Welcome to this weekend's In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley.

How do you identify a true follower of Jesus?

Today's podcast reminds us that it's not just about what someone does, but who they are.

Real discipleship starts with identity, not activity.

Turn to Galatians chapter 2.

I want you to see a verse here that best describes the kind of light

that our lord jesus christ intended for us to live this is the extraordinary life and paul wraps it up like

this because in this verse is paul's heart soul. Listen, I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I

who live, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the

Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. Paul says there was a time in my life

when I walked away from my past. He says, I died to the life that I was living. He says, so therefore,

in this life that I'm now living, it is no longer I, Paul, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life which I now live,

I live by faith in the Son of God. Here is the heart of everything the Apostle Paul believed.

Here's the underlying theology. Here's the underlying truth that governed his actions, his speech, and everything about

it. And what he was simply saying is this. It used to be the apostle, it used to be Saul of

Tarsus. Then it was Paul. Now it is Christ who lives in me. And the life which I'm now living, not the

same. I live by faith in the Son of God.

What he was saying is this, I have moved from that settled for a life that I was living.

I choose to live an extraordinary life. What is anything extraordinary? Whatever is extraordinary

is above the norm. It's above the natural. It's not the commonplace. It's something

above and beyond all that. So what I want to do is this. I want to answer the question,

what does the extraordinary life look like? What does the extraordinary Christian look like?

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