In Christ Statements

Recently on our COG Firepit chats we talked about how Scripture gives us a new identity in Christ. Here are just a few of the statements that shape our identity.

I AM ACCEPTED IN CHRIST

  • I am a child of God (John 1:12)

  • I am called Jesus’ friend (John 15:15)

  • I am no longer a slave, but a son/daughter (Galatians 4:5-7)

  • I have been adopted as a son/daughter (Romans 8:15; Ephesians 1:5)

  • I am a son/daughter of God and he is my Father (Romans 8:14-15; Galatians 3:26; 4:6)

  • I am an heir of God – a joint heir with Christ, sharing his inheritance with him (Galatians 4:6-7; Romans 8:17)

  • I am united with the Lord and am one in spirit with him (1 Corinthians 6:17)

  • I am saved by grace through faith and not of my works – I have nothing to boast about before God (Ephesians 2:8-9)

  • I have peace with God, and am reconciled to him (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)

  • I am loved by Jesus and freed from my sins by his blood (Revelation 1:5)

  • I have been forgiven of all my sin (Colossians 2:13)

  • I have been washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of Jesus by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:11)

  • I am a slave of God and a slave to righteousness (Romans 6:18-19, 22)

  • I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God’s family (Ephesians 2:19)

  • I am a partaker of Christ; I share in his life (Hebrews 3:14)

  • I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:5)

  • I have been bought with a price and I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6:20)

  • I am dead to sin and alive to God (Romans 6:11)

  • I am a new creation – the old is gone, the new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17)

  • I am a saint (1 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:2)

  • I am righteous and holy (Ephesians 4:24)

  • I have been justified (Romans 5:1)

  • I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 2:18)

  • I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins (Colossians 1:14)

  • I am complete in Christ and have all I need (Colossians 2:10)

 

I AM SECURE IN CHRIST

  • I am free forever from condemnation (Romans 8:1-2)

  • I am never left alone or forsaken (Hebrews 13:5)

  • I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)

  • I have been established, anointed, and sealed by God (2 Corinthians 1:21-22)

  • I have been delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred into the Kingdom of Jesus (Colossians 1:13)

  • I have been given all I need for a godly life (2 Peter 1:3)

  • I can resist the devil and he will flee from me (James 4:7)

  • I have been given spiritual armor (Ephesians 6:12-18; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5)

  • I am strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might (Ephesians 6:10)

  • I can stand firm against every scheme of the devil (Ephesians 6:11)

  • I am confident that the work God started in me he will see through to completion (Philippians 1:6)

  • I have victory through Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57)

  • I am more than a conqueror – overwhelming victory is mine in Jesus (Romans 8:37)

  • I have overcome the world (1 John 5:4)

  • I overcome the enemy by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony (Revelation 12:11)

  • I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1:7)

  • I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me (1 John 5:18)

  • I have my name written in heaven by the Lord (Luke 10:19-20)

  • I can find grace and mercy in my time of need, coming before God with confidence (Hebrews 4:16)

  • I am assured that all things work together for my good (Romans 8:28)

  • I am free from any condemning charges against me because God is for me (Romans 8:31-34)

  • I am constantly being prayed for according to the perfect will of God by Jesus (Romans 8:34; Hebrew 7:25)

  • I cannot be separated from the love of God that is in Jesus (Romans 8:35-39)

  • I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13)

  • I am confident that the good work God has started in me he will see through to completion (Philippians 1:6) 

I AM SIGNIFICANT IN CHRIST

  • I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Corinthians 5:17-21)

  • I am the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13)

  • I am the light of the world (Matthew 5:14)

  • I am chosen by God, holy and dearly loved (Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4)

  • I am a member of Christ’s Body and have a unique role to play in the Church (1 Corinthians 12:27; Ephesians 5:30)

  • I am seated in the heavenly places with Jesus (Ephesians 2:6)

  • I am a temple – a dwelling place of God. His Spirit and His life dwells in me (1 Corinthians 6:19)

  • I am God’s co-worker (1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 6:1)

  • I have been purchased with the imperishable and precious blood of Jesus (1 Peter 1:19)

  • I can approach God with freedom, confidence, and boldness through Jesus (Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 4:16)

  • I am a child of light, not of darkness (1 Thessalonians 5:5)

  • I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession (1 Peter 2:9-10)

  • I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit, fruit that will last (John 15:16)

  • I have received all of God’s promises in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20)

  • I am God’s workmanship, created to do good works (Ephesians 2:10)

  • I was chosen by God before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:4)

  • I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life (Colossians 3:4)

  • I am a holy partaker in a heavenly calling (Hebrews 3:1)

  • I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life to others (John 15:1, 5)

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