Covenant Reformed News – July 2017 • Volume XVI, Issue 15
This article from Covenant Reformed News explores Christian identity as rooted in election, church membership, and hope in Christ's return. It emphasizes how believers' self-identification is bound to the Triune God and the church universal, and contrasts the Christian's future hope—including death, fellowship with Christ, and the coming new creation—with the despair of unbelief. The piece combines Reformed doctrine on election and preservation with practical assurance for the believer's present walk and eternal destiny.
Our Identity in Christ (4) A significant part of human identity comes through our inclusion in a larger entity, our place amidst a group or groups of other people. As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are part of the greatest society and institution in the history of the world! We are not merely members of some political party or sports club or social group. We belong to the body of Jesus Christ Himself! We are part of the one, holy, catholic (or universal) and apostolic church. As...