In the second sermon in this series, Bryce Hales explores the implications of our identity in Christ in the second half of 1 Peter 1. If you are in Christ, your gospel identity will bear gospel fruit.

Christian identity is key to rising above the anxiety of our time. But what is it? How do we get it? How do we know we have it? Bryce Hales walks us through 1 Peter 1:1-12.

Guest speaker, Alex Watlington (Campus minister at RUF USC), encourages us with the finality, the power and the resolution of Heaven in 1 Corinthians 15:42-58. "Our hope in Heaven gives us the strength to be steadfast now."

Guest preacher David Cassidy of Christ Community Church in Franklin, TN, explains the merciful compassion of Jesus as He heals the leper in Mark 1:40-45. This is what Jesus does for us and, therefore, this is how we love and move towards suffering in our world.

To mourn is an active posture. It is not strength to avoid lament, mourning, loss and grief. Mourning is the only door to true happiness.

We need a power to match our mission.

Jesus gives the Holy Spirit to His disciples to assure, commission and empower them.

The Holy Spirit wields the sword of truth to change us for the sake of the world.

The Holy Spirit shows us our need, then points us to Jesus.

The Holy Spirit is our teacher, advocate and helper. He builds a place of safety and rest and equips us to live lives in the midst of difficulty.