WHO AM I? Understanding Your Identity In Christ!
by Susan Bordi-Parent on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 1:10pm
I am accepted...
- John 1:12~I am God's Child
- John 15:15~I am Christ's friend
- Romans 5:1 ~ Faith Brings Joy~I have been justified
- 1 Corinthians 6:17 ~I am united with the Lord, and I am one spirit with Him.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20~I have been bought with a price. I belong to God
- 1 Corinthians 12:27~I am a member of Christ's body
- Ephesians 1:1 ~ Greetings from Paul~I am a saint, a set apart one
- Ephesians 1:5~I have been adopted as God's child.
- Colossians 1:14~I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit to the Throne of Grace
- Colossians 2:10~I am complete in Christ
I Am Secure...
- Romans 8 ~ Life in the Spirit~I am free forever from condemnation
- Romans 8:28~I am assured that all things work together for good
- Romans 8:31-34 ~ Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love~I am free from any condemning charges against me
- Romans 8:35-39~I can not be separated from the love of God
- 2 Corinthians 1:21-22~I have been established, anointed and sealed by God
- Colossians 3:3~I am hidden with Christ in God
- Philippians 1:6~I am confident that the good work God has begun in me will be perfected
- Philippians 3:20~I am a citizen of heaven
- 2 Timothy 1:7~I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind
- Hebrews 4:16~I can find grace and mercy in time of need
- 1 John 5:18~I am born of God, and the evil one cannot touch me
I am significant...
- Matthew 5:13-14 ~ Teaching about Salt and Light~I am the salt and light of the earth
- John 15:1,5 ~ Jesus, the True Vine~I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life
- John 15:16 ~I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit
- Acts 1:8 ~I am a personal witness of Christ's
- 1 Corinthians 3:16~I am God's temple
- 2 Corinthians 5:17-21~I am a minister of reconciliation for God
- 2 Corinthians 6:1~I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9)
- Ephesians 2:6 ~I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realm
- Ephesians 3:12~I may approach God with freedom and confidence.
- Ephesians 4:13 ~I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
Study to show yourself approved a workman rightly dividing the WORD of Truth... Renew your mind in the WORD of GOD... Walk by the Spirit not by your flesh... Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen.
Enjoy,
Blessings,
Susie Parent
HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY ~ OUR PASSOVER LAMB CELEBRATION!!!
(From "Living Free in Christ" by Dr. Neil Anderson)
"The more you re-affirm who you are in Christ, the more your behavior will begin to reflect your true identity!"
(From Victory Over the Darkness: by Dr. Neil Anderson)
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Here is the Full outline with Scripture Verses included:
Who Am I?
I am accepted...
- I am God's Child
12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
- I am Christ's friend
John 15:15
I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.
- I have been justified
Romans 5:1 ~ Faith Brings Joy
Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.
- I am united with the Lord, and I am one spirit with Him.
1 Corinthians 6:17
But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.
- I have been bought with a price. I belong to God
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body
- I am a member of Christ's body
1 Corinthians 12:27
All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.
- I am a saint, a set apart one
Ephesians 1:1 ~ Greetings from Paul
This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus.
I am writing to God’s holy people in Ephesus,[a] who are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.
- I have been adopted as God's child.
Ephesians 1:5
5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
- I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit to the Throne of Grace
Colossians 1:14
...who purchased our freedom[a] and forgave our sins.
- I am complete in Christ
Colossians 2:10
So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
I Am Secure...
- I am free forever from condemnation
1 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power[a] of the life-giving Spirit has freed you[b] from the power of sin that leads to death.
- I am assured that all things work together for good
28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[a] for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
- I am free from any condemning charges against me
31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.
- I can not be separated from the love of God
Romans 8:35-39
35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[a]) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[b] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- I have been established, anointed and sealed by God
2 Corinthians 1:21-22
21 It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us, 22 and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us.
- I am hidden with Christ in God
3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
- I am confident that the good work God has begun in me will be perfected
Philippians 1:6
6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
- I am a citizen of heaven
Philippians 3:20
20 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.
- I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and (sound mind) self-discipline.
- I can find grace and mercy in time of need
16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
- I am born of God, and the evil one cannot touch me
18 We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.
I am significant...
- I am the salt and light of the earth
13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.
14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.
- I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life
“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.
5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
- I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit
16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.
- I am a personal witness of Christ's
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- I am God's temple
16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in[a] you?
- I am a minister of reconciliation for God
17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” 21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,[a] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
- I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9)
1 As God’s partners,[a] we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.
1 Corinthians 3:9
9 For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.
- I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realm
6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.
10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
- I may approach God with freedom and confidence.
12 Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.
- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
Ephesians 4:13
13 This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.
