Lesson 3: Receive My Identity in Christ

Memory Verse: 2 Corinthians 3:18

Sharing Time: Share with each other how your experience of sharing last week’s story with someone. Take a few minutes to pray for the people that have heard last week’s story.

Read the teaching: Ephesians 4:17-32

Ask: What does this passage say about God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)?

Read the teaching Again: Ephesians 4:17-32

Ask: What does this passage say about people?

Restate the main points of the teaching: Ask for one or more to restate the main points of this teaching, with the group’s help.

Ask: What applies to you, that you could put into practice this week?

Ask: Who can you share this teaching to this week? Share with us who you can share this to this week and let’s pray for each other for God directed opportunities to share this teaching.

Summarize: The new self, received when we were born again, came with an IDENTITY. IDENTITY is defined as the distinguishing character or personality of an individual. That distinguishing character is CHRIST’S IDENTITY that we now bear. The Scripture teaches that we should “no longer walk (live) as the Gentiles do” because we have “taken off” our old self, and have “put on” our new self, which were “created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (v. 24)” The phrase “taken off” & “put on” has the same meaning to being “BORN AGAIN”, where our old self has died, and we are BORN AGAIN into a new self. Living in CHRIST’S IDENTITY, we now have these characteristics: speaks truthfully (v. 25); have no grudges (v. 26); no stealing, but work honestly (v. 28); share with the needy (v. 28); no bad mouthing, but speak words of encouraging (v. 29); have no bitterness, wrath, anger, slander, and malice (v. 31); have kindness, tenderhearted, and forgiving others (v.32). These are just some of the holy characteristics that we have with our new CHRIST’S IDENTITY. Start acknowledging that you are now a child of God and you have CHRIST’S IDENTITY in you, and then start to live in it and live it out. Start living your NEW LIFE IN CHRIST.