REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE AND WHOSE YOU ARE
When Paul wrote this to the Corinthians he was primarily addressing the problem of sexual sin that was so prevalent in their culture. Believers were to live differently than the culture around them. This was not a call to an outward asceticism, but a reminder of an identity change. They were no longer slaves to sin, but slaves to Christ. Their bodies were purchased by His blood and had become God’s holy temple where His Spirit dwelled.
This word is as relevant today as it was then. We are no longer to be identified by our former sin, but by our Savior. For we have been bought out from under sin’s mastery. We have a new Master and a new identity in Christ.
When my children were teenagers and they were about to leave the house for some activity with school or friends, I would tell them, “Remember who you are and whose you are.”
“Yes, my father.” They would say (Sounds formal, but it was a routine we had).
I wanted them to remember that they were children of God, purchased and adopted by the blood of Jesus. I didn’t want the world grooming their identity. I wanted their identity shaped and formed by the Spirit of Christ.
Do you know who you are and whose you are?
PRAYER: Dear Father, help us to put off the old nature with its old identity and its fleshly desires. Help us to put on the new nature, remembering that we belong to You. In Jesus’ name, amen.