Materialism has been a chief vice in American culture for a long time. Even though we know materialism is calling our name, we still fall into it – specifically, we start to define ourselves and others by it: the amount of money we have, the number of things we have, the looks we have, the lifestyle we have, the education we have. How do we break free from living the lie that “I am what I have?”

The Truth always destroys the lies we believe. God’s Word tells us that we are, actually, what we have because we have 1. hope in an eternal inheritance! 2. security in God’s power! and 3. joy in our salvation!

Don’t ever forget who you are and what you have in Christ!

This sermon message is based on 1 Peter 1:3-9.