Growing In Our Identity In Christ
Who We Have Become
What We Have Received
Where We Are Located And Positioned

The Who? Who Am I, Really?

How Should A Christian Identify?

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20

Who We Have Become?

Entirely New Creatures
An Entirely New Species Of People

Christians Are A New Kind Of Being Which Is Higher Than Satan And Our Old Human Nature.

We Are Fresh And Original,
Not Refurbished Or Remodeled

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17

Who We Have Become
Children Of God And Siblings To Jesus

For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Hebrews 2:11

Who We Have Become
The Salt Of The Earth

We Are The Flavor And Seasoning That Preserves The World

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
Matthew 5:13

Who We Have Become
The Light Of The World

We Are The God-Kind Of Standard Against The World Systems And Equiped To Defeat The Kingdom Of Darkness

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:14

Who We Have Become
Ambassadors Of Christ

We Are The Strangers And Pilgrims On The Earth. We Are Representatives Of God’s Kingdom, His Ideals, And Policies On Earth. We Are The Spokespersons For God

Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
2 Corinthians 5:20

We Are:
A New Creation, Salt Of The Earth, Light To The World, Ambassadors Of His Kingdom

IMPORTANT!!!!
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
Proverbs 23:7a

What We Have Received
Eternal Life

A Higher Life, Above The Plant Life, Animal Life And Even The Natural Human Life

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:11-12

What We Have Received
We Have Received Liberty

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
Galatians 5:1

Freedom From The Law
Romans 7:6
Freedom From Sin
Romans 6:14
Freedom From Worldly Limitations
Galatians 5:13
Freedom From The Kingdom of Darkness
Colossians 1:13

We Have Received The
Holy Spirit And His Power

We Are Empowered To Be Witnesses Of Jesus And God’s Kingdom
God Has Given Us The Ability To Demonstrate The Supernatural
Lifestyle Of Jesus

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:8

We Have Received A Kingdom Power And You Have Kingdom Authority

In Christ We Have Been Given Kingdom Dominion, Authority, And A New Way Of Operating In The Earth

Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luke 10:19

And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
Matthew 10:1

We Have Received
An Inheritance
We Have All The Resources
We Need In Christ

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
Romans 8:16-17

“So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Acts 20:32

Where We Are
Located And Positioned

We Were Moved
From Death, To Life

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
John 5:24

Where We Are
Located And Positioned

We Were Moved From
Darkness, To Light

He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
Colossians 1:13

Where We Are
Located And Positioned

We Are Now Citizens Of Heaven

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 3:20

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:4-7