Your Identity in Christ
"For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." (Proverbs 23:7) One of the most powerful and destructive battles that goes on in every human being's life is one that is not even fought in the physical realm - but one fought in the mind. Every day thousands of messages enter into our minds - consciously, and subconsciously. Sometimes these messages convey truth, sometimes they don't. These messages come not only from other human beings, but from spiritual beings as well.
Many of these messages have to do with who we are as human beings - our identities. They have to do with our significance, our sinful nature, our shame, and our purpose. One of the key themes in the Bible is God's transformation of human beings through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Although we often don't realize it, this transformation changed our identity. Now we've been given the choice to choose whether to view ourselves through our old identity, or through our new identity in Christ.
Below is an incomplete reference of what our new identity entails. If we can replace our old thoughts with these new thoughts, we will be able to live our new identity. This, however, is not an easy task, since the last thing Satan wants is a believer fully putting on their new identity in Christ. Regardless of the battle Satan will storm on us, our new identity is a reality, a fact that Satan cannot steal from us.
Printable VersionAcceptance
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Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his
name, he gave the right to become children of God John 1:12 |
I am a child of God |
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I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not
know his master's business. Instead, I have called you
friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I
have made known to you. John 15:15 |
I am a friend of God |
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Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a
part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27 |
I am part of the body of Christ |
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For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen
you... 1 Thessalonians 1:4 |
I was chosen by God |
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...giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to
share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of
light. Colossians 1:12 |
I am qualified in front of God |
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...and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the
head over every power and authority. Colossians 2:10 |
I am complete in Christ |
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Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in
order to bring praise to God. Romans 15:7 |
Christ has accepted me |
Significance
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Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple
and that God's Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 |
God's spirit is inside of me |
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And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in
the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus... Ephesians 2:6 |
I am seated with Christ in Heaven |
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For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to
do. Ephesians 2:10 |
I am God's workmanship |
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And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the
scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and
with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe
and language and people and nation. Revelation 5:9 |
Christ paid a hefty price for me |
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I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13 |
I can do all things through Christ |
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"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the
Lord,
"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans
to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 |
God has plans in store for me |
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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 |
God has wonderfully made me |
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Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because
I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people
in exchange for your life. Isaiah 43:4 |
I am precious to God |
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he
created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 |
I bear the image of God |
Security
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Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a
curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone
who is hung on a tree." Galatians 3:13 |
Christ has redeemed me |
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For you know that it was not with perishable things such as
silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of
life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the
precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or
defect. 1 Peter 1:18 |
My security is in the blood of Christ |
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Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content
with what you have, because God has said, "Never will
I leave you; never will I forsake you." Hebrews 13:5 |
Christ will never leave me alone |
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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and
this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God... Ephesians 2:8 |
I am saved by grace |
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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24and are justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23 |
Christ paid for my sins |
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Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other
name under heaven given to men by which we must be
saved. Acts 4:12 |
Christ is my salvation, no one else |
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And you also were included in Christ when you heard the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having
believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised
Holy Spirit... Ephesians 1:13 |
I am sealed with God through the holy spirit |
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And my God will meet all your needs according to his
glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 |
All my needs will be met by God |
Holiness
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I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and
arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom
adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns
herself with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10 |
I am clothed in righteousness and garments of salvation |
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And by that will, we have been made holy through the
sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Hebrews 10:10 |
Christ has made me holy |
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When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision
of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He
forgave us all our sins... Colossians 2:13 |
All my sins have been forgiven |
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Instead of their shame my people will receive a double
portion, and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their
inheritance; and so they will inherit a double portion in
their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. Isaiah 61:7 |
God will take away my shame |
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Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will
remember no more." Hebrews 10:17 |
My sins God will remember no more |
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...and to put on the new self, created to be like God in
true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:24 |
I am righteous and holy |
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Through these he has given us his very great and precious
promises, so that through them you may participate in the
divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused
by evil desires. 2 Peter 1:4 |
I am filled with Christ's divine nature |
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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9 |
I am part of a royal priesthood |
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Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple
and that God's Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16 |
I am a temple designed for God |
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17 |
I am a completely new creation in Christ |
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I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened
in order that you may know the hope to which he has called
you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the
saints... Ephesians 1:18 |
Christ has turned me into a saint |
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You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to
righteousness. Romans 6:18 |
I am a slave to righteousness |
Worship and Works
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Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord
your God and serve him only.'" Luke 4:8 |
I am to worship and serve God alone |
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You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be
hidden. Matthew 5:14 |
I am the light of the world |
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He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your
neighbor as yourself.'" Luke 10:27 |
I will love God with everything in me |