One of the greatest blessings we have as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ is to
discover and understand who we are in Him and what God thinks of us! Knowing who we are in Christ is essential to walking out this
life in righteousness, peace and joy.
The beginning of renewing our minds is to find out
the truth of what God’s word says about us and what the blood of Jesus
purchased for us. God has given us
incredible promises in the New Testament that tell us who we are. Why? Why did He do that and why do we need to know?
Well, according to 2 Peter 1:4 – “By
which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that
through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped
from the corruption that is in the world by lust.”
So, Peter says that God gave us His promises that through them we
might become partakers of the divine nature.
The divine nature is revealed to us through the Holy Spirit as we hear and believe the promises. (Faith comes through hearing the word - Romans 10:17)
1 Corinthians 2:12 – “Now, we didn’t receive the
spirit that belongs to the world. Instead, we received the Spirit who comes
from God so that we could know the things which God has freely given us.” God's Word Translation
God gave us Holy Spirit to empower us and to reveal
Christ in us, but also so that we could know the things which God has freely
given us. Freely given! In other words, God is not hiding His
promises or His gifts or anything else from us. He gave us the Holy Spirit to reveal those things to us, but unless
we believe it, we will not understand who we truly are.
To paraphrase Dr. Neil Anderson in his book, “Victory
Over the Darkness” a person will never be able to consistently live and behave
in a way that they do not consistently see themselves. In other words, as long as you see yourself
as “just an old sinner saved by grace” that is how you will live – like an old
sinner!
You are not an old sinner saved by grace! That is a
lie from the enemy! The bible says if
anyone is in Christ they have become a new creation and old things have passed
away. The moment you became a believer in Jesus,
you became brand new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
And it doesn’t stop there! You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus from that moment
on! (2 Corinthians 5:21) You have been made free from sin and have
become a slave of righteousness – you are righteous at all times – you just can’t help but be righteous! (Romans 6:18) Why?
Because the new nature that is in you is righteous. Your old nature was crucified at the cross –
reckon yourself dead to sin but alive to God in Christ. ( Romans 6:6, 6:11)
It is time that we actually believe what the bible
says about us instead of man’s tradition or man's opinion says about us!
A person who does not grasp the truth of what God
says in His word about them will continue to be driven by winds of doctrine,
and will allow the enemy and people to spoil them through philosophy and
vain deceit after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and
not after Christ. (Colossians 2:8, Ephesians 4:14)
Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would lead us into
all truth; that He would not only comfort us, but also teach us.(John 14:26)
What does God’s word say about you and me?
What does it mean in relating to God?
What does it mean as we walk out our earthly lives?
What does it mean in relating to God?
What does it mean as we walk out our earthly lives?
Here are just a few scripture references that tell us
what God thinks of us. You should
consider these personally directed to you!
Romans
5:1 – I am justified through faith
in Jesus. Justification through faith!
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Corinthians 5:21 – I am the
righteousness of God in Christ. This is
an incredible exchange. God took all of
my unrighteousness and put it on Jesus, and then put all of Christ’s
righteousness on me!
John 17:23 – God loves me like He loves Jesus! Think how much value we must have that God
was willing to give up the precious life of Jesus!
Romans 6:2 – I have died to sin.
Romans 6:6 – My old man was crucified with Christ. Why?
That the body of sin might be done away.
Romans6:7 – I am freed from sin.
Romans 6:11 – I am dead to sin but alive to God in Christ.
Romans6:14 – Sin does not have dominion over me. Why?
Because I am under grace not law
Romans 6:18 – I am set free from sin, and I am a slave of
righteousness. A slave does not have
any choice but to obey its master. My
master is Jesus and He says I am righteous!
Ephesians 2:6 – I am seated with Christ in the heavenlies!
Ephesians 2:6 – I am seated with Christ in the heavenlies!