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I Am Series
Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007 (message contributor)
Summary: Who I am is who God says I am! HERE ARE THE NT VERSES THAT SAY WHO I AM in my new identity in Jesus Christ. These are present realities. Look for the "I have been", "I will be" sections also.
WHO I AM
IS WHO GOD SAYS, I AM!
And God says I am…
Matthew: ...the salt of the earth ...the light of the world.
Luke: ...worth more than many sparrows.
John: ...a child of God ...born of God ...born from above ...part of the true vine, chosen by Christ to bear fruit ...Christ’s friend.
Acts: ...Christ’s personal witness.
Romans: ...called to belong to Jesus Christ ...loved by God ...called to be a saint ...justified freely by his grace ...dead with Christ ...in Christ Jesus ...not under the law but under grace ...belong to another—him who was raised from the dead ...no longer condemned ...set free from the law of sin and death ...controlled by the Spirit of God and he lives in me ...lead by the Spirit of God ...a son of God ...God’s child ...an heir of God ...a co-heir with Christ ...more than a conqueror in all things through him who loved me ...His ...His loved one ...an object of God’s mercy ...standing by faith ...gifted by God ...in Christ, a member of his body ...the Lord’s.
1 Corinthians: ...sanctified in Christ ...called to be holy ...not lacking a spiritual gift ...God’s field and God’s building ...God’s temple and His Spirit lives in me ...of Christ ...a saint ...not my own ...part of the body of Christ ...saved by the Gospel ...anointed by God ...owned by God and His seal is on me and His Spirit is in my heart ...a letter from Christ, written with the Spirit of the living God upon my heart ...hard pressed on every side, but not crushed perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not abandoned, struck down, but not destroyed ...carrying around in my body the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed ...outwardly wasting away ...in Christ, a new creation; the old has gone and the new has come ...Christ’s ambassador.
Galatians: ...set apart from birth by God ...called by God’s grace ...not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ ...not trying to obtain my goal by human effort, but by the Spirit ...believing in what I heard and not my works ...a child of Abraham because I believe ...blessed along with Abraham ...redeemed ...a son of God through faith in Jesus Christ ...one in Jesus Christ ...belonging to Christ ...Abraham’s seed and an heir according to the promise ...no longer a slave, but a son and an heir ...known by God...a child of promise ...not a child of the slave woman, but of the free woman...eagerly awaiting through the Spirit the righteousness for which I hope ...lead by the Spirit and live by the Spirit.
Philippians: ...sharing in God’s grace ...in a crooked and depraved generation, shining like the stars of the universe as I hold out & onto the Word of life ...of the circumcision ...worshiping by the Spirit of God ...glorying in Christ Jesus ...putting no confidence in the flesh ...a citizen in heaven.
Colossians: ...made alive with Christ by God ...dead with Christ to the basic principles of this world ...dead and my life is now hidden with Christ in God ...God’s chosen ...holy ...dearly loved.
1 Thessalonians: ...loved by God ...an imitator of the Lord.
Hebrews: ...holy ...a sharer in the heavenly calling
1 Peter: ...God’s elect ...a stranger in the world ...shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time ...chosen ...a royal priesthood ...a holy nation ...a person belonging to God ...a person of God ...an alien and a stranger in the world ...blessed.
1 John: ...in Him ...in the light ...a walker in the light ...an overcomer ...strong ...anointed ...a receiver of the truth ...an acknowledger of the Father and of the Son ...not a denier of the truth nor of the Son nor of the Father ...born of Him ...a doer of right ...a lover of God and of my brothers ...belong to the truth ...a believer ...from God ...like Him ...born of God, and the evil one touches me not ...a witness ...in Him who is true.
Jude: ...loved by God ...kept by Jesus Christ.
I KNOW WHO I AM IN CHRIST!
I WILL BELIEVE WHO GOD SAYS I AM!
I WILL LIVE BY THE NEW IDENTITY GOD HAS GIVEN TO ME!
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