Who am I

“Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me” (Ps. 51:5).

That’s who I am: my identity, by God’s grace, is in Christ.

Most people in the world do not know why they are here, who they really are, where they have come from, or where they are going. Furthermore, they hold to an altogether wrong view of themselves, believing that they are fundamentally good, were born good, and that they’re on their way to a good place. They don’t understand that they are guilty sinners, conceived in sin, born with a sinful nature, living under the wrath of God, and awaiting God’s just condemnation. All humanity is by nature in a state of sin, and all people desperately need to hear the good news of Jesus Christ so that by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit, they might be justified before God by faith alone and eternally saved through Christ. Only through the Spirit’s work in us through the gospel of Christ does God show us who we really are so that when we are moved by the Spirit to ask, “Who am I?” we can humbly and boldly declare:

“I was conceived in sin, born a sinner, deserving of condemnation, but I have been born again by the Spirit, have been united to Jesus Christ, and am bound for glory.

That’s who I am: my identity, by God’s grace, is in Christ.”

by Burk Parsons / Tabletalk Magazine - July 2020

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