Self-Identity after Supersessionism: My Story

Introduction The Bible presents a role for the body and sexuality within which Messiah-followers are called to serve God. They can flourish either as celibates or as sexually active within marriage between a man and a woman. I have a stake in teaching this ethic, since I have tried to live by it. Despite costs the path is worthwhile. What does it mean to put identity in Messiah above any identities that alter the biblical meaning of marriage, and of being created male or female in the image of God?1 Marcia Benner Pusey recounts her ultimately successful struggle to bring her sexual behavior