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Most of what troubles us traces back to a question of identity: whose am I, and what is true of me? Scripture answers in the indicative, not the imperative. These Words tell you what has already been done and who you already are, in Christ.
This Path is part of the house. One year opens it, with every other Path.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8–9BSB
The Words, in order
- Ephesians 2:8–9Start with grace, so that nothing that follows becomes a burden.
- John 1:12–13A child of God, born of God rather than human effort.
- Romans 8:1The verdict is in: no condemnation.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17Not repaired. New.
- Galatians 2:20Crucified, and alive with a life that is His.
- Colossians 3:3Your truest life is hidden and kept.
- 1 Peter 2:9Identity that is shared: chosen, priestly, holy, His.
- Ephesians 2:10Made, and made for something.