Every believer walking the path of sanctification soon discovers that the Christian life is a battleground—not because we are weak, but because we have been awakened. When the Spirit makes us alive, the war between flesh and Spirit intensifies. This inner conflict is not evidence of failure; it is evidence of formation. It means the Spirit is at work, confronting what once ruled us.
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As we walk deeper into our walk, we come face to face with a reality that cannot be ignored: the old nature does not quietly step aside. It must be put off. It must be denied. It must be crucified. Identity in Yeshua (Jesus) reveals who we are. Still, surrender begins to reshape us—and now we learn that walking in the Spirit requires a holy defiance against everything in us that belongs to the old life.
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Now that we have laid the foundation—that identity becomes calling—we move into the first and most essential expression of our response: surrender. Identity without surrender becomes theory. Identity with surrender becomes transformation. Knowing who you are in Yeshua (Jesus) must lead to a yielded life, because the Spirit does not shape what we withhold. He forms what He fills, and He fills what is fully surrendered.
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If you’re just joining us on this journey, welcome. I’ve just completed a month-long series exploring our identity in the Messiah — who we are because of His finished work, His love, His calling, and His transformative grace. We discovered that identity is not something we earn; it is something we receive. It is not fragile; it is rooted. It is not changing; it is anchored in the eternal purposes of God. But now we turn a corner, because identity is never meant to be the destination. It is meant to be the foundation. Identity is not the finish line—it is the starting gate. And now that we know who we are in Messiah, we step into the next essential revelation: identity becomes calling.
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Every journey of identity culminates in this: you are the Bride of Messiah. Not merely a servant, not merely a disciple, not merely a child — but a Bride being prepared for eternal union with the King. Revelation declares, “The bride has made herself ready,” and Paul reveals how: Messiah “loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify her… and present her to Himself a glorious church.”
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Your identity is grounded in the present, but its fullness is revealed in the future. John writes, “Beloved, now we are children of God,” but also, “when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” Identity begins now, but destiny is unveiled then — at the moment you behold the Bridegroom in glory.
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You become like whatever you behold. Identity is not shaped by striving but by seeing — by gazing upon the glory of Yeshua (Jesus). Paul writes that as we behold “the glory of the Lord,” we are “being transformed into the same image from glory to glory.” Identity begins with revelation, but it matures through beholding.
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