Who Am I in Christ?
Scripture References: (thanks to battlecry.com for the compilation)
I am born again through the living and enduring word of God (1 Peter 1:23)
I am a child of God (John 1:12)
I am saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9)
I am loved by God and he gave his one and only Son for me (John 3:16)
I am a new creation in Christ; the old has gone and the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17)
I have peace with God (Romans 5:1)
The Holy Spirit lives in me (1 Corinthians 3:16)
I have access to God’s wisdom (James 1:5)
I am helped by God (Hebrews 4:16)
I am reconciled to God (Romans 5:11)
I am not condemned by God (Romans 8:1)
I am justified (Romans 5:1)
I have Christ’s righteousness (Romans 5:19; 2 Corinthians 5:21)
I am Christ’s ambassador (2 Corinthians 5:20)
I am completely forgiven (Colossians 1:14)
I am tenderly loved by God (Jeremiah 31:3)
I am the sweet fragrance of Christ to God (2 Corinthians 2:15)
I am a temple in which God dwells (1 Corinthians 3:16)
I am blameless and beyond reproach (Colossians 1:22)
I am the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13)
I am the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)
I am a branch on Christ’s vine (John 15:1,5)
I am Christ’s friend (John 15:5)
I am chosen by Christ to bear fruit (John 15:16)
I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing his inheritance with him (Romans 8:17)
I am united to the Lord, one spirit with him (1 Corinthians 6:17)
I am a member of Christ’s body (1 Corinthians 12:27)
I am a saint (Ephesians 1:1)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)
I am chosen by God, holy and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12)
I am a child of the light (1 Thessalonians 5:5)
I am holy, and I share in God’s heavenly calling (Hebrews 3:1)
I am sanctified (Hebrews 2:11)
I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:5)
I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession and created to sing his praises (1 Peter 2:9-10)
I am firmly rooted and built up in Christ (Colossians 2:7)
I am born of God, and the evil one cannot touch me (1 John 5:18)
I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16)
I may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence (Ephesians 3:12)
I have been rescued from Satan’s domain and transferred into the kingdom of Christ (Colossians 1:13)
I have been made complete in Christ (Colossians 2:10)
I have been given a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7)
I have been given great and precious promises by God (2 Peter 1:4)
My needs are met by God (Philippians 4:19)
I am a prince (princess) in God’s kingdom (John 1:12; 1 Timothy 6:15)
I have been bought with a price, and I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:19,20)
I have been adopted as God’s child (Ephesians 1:5)
I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:18)
I am assured that all things are working together for good (Romans 8:28)
I am free from any condemning charges against me (Romans 8:31f)
I cannot be separated from the love of God (Romans 8:35f)
I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21,22)
I am confident that the good work that God has begun in me will be perfected (Philippians 1:6)
I am a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20)
I am a personal witness of Christ’s (Acts 1:8)
I am God’s coworker (2 Corinthians 6:1, 1 Corinthians 3:9)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realm (Ephesians 2:6)
I am God’s workmanship (Ephesians 2:10)
I can do all things through Christ, who gives me the strength I need (Philippians 4:13)
Related Links:
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October 10th, 2005 at 1:05 pm
And Amen & Amen
October 10th, 2005 at 6:33 pm
It is telling that “I” is the subject of every sentence.
October 10th, 2005 at 8:18 pm
Christianity is not about “me”
Roger at ThoughtQuotient posted a series of “I” statements related to “who ‘I’ am in Christ”. I’ve seen similar lists before, and I imagine that such lists are thought to perform the task of encouraging believers who are having self…
October 11th, 2005 at 7:48 am
ICTHUS, It helps to know who we are in Christ as we reach out to the world. Surely there are some things more deserving of our criticism. The devil loves to see a house divided while he goes about deceiving a lost world.
October 11th, 2005 at 8:13 am
>It is telling that “I” is the subject of every sentence.
I don’t understand this post. Are the statements not true? I don’t want to mislead anyone, but I don’t want to downplay God’s love for us either. After all, the statement of ‘who I am in Christ’ speaks about God’s character, not mine. Christ died for me, you, and everyone…and we’re sinners. There is certainly nothing in there that we can boast about - or say that we were responsible for. We don’t deserve anything on this list - but look at what God offers and gives to those that believe! Wow. That’s awesome, not something to worry about.
October 11th, 2005 at 3:55 pm
Check this out.
Go to google.
Search for identity in Christ.
Read all that stuff.
Get back with me.
October 23rd, 2005 at 2:57 pm
When it comes to our identity, God wants us to look at HIM and find who we are- not ourselves. And we do this by looking at the Bible, the Word of God. It tells us who we are because of Whose we are. This is not arrogance, but confidence in a love unlike the world’s love. Who could love so completely and wholly, such an undeserving creation. A thankless society, and give up His greatest possession of all- His Son, for each one of us. Accepting this is our greatest humility and faith- and it allows us to receive what Jesus died to give us- our true identity in Him.