Saturday, May 26, 2018

My inheritance and identity in Christ

I'm so glad that Priscilla Shirer included this list in the Bible Study book. She read them off in part of the video last week and they are amazing. I'm tempted to print this list out and hang it somewhere when I can read it every day. BTW, nobody can take this away from me as a child of God.

My Inheritance and Identity in Christ

The benefits and blessings bestowed upon us as redeemed children of God are more numerous than we can count. But the following list, taken directly from Scripture, is surely an impressive sampling. I don't recall where I came across this particular list or who gave it to me. It's been in my study notes for years. I just know I love it, and I share it with you, hoping it will give you great confidence and encouragement in Christ.

-I am a child of God (John 1:12)
-I have peace with God (Romans 5:1)
-The Holy Spirit lives in me (1 Corinthians 3:16)
-I have access to God's wisdom (James 1:5)
-I am helped by God (Hebrews 4:16)
-I am reconciled to God (Romans 5:11)
-I am not condemned by God (Romans 8:1)
-I am justified (Romans 5:1)
-I have Christ's righteousness (Romans 5:19; 2 Corinthians 5:21)
-I am Christ's ambassador (2 Corinthians 5:20)
-I am completely forgiven (Colossians 1:14)
-I am tenderly loved by God (Jeremiah 31:3)
-I am the sweet fragrance of Christ to God (2 Corinthians 2:15)
-I am a temple in which God dwells (1 Corinthians 3:16)
-I am blameless and beyond reproach (Colossians 1:22)
-I am the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13)
-I am the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)
-I am a branch on Christ's vine (John 15:1,5)
-I am Christ's friend (John 15:15)
-I am chosen by Christ to bear fruit (John 15:16)
-I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing his inheritance with him (Romans 8:17)
-I am united to the Lord, one spirit with him (1 Corinthians 6:17)
-I am a member of Christ's body (1 Corinthians 12:27)
-I am a saint (Ephesians 1:1)
-I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)
-I am chosen by God, holy and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12)
-I am a child of the light (1 Thessalonians 5:5)
-I am holy, and I share in God's heavenly calling (Hebrews 3:1)
-I am sanctified (Hebrews 2:11)
-I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:5)
-I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession and created to sing his praises (1 Peter 2:9-10)
-I am firmly rooted and built up in Christ (Colossians 2:7)
-I am born of God, and the evil one cannot touch me (1 John 5:18)
-I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16)
-I may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence (Ephesians 3:12)
-I have been rescued from Satan's domain and transferred into the kingdom of Christ (Colossians 1:13)
-I have been made complete in Christ (Colossians 2:10)
-I have been given great and precious promises by God (2 Peter 1:4)
-My needs are met by God (Philippians 4:19)
-I am a prince (princess) in God's kingdom (John 1:12; 1 Timothy 6:15)
-I have been bought with a price, and I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:19,20)
-I have been adopted as God's child (Ephesians 1:5)
-I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:18)
-I am assured that all things are working together for good (Romans 8:28)
-I am free from any condemning charges against me (Romans 8:31)
-I cannot be separated from the love of God (Romans 8:35)
-I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21,22)
-I am confident that the good work that God has begun in me will be perfected (Philippians 1:6)
-I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20)
-I am a personal witness of Christ's (Acts 1:8)
-I am God's coworker (2 Corinthians 6:1; 1 Corinthians 3:9)
-I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realm (Ephesians 2:6)
-I am God's workmanship (Ephesians 2:10)
-I can do all things through Christ, who gives me the strength I need (Philippians 4:13)


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