Who Are You?- In Christ

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[virgil283]

"If you are a Christian, the only way to experience and live out the freedom Christ died to give you is to know your identity. Who are you, really?"

[virgil283]

Here are key scriptures, condensed to be printed on a 3 x 5 card. You can print this on a larger sheet, if you need to and cut them out to have in your pocket or purse or leave at work or in the car. Meditating on the Word brings light. ----------------------------------------------------

-I am loved 1John 3:3 -I am accepted Ephesians 1:6- I am a child of God John 1:12- I am Jesus' friend John 15:14- I am a joint heir with Jesus, sharing His inheritance with Him Romans 8:17 -I am united with God and one spirit with Him -1Corinthians 6:17 -I am a temple of God. His spirit and his life live in me -1 Corinthians 6:19 I am a member of Christ's body. 1 Corinthians 12:27 -I am a Saint Ephesians 1:1-I am redeemed and forgiven Colossians 1:14- I am complete in Jesus Christ Colossians 2:10 -I am free from condemnation Romans 8:1 -I am a new creation because I am in Christ 2Corinthians 5:17 -I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved Colossians 3:12- I am established, anointed, and sealed by God 2Corinthians 1:21 -I do not have a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind 2Corinthians 6:1 - I have direct access to God Ephesians 2:18- I am chosen to bear fruit John - I can ask God for wisdom and He will give me what I need James 1:5-

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[sr4402]

If you are a Christian, the only way to experience and live out the freedom Christ died to give you is to know Him Richly.

[scripter]

I found the following years ago and saved it:

1. I will overcome Satan and his kingdom minions by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of my testimony, and by not loving my life even unto death, and by fully exercising the authority of Christ that is mine in being seated with Him in the heavenlies far above all rulers and authorities. Rev 12:11; Eph 1:19-23;2:5-6
2. I will not be conformed to this world, but I will be transformed by the renewing of my mind so I can prove the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
3. I am a child of God, born again, redeemed by the blood of the lamb, filled with the Holy Spirit, and seek to live by every word that comes from the mouth of God. John 1:12, 3:3,7; Eph 5:18; Rev 5:9; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Deut 8:3
4. I am the light of the world and the darkness cannot suppress it. Matt 5:14
5. I am living in Christ's authority which gives me power over all the power of the enemy. My name is written in heaven. Luke 10:17-20
6. I am part of the true vine, a channel of Christ's life and energy John 15:1,5
7. I am Christ's friend. John 15:14-15
8. I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit. John 15:16
9. I am not condemned, but declared fully forgiven and righteous in Christ. Romans 8:1
10. I am a joint-heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him. Romans 8:17
11. I am secure in Christ's love for me. Romans 8:37-39
12. I am an overwhelming conqueror in Christ against all that would come against me. Romans 8:37-39
13. I am a temple, a dwelling place of God. His spirit and His life dwell in me. 1 Cor 3:16, 6:19
14. I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him. 1 Cor 6:17
15. I am a member of Christ's body. 1 Cor 12:27 Eph 5:30
16. I am a new creation in Christ, old things are passing away. 2 Cor 5:17
17. I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation for God to others. 2 Cor 5:18-19
18. I am righteousness with God's righteousness. 2 Cor 5:21
19. I am a son/daughter of God and one in Christ. Galatians 3:26,28
20. I am a son/daughter of God—My personal heavenly Father, who intimately and infinitely loves me. Galatians 4:6
21. I am an heir of God since I am a son/daughter of God. Galatians 4:6-7
22. I am a saint. Eph 1:1; 1 Cor 1:2; Phil 1:1; Col 1:2.
23. I am seated in the heavenly rhelm, with Christ, in all His authority over Satan's kingdom. Eph 1:19-23, 2:5-6
24. I am God's workmanship—His handiwork—born a new in Christ to do His work. Eph 2:10
25. I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's family. Eph 2:19
26. I am the light of God and expose the darkness by Christ's life in me. Eph 5:7-14
27. I am a warrior against Satan and fully outfitted to stand triumphant in Christ. Eph 6:10-20
28. I am hidden with Christ in God, so Satan must go through Christ to get to me. Col 3:3; 1 John 5:18
29. I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life. Col 3:3-4
30. I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved, therefore protected. Col 3:12; 1 Thess 1:4
31. I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling. Heb 3:1
32. I am a partaker of Christ; I share in His life. Heb 3:14
33. I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spritual house. 1 Peter 2:5
34. I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of God's own choosing. 1 Peter 2:9-10
35. I am an alien and stranger in this world which I temporarily live. 1 Peter 2:11
36. I am an enemy of the devil. 1 Peter 5:8

