Who are you?

 As a human being created by God, you are more than your sex, than the color of your skin, than your race, your socio-economic status, the level of your education, your vocation, etc. YOU are loved by your Creator!

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

Who are you is a question of identity

Where do you get your identity?

My Identity in Christ

4 part Sermon Series - Pastor Derek Futtrell

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Does God have the “right” to define you?

Think about it for a moment …..

He does, if He is your creator.

After all, shouldn’t any creator get to define his or her own creation?

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Gender Sex

Gender is a multi-faceted social construct. Gender is largely based on society and culture.

Gender roles. The backdrop of a discussion about gender is gender roles and gender assumptions. There are certain traits and roles that society expects people of each gender to fit into. 

Each culture has different gender roles. Gender identity and expression are derived from ideas about which traits and roles are perceived as masculine or feminine in that culture.‌

Revealed at birth according to the baby’s chromosomes, gonads, and anatomy. These three features are used to determine biological sex.

Chromosomes. These are tiny structures in the cells that house your unique DNA. A pair of chromosomes called the sex chromosomes determines whether you are male or female. Females have two X chromosomes, and males have an X and Y chromosome.‌

Gonads. These are the primary reproductive organs. Males have testes and females have ovaries. These organs also secrete hormones that promote reproduction. 

Anatomy. Physical genitalia determine sex during the baby’s development. Genitals are the first of the characteristics that determine sex to develop in the womb. Genitalia are the primary sex characteristic, but secondary characteristics are considered, such as breasts, frame, and facial hair.  

 . . . male and female He created them. Genesis 1: 27

He created them male and female . . . . Genesis 5: 2

[Jesus said,] “But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’” Mark 10: 6

[Jesus said,] “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female.’” Matthew 19: 4