered unless we work hard to be different. We are deserving of judgment. Our identity may be that we are saved by the
hand of God, but our identity truly is a corrupt being that is saved by only by
His grace.
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