Identity

JESUS SAYS YOU ARE…

Salt of the earth

Light of the world

A child of God

Jesus Christ’s friend

Chosen and appointed by Christ to bear his fruit

Slave of righteousness

A temple – a dwelling place of God

A new creation

Reconciled to God and a minister of reconciliation

A saint

Holy and dearly loved

A member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession

An alien and stranger to this world in which you temporarily live

An enemy of the devil

Born of God – the devil cannot touch you

Justified, completely forgiven, and made righteous

Forever free from condemnation

A receiver of the Spirit of God into your life that you may know the things freely given to you by God

Valuable, and you should be treated as valuable

Sealed by God in Christ, given the Holy Spirit as a pledge, guaranteeing your inheritance to come

Crucified with Christ – it’s no longer you who live, but Christ in you

Blessed with every spiritual blessing

You have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit, that you may approach God with boldness – why? Because he’s your dad and dads love it when their kids come running to them.

Rescued from the domain of Satan’s rule and you have been transferred to the kingdom of Christ

Fearfully and wonderfully made, and you should know that full well

You died with Christ and have been raised with Christ so that your life is now hidden with Christ in God

You have been given a spirit of power, and of love, and of self-discipline

Saved and set apart according to God’s doing, and because you have been sanctified, you are one with the sanctifier

He is not ashamed to call you brother or sister

You have the right to come boldly before the throne of God and find mercy and grace in your time of need

You have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God, by which you are a partaker of his divine nature LOVED by God