“WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST”

Brothers and Sisters, because Christ lives in us as believers, we can remain courageous and hopeful to the end. We are not saved by being steadfast and firm in our faith, but our courage and hope do reveal that our faith is real. Without this enduring faithfulness, we could easily be blown away by the winds of temptation, false teaching, or persecution, therefore we must know who we are and Whose we are.

We are believers, and the light of the Gospel shines in our minds (II Corinthians 4:4).
We are doers of the Word and blessed in our actions (James 1:22, 25).
We are joint-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17).
We are new creatures in Christ (II Corinthians 5:17).
We are partakers of His divine nature (II Peter 1:3, 4).
We are a spirit being-alive to God (I Thessalonians 5:23; Romans 6:11).
We are alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:5).
We are ambassadors for Christ (II Corinthians 5:20).
We are over-comers by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony (Revelation 12:11).
We are born of God, and the evil one does not touch us (I John 5:18).
We are called of God to be the voice of His praise (II Timothy 1:9; Psalm 66:8).
We are complete in Him Who is the Head of all principality and power (Colossians 2:10).
We are delivered from the power of darkness and translated into God’s kingdom (Colossians 1:13).
We are far from oppression, and fear does not come near us (Isaiah 54:14).
We are firmly rooted, built up, established in our faith and overflowing with gratitude (Colossians 2:7).
We are forgiven of all our sins and washed in the Blood (Ephesians 1:7).
We are free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2).
We are God’s children-for we are born again of the incorruptible seed of the Word of God, which lives and abides forever (I Peter 1:23).
We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ unto good works (Ephesians 2:10).
We are greatly loved by God (Colossians 3:12; Romans 1:7; I Thessalonians 1:4; Ephesians 2:4).
We are healed by the stripes of Jesus (I Peter 2:24; Isaiah 53:5).
We are His elect, full of mercy, kindness, humility, and longsuffering (Romans 8:33; Colossians 3:12).
We are holy and without blame before Him in love (I Peter 1:16; Ephesians 1:4).
We are more than conquerors through Him Who loves us (Romans 8:37).
We are part of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people (I Peter 2:9).
We are raised up with Christ and seated in heavenly places (Colossians 2:12; Ephesians 2:6).
We are redeemed from the curse of sin, sickness, and poverty (Galatians 3:13; Deuteronomy 28:15-68).
We are strengthened with all might according to His glorious power (Colossians 1:11).
We are submitted to God, and the devil flees from us because we resist him in the Name of Jesus (James 4:7).
We are the head and not the tail; we are above only and not beneath (Deuteronomy 28:13).
We are the light of the world (Matthew 5:14).
We are the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ (II Corinthians 5:21).
We are the temple of the Holy Spirit; we are not our own (I Corinthians 6:19).
We can quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one with our shield of faith (Ephesians 6:16).
We can do all things through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:13).
We have given, and it is given to us; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, men give into our bosom (Luke 6:38).
We have no lack for our God supplies all of our need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).
We have put off the old man and have put on the new man, which is renewed in the knowledge after the image of Him Who created us (Colossians 3:9, 10).
We have received the gift of righteousness and reign as a king in life by Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17).
We have received the power of the Holy Spirit to lay hands on the sick and see them recover, to cast out demons, to speak with new tongues.
We have power over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means harm us (Mark 16:17, 18; Luke 10:17, 19).
We have received the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Jesus, the eyes of our understanding being enlightened (Ephesians 1:17, 18).
We have the Greater One living in us; greater is He Who is in us than he who is in the world (I John 4:4).
We have the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5; I Corinthians 2:16).
We have the peace of God that passes all understanding (Philippians 4:7).
We press on toward the goal to win the prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward (Philippians 3:14).
We shall do even greater works than Christ Jesus (John 14:12).
We show forth the praises of God Who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light (I Peter 2:9).