Who Are You? Accepting Your True Identity The Christian life is knowing Who you already are! In Ephesians, Paul says two times to “speak the truth in love” to one another. In context, Paul is exhorting God’s people to remind one another of who they are in Christ . . . to remind one another about the new self into which they have been made . . . to remind one another of their true identity. Something that’s all too easy to forget. If you have received Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, here’s a list of who you really are. Marvel at the epic greatness of your Lord and what He has done for you. Receive it, remember it, and walk in it . . . I am complete in Christ who is the Head of all principality and power (Colossians 2:10). I have been crucified with Christ (Galatians 2:20). I am dead to sin (Romans 6:2). I have been made alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:5). I am free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2). I am born of God, and the evil one does not touch me (1 John 5:18). I am holy and without blame before Him in love (Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:16). I have been given the peace of God that passes all understanding (Philippians 4:7). I have the Greater One living in me and greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). I have received the gift of righteousness and reign in life by Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17). I have received the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus (Ephesians 1:17-18). I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13). I show forth the praises of God who has called me out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9). I am God’s child, born again of the incorruptible seed of the Word of God (1 Peter 1:23; John 1:12). I am God’s masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus unto good works (Ephesians 2:10). I am a new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). I am alive to God (Romans 6:11). I am an heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ (Romans 8:17). I am more than a conqueror through Him who loves me (Romans 8:37). I have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13). I am beloved of God (1 John 4:10). I am loved by the Father the same way Jesus is loved by the Father (John 17:23). I have been redeemed from the curse of the Law (Galatians 3:13). I have been justified (just as if I had never sinned) from all things (Acts 13:39). I am now God’s offspring (1 John 3:2). I am the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13). I have been reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:18). I have been accepted by God in the Beloved Son (Ephesians 1:6). I am kept by the power of God (1 Corinthians 1:8). I am free in Christ (John 8:36; Galatians 5:1). I am in Christ’s hands out of which no one can pluck me out (John 10:28). I am in the Father’s hands out of which no one can pluck me out (John 10:29). I am an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony (Revelation 12:11). I am a partaker of His divine nature (2 Peter 1:3-4). I am part of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people (1 Peter 2:9). I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:21). I am the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). I am the light of the world (Matthew 5:14). I am God’s elect, full of mercy, kindness, humility, and longsuffering (Romans 8:33; Colossians 3:12). I am forgiven of all sins and washed in the blood (Ephesians 1:7). I have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into God’s kingdom (Colossians 1:13). I have put off the old man and have put on the new man (Colossians 3:9-10). I am healed by the stripes of Jesus (1 Peter 2:24). I am raised up with Christ and seated in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 2:12). I have overcome the world (1 John 5:4). I am greatly loved by God (Romans 1:7; Ephesians 2:4; Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4). I am strengthened with all might according to His glorious power (Colossians 1:11). I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). I have Christ living inside of me (Galatians 2:20). I am a holy one (Colossians 1:2). I am one spirit with the Lord (1 Corinthians 6:17). I am holy, unreprovable, and unblameable in His sight (Colossians 1:22). I am a member of Christ’s holy body (1 Corinthians 12:27). I have been given all things that pertain to life and godliness (1 Peter 1:3). I am light in the Lord (Ephesians 5:8). I have been given all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 1:3). I have been chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). I have been justified (just as if I am had never sinned) (Romans 5:1). I am a branch on the true Vine (John 15:1, 5). I am born of God (1 John 5:18). I have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ (Hebrews 4:14-16). I am free from condemnation and I cannot be charged or indicted (Romans 8:1, 32-34). I have been established, anointed and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21-22). I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:1-4). I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20). I am at peace with God (Romans 5:1). I have everlasting life (John 5:24). I am kept by God’s power (1 Peter 1:5). I am in Christ Jesus by God’s act (1 Corinthians 1:30). I cannot be separated from God’s love in Christ (Romans 8:35-39). I am fit to partake of His inheritance (Colossians 1:12; Ephesians 1:14). I am part of Christ’s bride that He cherishes, bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh (Ephesians 5:29-32). I am a king and priest unto God (Revelation 1:6). I have been sealed with the promised Holy Spirit until the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13; 4:30). God will complete the good work that He started in me (Philippians 1:6). God is for me even when others are against me. (Romans 8:31).
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:14:52 +0000