About this episode
We are continuing in our series called “Who do you think you are?” You don’t have to look long or far to realize that our world is having an identity crisis. Everywhere we look, people are on a constant search to figure out who they are, to define themselves, to make themselves significant or important. The good news for us is that the Bible has lots to say about who we are. It communicates that those of us who are in Christ have a brand new identity. In this series, we’ve seen that the Bible says quite a bit about us both apart from Christ and once we are in a relationship with Jesus. It uses a number of metaphors to communicate what God has done for us in Christ, and what that means for our identity. So far we’ve seen that we are justified— legally forgiven and declared righteous in God’s sight, we’re redeemed—set free from sin’s penalty and power, we’re reconciled— God has made us his friends. We are adopted into God’s own family. He has made us new creations, giving us spiritual life. And in the last episode, we saw that our salvation is not simply individual, there is also a corporate element. Through Christ, we become members of God’s household, part of His people, fellow citizens with the saints in God’s Kingdom. There’s no more elite membership in the whole world. Today, we will consider from Scripture what it means to be a saint.