Identity

Supplemental Talking Points (if needed)

• What we identify with becomes our God
  • Political parties
  • Nationalities
  • Ethnic backgrounds
  • Denominations
  • Sports teams
  • Etc. 
• The devil has tricked us into identifying with sin; sometimes shame is attached to it, and sometimes pride is. 
  • Same-sex attraction – “I was born this way” – they are identifying with sin
  • Addictions – “ it is in my family’s history” – these can be more hidden because of the shame affiliated
• Whatever we identify with becomes idolatry if it is not God
• If we identify with God, are our actions congruent?
• Parable of the prodigal son

In the pig pen, he remembered who his father was; he remembered who he was.