Bottom line: Know you're new so you can live new by being renewed.

In Christ we are new creations with new identities. We must know who we are and what we are in Christ. How we see ourselves will determine what we do, how we behave, minister, serve, etc. The power for living out our identity is our attachment to Christ. As Paul said, "I'm crucified with Christ, never the less I live, yet not I but CHRIST IN ME..."