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Understanding
your identity in Christ is extremely important, ,
whether you are brand-new in the faith, or a seasoned veteran.
Realizing your position as a child of God, and the identity that is yours
through faith in Christ Jesus sets the spiritual foundation whereby you
can come to know, experience and walk in the fullness of God.
Your identity in Christ is how God looks at you
through Jesus' blood that was shed on the Cross. In accepting Christ Jesus
as your Savior, Jesus lives in you (Galatians 3:20), and this is what
God sees when He looks at you, as He sees you in light of the sacrifice
of Jesus, and all the potential (along with the identity) that it affords
you.
As is the key with many things in Christianity, it's not what you know
in your head (or mind) to be true, but what you know in your heart (your
spirit) to be true. That's why the Bible encourages us in Romans 12:12
to "not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind", as once your mind has been renewed,
scriptural truths transform from being something you know in your head
into something you know in your heart. And when this happens, it helps
produce the change or results that are needed to begin to see what the
Bible says is our identity in Christ come to pass in our life.
One of the ways our minds become renewed is through the reading of and
thinking about (meditating on) the truths recorded in the Bible about
our identity in Christ. So, , as I mentioned
before whether you are a seasoned "vet" or a green "rook", renewing your
mind to your identity in Christ is a constant process and something we
all need to practice doing.
With that said, here are a few verses that concern your identity in Christ:
| John
1:12 |
I
am a child of God (part of His family - see Romans 8:16) |
| John
15:15 |
I,
, am Christ's friend |
| John
15:16 |
I
am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear fruit |
| Romans
8:14, 15 |
I
am a son/daughter of God (God is spiritually my Father - see Galatians
3:26 and 4:6) |
| Romans
8:17 |
I
am a joint heir with Christ sharing His inheritance with Him |
| 1
Corinthians 6:17 |
I
am joined (united) to the Lord and am one spirit with Him |
| 1
Corinthians 12:27 |
I,
, am a member (part) of Christ's
body - see Ephesians 5:30 |
| 2
Corinthians 5:18, 19 |
I
am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation |
| Galatians
3:26, 28 |
I
am a son/daughter of God and one in Christ |
| Galatians
4:6,7 |
I
am an heir of God since I am a son/daughter of God |
| Ephesians
1:1 |
I
am a saint (see also: 1 Corinthians 1:2, Philippians 1:1, Colossians
1:2) |
| Ephesians
2:19 |
I
am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's people in His family |
| Philippians
3:20 |
I
am a citizen of heaven and seated in heaven right now (see Ephesians
2:6) |
| Colossians
3:3 |
I
am hidden with Christ in God |
| Colossians
3:4 |
I
am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life |
| Colossians
3:12 |
I
am chosen of God, holy, and dearly loved |
| 1
Thessalonians 1:4 |
I,
, am chosen and dearly loved by God |
| 1
Thessalonians 5:5 |
I
am a son/daughter of light and not of darkness |
| Hebrews
3:1 |
I
am a holy brother/sister, a partaker of a heavenly calling |
| Hebrews
3:14 |
I
am a partaker of Christ… I share in His life |
| 1
Peter 2:9, 10 |
I
am a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people
for God's own possession to proclaim the excellencies of Him |
| 1
John 3:1, 2 |
I
am now a child of God. I will resemble Christ when He returns |
| 1
John 5:18 |
I,
, am born of God and the evil one
(the devil) cannot touch me |
If you have
enjoyed this article on your identity in Christ, be sure to read the related
article on "The
Power of Realizing Your Position in Christ."
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