Remember Who We Are # 1

One of the biggest struggles of God's people has always been our tendency to not Remember.  We not only forgot - conveniently or otherwise - to do what has told us to do; we even forget who we are in Christ, which leads to us doing - or not doing - what we ought to be doing. Perhaps one of the best-known and loved verses is in II Corinthians:

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

The key phrase here, as in a few of Paul's letters, is "in Christ." We have a relationship with God, and therefore our lives are to be different.  The very context of this verse reminds us that by virtue of our relationship with Christ Who died for us, we have died to our old sinful life. Our lives should then be like a beacon flashing in the darkness with the message: "Come to Christ; Be Reconciled to God!" Remember who you are - a new creation; leave behind the old and be what God has called us to be in Christ.