In what do you place your identity?

Recap: Genesis chapters 1-11 set up the rest of the Bible

Today’s plan:

New Testament book of Galatians

Genesis 11 (last major story of the set-up)

Genesis 12 (first major story of God’s promise)

Galatians 3:26-29

Outrageous claim #1: God relates to his people as family

The Jews believed they were part of God’s family because they descended from someone named Abraham, the figurehead for the entire Jewish race

Outrageous claim #2: Jesus is the true figurehead for God’s family, and under him there is equal accessibility between races, genders, and societal status

Genesis 11:1-4

Identity of Babel

I make myself important

I protect my future

Genesis 12:1

Genesis 12:2-3

Identity of Babel

I make myself important

I protect my future

Identity of the Promise

God makes me important

God protects my future

God invites me into a bigger story

Genesis 12:10-16

Identity of Babel

I make myself important

I protect my future

Identity of the Promise

God makes me important

God protects my future

God invites me into a bigger story

Genesis 12:17-20

Identity of Babel

I make myself important

I protect my future

Identity of the Promise

God makes me important

God protects my future

God invites me into a bigger story

Galatians 3:26

Final Questions:

Do you need to stop living in an old identity and take on the identity of the promise through surrendering to Jesus?

You may already be in Christ and you need to remember that his promise to you is stronger than your inconsistency and cycles of shame