Remember Who You Are! 1 Peter 2:1-13 “A multitude of studies in the last forty years indicate that the way we see ourselves determines to a large degree the way we act and react in life. That one's self-perception, self-worth, self-esteem tends to be a governing factor in our life. If we see ourselves as a loser, we end up to a large degree acting like a loser. If we see ourselves as a victim, we tend to let people victimize us. If we see ourselves as uncreative, we never come up with any creative ideas. If we see ourselves as a piece of junk, we begin to think that we are garbage. If we see ourselves as successful then we tend to repeat successes that we've had in the past. Our beliefs about ourselves determine our behavior.” Rick Ezell, Pastor “Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship and service to God.” Timothy Keller “The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.” Timothy Keller Who Am I According the Scripture? 1. I am a believer who is expected to mature spiritually. “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil” (Hebrews 5:12-14). 2. I am a believer who is a priest in God’s household. 3. I am a believer who is honored by God and free of shame.
 4. I am a believer who is accepted by God. "You are the ones chosen by God . . . from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted" (1 Peter 2:9-10, The Message). 5. I am a believer who is of inestimable worth. 
 6. I am a believer who is commissioned to share God’s greatness with the world.
 7. I am a believer who is expected to conduct myself in an honorable way.