Go! And Know Who You Are In Christ Series

Go! And Know Who You Are in Christ

Introduction:

We live in a world that constantly tells us who we are not.

You’re not good enough.

You’re not beautiful enough.

You’re not smart enough.

You’ll never be successful enough.

But God, through His Word, declares something entirely different:

“You are Mine. You are chosen. You are loved. You are redeemed.”

I want us to hear heaven speak louder than the lies of the world.

Our sermon title today is: “Go! And Know Who You Are in Christ.”

If you are in Christ Jesus, you are not who the world says you are —

You are who God says you are.

You are created, called, chosen, cleansed, commissioned — and you are complete in Christ.

1. You Are Wonderfully Made

Psalm 139:14 (NLT): “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvellous—how well I know it.”

This Psalm is a song of awe and intimacy. King David, overwhelmed by the knowledge that God created him with intricate care, responds with worship.

The Hebrew word translated “wonderfully” is palah, meaning “to be set apart, distinguished, marked with distinction.”

You are not a mistake. You are not mass-produced. You are a divine masterpiece!

Genesis 1:27 (NLT): “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”

In Hebrew, the word for “image” is tselem — a representation, a likeness.

God made you to reflect His character and purpose.

Max Lucado wrote, “You weren’t an accident. You weren’t mass produced. You aren’t an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the Earth by the Master Craftsman.”

Amen! That’s the truth.

So why do we spend so much of our lives wishing we were someone else?

Imagine a sculptor chiselling a block of marble into a beautiful statue. Now imagine the statue turning around and saying, “I wish I looked like someone else’s art.”

That’s what we do when we reject God’s workmanship in us. But today, let us praise Him — for we are wonderfully made.

2. You Are Made New in Christ

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT): “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”

When we come to Christ, our identity is not upgraded — it’s replaced.

You’re not an improved version of the old you. You are a new creation — a kaine ktisis in the Greek — an entirely new kind of being.

The moment you repented and trusted Christ, your past was forgiven, your future was secured, and your present was transformed.

Charles Stanley said, “When you become a Christian, you are not simply a person who has changed opinions; you are someone who has received a new nature.”

Friends, this is why the Gospel matters — Jesus didn’t come to reform you. He came to rescue you and recreate you.

I once read of a man who spent decades restoring a broken-down house. But no matter how much he fixed, the foundation was faulty.

So one day, he tore the whole thing down and built a brand-new house from the ground up.

That’s what God does with us. He doesn’t patch the old — He builds anew.

3. You Are a Child of God

John 1:12 (NLT): “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.”

In Christ, we are not just forgiven; we are adopted — welcomed into God’s family.

Ephesians 1:4-5 (NLT): “Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ… God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family…”

The Greek word for “adopt” here is huiothesia, meaning “the placing of a son” — it speaks of full rights and inheritance.

Tim Keller observed: “The only person who dares wake up a king at 3am for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access.”

This changes everything — from identity to intimacy. God is not a distant judge; He is a loving Father who delights in His children.

4. You Are Redeemed and Rescued

Colossians 1:13-14 (NLT): “For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son…”

You were in darkness. But Jesus rescued you.

The word “rescued” (Greek: rhuomai) implies being snatched out of danger.

You didn’t save yourself — Jesus came into enemy territory, laid down His life, and carried you out!

John Piper wrote, “Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty.”

Let’s never forget — this was not cheap grace.

It cost Jesus everything:

— His blood shed,