IN JESUS CHRIST…
When you surrendered your life, your heart and your mind to Jesus, and
accepted Him as Saviour and Lord, and made a decision to follow Him, a new
life had started for you. You are now IN CHRIST, you are joined to Him.
YOU ARE….
Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of
living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence. God
has done all this. (2Cor 5:17-18)
Yes, in Jesus you are someone new,
someone with a new identity, new purpose, new family, new future ….
Walk with me through the pages of
the Bible and see what God says about you:
YOU ARE
ACCEPTED
You are no longer rejected, unloved or dirty. In Christ you are completely
accepted. God says:
· You are God's child
However, He gave the right to become God's children to everyone who
believed in Him. (Joh 1:12)
· You are Christ's friend
I give you the name of friends (Joh 15:15)
· You are holy and acceptable
to God (justified)
Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom 5:1)
Before the creation of the
world, He chose us through Christ to be holy and perfect in His presence.
(Eph 1:4)
· You are united to the Lord
and you are one spirit with Him
But he who joins himself to the Lord becomes spiritually one with Him. (1Cor
6:17)
· You have been bought with a
price. You belong to God.
Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who
lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to
yourselves but to God; He bought you for a price. (1Cor 6:19-20)
· You are a part of Christ's
Body, part of His family
Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts
of it. (1Cor 12:27)
· You have been adopted as
God's child
God had already decided that through Jesus Christ He would make us His
children---this was His pleasure and purpose. (Eph 1:5)
· You have been bought back
(redeemed) and forgiven of all your sins
His Son paid the price to free us, which means that our sins are
forgiven. (Col 1:14)
· You are complete in Christ
For in Him all the wealth of God's being has a living form, And you are
complete in Him (Col 2:9-10)
YOU ARE SECURE
You are no longer guilty, unprotected, alone or abandoned. In Christ you
are totally secure. God says:
· You are free forever from
condemnation and punishment
For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as
sinners. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me
free from the law of sin and death. (Rom 8:1-2)
· You can be sure all things work
together for good
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,
to those who are called according to His purpose. (Rom 8:28)
· God is FOR you
If God is for us, who can be against us? (Rom 8:31)
· You cannot be separated from the
love of God
For I am certain that nothing can separate us from His love: neither death
nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the
present nor the future, neither the world above nor the world
below---there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to
separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our
Lord. (Rom 8:38-39)
· You have complete victory
In everything we have won more than a victory because of Christ who loves
us. (Rom 8:37)
· You can be sure that the good
work that God has started in you will be completed
There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who
started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a
flourishing finish (Phi 1:6)
· You are a citizen of heaven with
the rest of God's family
We, however, are citizens of heaven. (Phi 3:20)
· You do not have a spirit of fear
.. for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and
self-control. (2Ti 1:7)
· You can come to God for help
So whenever we are in need, we should come bravely before the throne of
our merciful God. There we will be treated with undeserved kindness, and
we will find help. (Heb 4:16)
· You know that the evil one
cannot touch you
We know that no children of God keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps
them safe, and the Evil One cannot harm them. (1Jo 5:18)
… because the Spirit who is in
you is more powerful than the spirit in those who belong to the world.
(1Jo 4:4 )
· You are rescued from the power
of darkness
God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the
kingdom of his Son, whom He loves. (Col 1:13)
· You are firmly rooted in Christ
Plant your roots in Christ and let Him be the foundation for your life. Be
strong in your faith (Col 2:7)
YOU ARE SIGNIFICANT
You are no longer worthless, inadequate, helpless or hopeless. In Christ
you are significant, important and special. God says:
· You are salt and light for everyone around you
You are like salt for the whole human race. .. You are like light for the
whole world. (Mat 5:13-14)
· You are a part of the true vine,
joined to Christ and able to produce lots of fruit
I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in Me, and I in
them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without Me.
(Joh 15:5)
· You are chosen and appointed by
God to bear fruit
You did not choose Me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much
fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. (Joh 15:16)
· I am a Spirit-empowered witness
of Christ
But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power,
and you will be witnesses for Me (Act 1:8)
· You are a temple where the Holy
Spirit lives
Surely you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in
you! (1Cor 3:16)
· God has given you the work of
making peace between Himself and other people, of telling them what Christ
did
But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with Himself through
Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace; That is, that God
was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting
their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this
news of peace. (2Cor 5:18-19)
· You are seated with Christ in
heaven
In our union with Christ Jesus He raised us up with Him to rule with Him
in the heavenly world. (Eph 2:6)
· You are created for good works
God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus He has
created us for a life of good deeds, which He has already prepared for us
to do. (Eph 2:10)
· You are able to do all things
through Christ who gives you strength
I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me. (Phi 4:13)
· God gives you spiritual gifts to
do His work
It was He who "gave gifts to people"; He appointed some to be
apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be
pastors and teachers. He did this to prepare all God's people for the work
of Christian service, in order to build up the body of Christ. (Eph
4:11-12)
YOU ARE BLESSED
In Jesus Christ, you are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the
heavenly world. No matter how difficult life may have been for you up to
this point, or how difficult it might get in the future ...
Remember that we speak about 'spiritual blessings.' God has not blessed us
with strength so that we are never to be weak, - with health, so that we
are never to be sick, - with riches, so that we are never to know poverty.
Not at all. He hath blessed us with spiritual blessings. Blessings like
forgiveness, peace, joy, freedom, grace, eternal life - to name a few.
Praise the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ! Through Christ, God has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing that heaven has to offer. (Eph 1:3)
Out of the fullness of His grace He
has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another. (Joh 1:16)
.. and so we look forward to
possessing the rich blessings that God keeps for His people. He keeps them
for you in heaven, where they cannot decay or spoil or fade away. They are
for you … (1Pe 1:4-5)
Since we are His children, we will
possess the blessings He keeps for His people (Rom 8:17)
… how rich are the wonderful
blessings He promises His people
(Eph 1:18)
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