Unchanging Identity
Dave Riddle 8/29/2021
Key passage: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Hard truths of the Bible
There are lots of things that make us say “I wish I didn’t know that… I wish that wasn’t in there”
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
“You are not your own”
The world doesn’t revolve around me.
I’m now a steward
1 Peter 4:10
Steward: a person who manages another’s property or finances; one who administers anything as the agent of another.
We manage our lives, not in our own interest, but in the interest of the Father
I’m now a child
1 John 3:1
See what great love the Father has given us that we should be called God’s children—and we are!
I’m now a follower
“Follow me”
Follow = akoloutheō - to be in the same way with. To be in the same road. To follow one who proceeds.
I’m now a disciple
Disciple = mathetes (Greek: μαθητής) - pupil/learner/student - a disciple. In the New Testament, a disciple is one who not only learns, but accepts and adverse to the instruction given to them, making it their personal everyday way of living .
Not just learning knowledge, but allowing that knowledge to change the way we live.
Matthew 16:24 - if anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself and take up his cross.
I’m now a slave
doulos (Greek: δοῦλος): a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
We are slaves to our sin
Romans 6:15
Romans 6:18
Set free from sin!
Now slaves to righteousness!