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The Christian’s True Identity: What It Means to Be in Christ is unavailable, but you can change that!

With its identity politics, numerous gender identity options, “selfies,” and “you-do-you” mentality, society emphasizes individualism, but it seems like people are having a harder time than ever figuring out who they are. The problem is, they are looking for their identity in the wrong places. Are you seeking your identity in relationships, a career, family, race, gender expression, or other...

have no greater desire than to know Christ and be “found in Him” (Phil. 3:9; see vv. 7–11). To be clear, union with Christ does not mean we become Christ. It is not a form of deification where we slowly turn into gods or become one with the divine essence. This is mysticism, not the Christian religion. Nor are we literally or physically united to Him, as though we become conjoined twins attached at the hip. The biblical conception of union is manifold, but it ultimately comes
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