Our history plays a crucial role in our identity. Dwayne shows us here in Deuteronomy 26 that the Israelites were always to remember their history and their identity: that they were a people redeemed and saved by God out of slavery to be a holy people.
The bible makes clear that this history and identity is spiritually true of every genuine Christian believer. We too were in slavery to sin and death, and only by the grace and power of God through the Lord Jesus Christ, were we set free to eternal life. The most important question for all of us then must be: "Is this my spiritual history? Has God rescued me from sin and death through Jesus Christ?"