WHO ARE YOU?

If I were to ask people on the street, "Who are you?" the possible answers are innumerable. Some might tell me their nationality. Some might respond with their name. Others might tell me their occupation. Still others might respond with their position within their family, such as a dad, a daughter, etc. It is even possible that someone might answer giving their religious affiliation, such as Buddhist or Baptist. In today's world, with all its "diversity," they might answer, "I'm gay." The options seem endless. But none of these examples really tell others exactly who we are.

There may be dozens of people who have the exact same name as you do. It is possible that your job may be rather unique, but I doubt you are the only individual in the entire world who performs it. There are obviously millions of Americans, dads, Buddhists, etc., and if one believes the propaganda, there are millions of gays as well. In our country, people are given a social security number which identifies them as one specific person. In all the world, with its six billion plus people, there is only one individual who has your social security number. That is unless someone has stolen your identity. Still, each of us has an individual identity that can be stolen, and because it needs to be protected from identity theft, only a fool would answer the question with their social security number.

Because it is so difficult to identify a specific individual in today's world, there are organizations that are pushing for every single person to receive a computer chip placed under the skin, as a means of identification. They are trying to convince the world that life would be so much easier if all our health information, our banking information, and our other identity information could be scanned by a computer. We would no longer need to fill out forms, uses checks and credit cards, or carry a driver's license; everything anyone would ever need to know about us would be a "scan away."

But there is one part of our identity that cannot be scanned, and that is our relationship with Almighty God. The Bible says that we must be born again spiritually, to become a citizen of God's kingdom (Jn. 3:3-8). It says that no one can approach God apart from having faith in Jesus Christ (Jn. 14:6). The Word teaches us that we can become a child of God by receiving Jesus Christ (Jn. 1:11-13). There are only two classes of people when it comes to being identified by our relationship to God: His children, and His enemies. We are either in Christ, or we are not. We are either spiritually minded, or we are not. We are either heirs of God, or we are not (Rom. 8:1-17).

The best answer anyone could possibly give to the question, "Who are you?" is "I am a child of God by faith in the once dead and buried, but now raised and glorified Son of God, my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!" Nothing else really matters. I am a child of God. Who are you?