I recently read a blog post in which the writer said she had always promised herself that she would be human first, female second, and Christian third. I liked that at first, especially the part about being a human first and a woman second, but the more I thought about it the more I wondered if that was the order I would put things in. Are we supposed to be Christians first? Or is the only reason that we can be Christians is because Christ redeemed our humanness? God made humans first, gender second, and Christians last, so is that God's order of identity? I guess that is the order chronologically, but what about the order by priority? Should I be a Christian first or a human first? When I phrase it that way, I think of the Christians who remind me of Jesus robots. The regulation Christians who follow rules to the letter and expect everyone else (even sometimes those who don't even claim Christianity) to live up to that same standard. I try my darnedest to make sure that my identity is based on the fact that Jesus Christ saved my life and redeemed my soul, that it is the foundation I stand on, that it is the place out of which I want the rest of my life to flow. Even so, I think it may be true that I am a human first.
I am wondering out loud. Well, not really out loud, but you know what I mean. I am wondering in type. Wonder with me, if you will. What do you think? Should we live as if we are humans first, man or woman second, and follows of Christ third? How would you say the order goes and why?
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