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Identity in Christ

e can not go back in time, to have an identity, the first step is to have
the days that have passed a personal relationship with Christ. You
will not return, the plants can not identify yourself as a child of God
W grow and then wither and until you recognize that you are a sinner
many of the human beings live without a and receive by FAITH to Christ and the
purpose for which to live. Knowing why work he did for each of his chosen ones,
living is much bigger than your own he died on the cross to pay for every sin of
achievements or tranquility, than fame or yours. God says that the wages of sin is
wealth. death. Christ died in your replacement, he
The former president of Peru Alan Gar- is the source of life and the beginning of
cía Pérez, lawyer, speaker and Peruvian the purpose for which you were created.
politician. Who held the office of presi- God thought of you long before you in
dent of Peru in two nonconsecutive terms: him.
from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. If you continue living for your purpo-
On April 17, 2019 it is said that he ended ses and not for the purpose that God deter-
his life committing suicide. mined for you, you will have a life
Did not Alan García have enough without meaning, a life without meaning
achievements to have a life without intri- and without hope, will produce acts such
gues? The search to live with incorrect as those committed by Alan García. His
purposes has disturbed many people; This wealth, fame and achievements did not
happens because they start at the wrong prevent him from doing acts that led him
starting point. The Bible in the Book of to hell.
Colossians 1:16 shows us that everything
begins with God and that everything was Today get the identity in Christ to
created for His purposes. Focusing on our- be a child of God. If you are not yet a
selves will not help us in anything to child of God, repent of your sins and
know what is the purpose for which we receive Jesus as Lord and Savior.
were created. You must go to the Word of “But as many as received him, to them
God and not the wisdom of the world to gave he power to become the sons of God,
know why you exist, the world passes and even to them that believe on his name”
your desires, but the Word of God is eter- John 1:12
nal, God is the beginning of everything,
his Word says in Ephesians 1: 11 : "In
whom also we have obtained an inheri- If you have already received the identi-
tance, being predestinated according to ty of being a child of God, look for a true
the purpose of him who worketh all church of Christ and do not stop meeting
things after the counsel of his own will: because this is part of God's common pur-
". pose for all your chosen ones.
This verse shows us an identity, and
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