[fwdude]

The mistake here is assuming that everyone who calls himself a Christian really has, in actuality, experienced the New Birth.

Prescribing these verses to a spiritually dead, deluded sinner is highly dangerous, and can confirm a person in their lost state.

[virgil283]

Thanks, scripter...thse are good...

[virgil283]

Fw : I agree and disagree. I was a church member from a child, as you said, I thought I was a christian....but slowly slipped away. However when someone reminded me of Jesus's parable of the 99 sheep and the shepherd seeking out the one sheep that was lost and that it was a story of how God was seeking me.

Well I was struck how all heaven would rejoice if I came to God and received Him, that scripture changed my life....The entrance of His brings light...

[fwdude]

My point is, many, if not most, of the promises in Scripture are not for the unregenerate sinner. In fact, giving them these "pearls" is tantamount to feeding a corpse - it just promotes rot.

The Promises in Scripture, other than the salvation prescription passages, are for believers ONLY. They cannot make sense to the spiritually dead, and might actually have the effect of creating a false security.

[Kandy Atz]

All excellent. One of my favorites that has brought me so much peace and joy comes from John 17:13-26, with the 23rd verse being the key.

My Heavenly Father loves me the same as He loves Jesus. - my paraphrase.

That staggering Truth obliterates all sorts of demonic condemnation, sin conciousness, religious bondage/tradition, and unworthiness/false humility. Quality fellowship with your Father starts with absolutely knowing that you can do nothing to earn His love. Jesus has done everything that could ever be done for you. God gets ALL the Glory!

[aces]

To me Christ prayer of father make them one in me as I am one in you shows us our destiny, we become one in his blood and life flowing in us..now this is something I have never heard anyone explain or even perceive to discuss. As a child of God who is one I hear the conversation between God and Jesus as it is creation in that conversation, yet have another viewpoint which is mine..as we learn our nature we begin to understand whyvChrist said things like, it is not what goes in your mouth that defiles you, it is what comes out..why is that, is it because as Gods children we take on his attributes, ie what we say creates? All through the scriptures christ is pointing this out...often asking who do you say that I am? He knew whose voice they heard. So we have so called discrepancies to non believers in such verses as when christ was asked, show me the father and he resonded, do you not know me..Christ is One in God, we are one in Christ,,, to see these things in ourselves evokes the supernatural reality formed from faith to furthur understand ourselves and the voices in our head, one day while praying the voice came out asking myself lord who am I, I realised it was not me asking , it was God...please know his life dwells in all as there is no other, that’s why we can’t love God and hate our brothers,,, why, becausethe life in all is God, just younger and older siblings..calling the family of God from the inside....hmmmmm yea I know I am out there...but having seen these things I want to share with my siblings what our nature is to be once we stop crapping our diapers and learn to walk upright before the Lord..as he said, why do you hate me for saying I am the son of God, when your scriptures say you are gods, awaken to the trinity in ourselves...smile

[smvoice]

Who am I?

In Christ, I am dead, and my life is hid with Christ in God. "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." (Col. 3:3).

For this reason, I am to seek those things which are ABOVE, not on things on the earth. "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth." (Col. 3:1,2).

I am to put no confidence in the outward man, which perishes day by day. (Col. 2:1-23).

I am to be confident that it is the Holy Spirit who is working IN ME, not ME. "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Christ." (Phil. 1:6).

In other words, my focus is UPWARD, not on this earth. Assured that God WILL take care of all He has promised me. The finished work of Christ is my guarantee.