New I.D.

Bryn Haworth has written a wonderful song called "New I.D." It's on his album Keep the Faith]:

I’ve got a new identity, now there’s a brand new me
I’ve found the master plan, I know just who I am, I’ve got a new ID.
I’ve got a new identity; they say salvation’s free
But when I look at that cross I see how much it costs, to get my new ID

I’m rich – my treasure’s in heaven now
Old things – have passed away
Can a loser be a winner; can a dead man live again?
Can a thief become an honest man? Would you treat him like a friend?

I’ve got a new identity; his life has set me free
I’ve been made one with him who died and rose again
I’ve got a new ID

Dressed up – clothed in his righteousness
So loved – just as I am
And these prison bars can’t hold me, there is freedom from the law
Now I live by faith in the Son of God, who gave himself for all
I no longer have to be just a victim of the past
Does the strongest always win the race? Can the first be last?

I’ve got a new identity; now there’s a brand new me
And when I look at that man, I know just who I am, I’ve got a new ID.

What’s your name and what do you do?
These are the questions people ask you.
It doesn’t matter what they think
I could be famous or the weakest link.
More than a number on a government form
Not just a star sign the day I was born.
I’m dead and buried, been crucified with Christ
Called out of darkness and I’m living in the light.
I’ve been raised up and I’m seated with him
Been reconciled, not strangers but friends
Holy and blameless, precious in his sight
No longer lost in the middle of the night

I’m strong, there’s power in weakness now
My times – are in his hands
And I am a new creation, a holy work of art
And one day there’ll be perfection, now we only see in part.
I’ve got a new identity . . . .