Your Identity in Christ

In a previous post, I offered a review of Beauty and the Beast, noting the significance in the story line that people had forgotten their identity, and that this forgetting was at the core of their clinging to fear and ignorance.  Everywhere I go for teaching, I tell people about the many revelations from the Bible about “who we are” because of Christ.  Because the list is in high demand, I offer it here.

If you are in Christ, you can declare each of these truths with confidence 

1. I am loved. 1 John 3:3

2. I am accepted. Ephesians 1:6

3. I am a child of God. John 1:12

4. I am Jesus’ friend. John 15:14

5. I am a joint heir with Jesus, sharing His inheritance with Him. Romans 8:17

6. I am united with God and one spirit with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17

7. I am a temple of God. His Spirit and his life lives in me. 1 Corinthians 6:19

8. I am a member of Christ’s body. 1 Corinthians 12:27

9. I am a Saint. Ephesians 1:1

10. I am redeemed and forgiven. Colossians 1:14

11. I am complete in Jesus Christ. Colossians 2:10

12. I am free from condemnation. Romans 8:1

13. I am a new creation because I am in Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:17

14. I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. Colossians 3:12

15. I am established, anointed, and sealed by God. 2 Corinthians 1:21

16. I do not have a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7

17. I am God’s co-worker. 2 Corinthians 6:1

18. I am seated in heavenly places with Christ. Eph 2:6

19. I have direct access to God Ephesians. 2:18

20. I am chosen to bear fruit John. 15:16

21. I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house. 1 Peter 2:5

22. I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I share His nature. 2 Peter 1:4

23. I can always know the presence of God because He never leaves me Hebrews. 13:5

24. God works in me to help me do the things He wants me to do Philippians 2:13

25. I can ask God for wisdom and He will give me what I need. James 1:5