"Your Primary Identity" - a sermon by Dr. J. R. Norwood
This sermon is based on Jude 1:1-2 (ESV); 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
A person's immediate, gut level response to the question of “who you are” is their primary identity. It is the foundation upon which other aspects of a person's life are based. It is the underlying chief value that orders decisions and behavior. A person's primary identity guides the way they live, the way they think, the way they view the world, the way they interact with others.
Because your primary identity is the way you view yourself, first and foremost above all other things, then - for a disciples of Jesus Christ - being a servant of Jesus Christ, a follower of Jesus Christ, a worshiper of Jesus Christ, one who has been saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ… must be, in an ever-increasing way, your primary identity.
