Main Idea – Our legacy begins with knowing who you are in Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:17–21 (NLT) 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” 21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

We’re a new .

17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

We’re given a .

18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.

We’re given a .

19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

We’re given .

20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, ‘Come back to God!’

What Now?

• Master your main message.
• Live out your new gospel identity.

Continuing the Conversation

1. Which phrase from this passage—new creation, reconciled, ambassador, or righteous—most shapes how you see yourself? Why?

2. Where do you sense God leading you to represent Him this week—as His “ambassador”?

3. What’s one “old identity” (past sin, failure, or label) that you need to leave behind to live as in your new identity as a new creation?

4. If someone who trusted you asked, “What’s your faith all about?”— how might you describe “God…no longer counting people’s sins against them” ?