Produce Part 4

This week in the Produce series, we’re asking one powerful question: Who gets to tell you who you are?

Social media is buzzing with the “Who am I?” trend—people asking ChatGPT to define them based on their digital footprint. It’s fun, it’s harmless… but is it the best source of truth? What if we asked the One who wrote every one of our days before a single one of them came to be?

In this message, we discover that God is not in the business of labeling us by our past, our failures, or the world’s standards. He gives new names, new identities, and new purpose.

• Abram becomes Abraham — “father of many nations”
• Sarai becomes Sarah
• Jacob wrestles and becomes Israel
• Hoshea becomes Joshua — “Yahweh is salvation”
• Simon becomes Peter — the rock

And now, because of Jesus, we have a new name written in glory: sons and daughters of the Most High God. “In Christ.”

We unpack the beautiful picture of grafting—how we, the scion, are joined to Jesus, the true Vine and perfect Rootstock. When we are grafted into Him, we receive:

• Disease resistance (freedom from the cancer of sin)
• Soil adaptability (sealed in Him, unshaken by contaminated surroundings)
• Cold hardiness (storms may rage, but they will not overtake us)
• Vigor (a consuming-fire life that burns bright and takes ground)

Drawing from Galatians 5:22–26, John 15:1–12, Romans 6, and the rich New Testament truth of being “in Christ” (mentioned over 100 times!), this episode reminds us:

“I am grafted into the Vine.” “I produce produce.”

Our old identity died with Christ. Our new life flows from Him. The New Covenant sealed in His blood declares: no condemnation, new creation, every spiritual blessing, righteousness, redemption, inheritance, and unbreakable union with God.

This is not about trying harder to bear fruit—it’s about abiding in the Vine who is the source of all true fruit.

Join us as we worship, declare our new name, and rest in the finished work of Jesus.

Key phrase to carry with you this week: “I am grafted into the Vine.”

Scripture focus: John 15:1–12 | Galatians 5:22–26 | Romans 6:1–11 | Jeremiah 31:31–34 | Matthew 26:27–28 | Hebrews 10:19–23

Perfect for: Anyone tired of letting their past, social media, or the world define them

Let’s stop asking artificial intelligence who we are… and start declaring what the living God has already said.

You are in Christ. And in Him, you produce produce.

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