Who Are You?

It is good to look back sometimes to see where we've come from, so we can give credit where credit is due. Today we will look at where we were to where we are now, as God's children.

Paul in Romans 5 shows us where we were when we were in Adam. Other verse also make it very clear that those outside of Christ are in a hopeless state, desperately needing salvation. We have so much, right now, because we are in Christ.

It becomes so clear why Jesus said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." (John 10:10)

It is so critical to your future walk with Christ that you learn very early that your victory as a Christian does not rest on your performance. It is rests on your identity. You are in Christ and He is in you.

Here are a list of verses you can look up during the week or in your Quiet Time with the Lord. These will refresh your mind in God, knowing that He has you so completely in His Almighty care. Oh, how He loves you!

Who You Were Before Knowing Christ

1 Corinthians 15:22 Dead
2 Corinthians 4:4 Blinded mind
Ephesians 2:3 By nature a child of wrath
Ephesians 5:8 Darkness
Colossians 1:21 Alienated and hostile in mind

Who you are now that you know Christ:

Romans 3:24 Justified and redeemed (already)
Romans 6:6 Old "self" was killed (crucified)
Romans 8:1 Not condemned
Romans 8:2 Free from law (of sin and death)
Romans 8:9 In the Spirit
Romans 8:14 sons of God
Romans 8:16 Spirit witnesses that we are children of God
Romans 8:17 Heirs of God
Romans 8:26 Spirit prays for us
Romans 8:29 - 30 Foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified
Romans 8:33 God's elect
Romans 8:34 Christ intercedes for us
Romans 8:37 Conquerors through Him
Romans 8:38 - 39 Nothing can separate us from the love of God
Romans 9:16 It all depends on God
Romans 15:7 Accepted
1 Cor 1:2 Sanctified (holy, set apart)
1 Cor 1:30 Wisdom, righteousness, sancification, redemption
1 Cor 6:11 Washed, sancified and justified
1 Cor 15:22 Alive
2 Cor 2:14 Always leads us in His triumph
2 Cor 3:14 My hardened mind is removed
2 Cor 5:17 A new creature
2 Cor 5:21 The righteousness of God
Galatians 2:4 Have liberty
Galatians 3:28 All are one (not inferior)
Galatians 4:7 A son and an heir
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed with every spiritual blessing in Heaven
Ephesians 1:4 Chosen, holy and blameless before God
Ephesians 1:7 Redeemed, forgiven
Eph 1:10 - 11 Have obtained an inheritance
Ephesians 1:13 Sealed with the Spirit
Ephesians 2:10 Created for good performance
Ephesians 2:13 Have been brought near (to God)
Ephesians 2:19 Fellow-citizen with the saints
Ephesians 3:6 A partaker of the promise
Ephesians 3:12 Have bold and confident access to God
Ephesians 5:30 A member of His body
Colossians 2:10 Complete
Colossians 3:1 Raised up with Him
Colossians 3:3 My life is hidden with Christ in God
2 Peter 1:4 Partaker of the divine nature

If God has called you holy, what are you?
If God has called you accepted, what are you?
If God has called you a saint, what are you?
If God has called you complete, what are you?
If God has called you not condemned, what are you?

If God says this is how you are, then how are you?

"I am holy, accepted, a saint, complete and
not condemned, child of God.
God has said so; this is how it is!"