The first 14 verses in the book of Ephesians are actually one long verse in

the Greek language. In this text, the apostle Paul clearly establishes who

we are in Christ. Our true eternal identity is received from God, not

achieved by us. We are not who we are because of how we behave, we behave

the way we do, because of who we are. We all are either in Adam or in

Christ. In Adam, we are a sinner, but in Christ we are Saints. In Adam, we

are our old man, while in Christ we have a new man, a new nature or a new

identity. Satan gave Eve a false identity when he told her that she could

become like...