Paul declares: 'I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.' Death and resurrection as identity shift.
I was raised Buddhist. I converted to Christianity at twenty-five. My family refused to speak to me for three years. I had to choose: remain connected to my family identity or embrace my new identity in Christ. I chose Christ.
Paul's words capture something of that: I died to the old me. The person who was a good Buddhist daughter is gone. And a new person has been raised in Christ. This new person isn't better because of moral achievement. She's alive because she's been united with the one who died and rose. My whole identity is built on that now.
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