Believers are God’s children. Knowing who we are impacts our daily living in everything concerning us as well as how we should see ourselves. We are no longer our old selves, but are now righteous, redeemed, holy, and perfect in Christ. Believing this changes the way we think, which in turn changes our behavior for the better. Our righteousness does not depend on what we do, but on what God has already done through Jesus and His finished works. Knowing our original identity gives us tremendous power and allows Christ to express Himself through us. Because of what God did, we can now dispense with struggling through self-effort to become what we already are right now, and simply embrace it.
