Top 10 "Who You Are In Christ."

INTRO: The world is a crazy place right now, and it’s sending out alot of lies and deception, now more than ever. It’s time for a big dose of truth!

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10. You Are A New Person

2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ.

Charles Spurgeon

9. You Have Been Redeemed And Forgiven

Colossians 1:14 “in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

Romans 10:13 “For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

8. You Are Free Forever From Condemnation, You Are Innocent Of All Charges

Romans 8:1–2 “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”

Romans 8:33-34 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.”

Satan works overtime on calling you names and accusing you

Revelation 12:10 “And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.”

7. You Are Being Worked On By God And Promised To Be Completed

Philippians 1:6 “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.”

6. You Are God’s Child

John 1:12 “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,”

Not Only Are You A Child Of God, But He Adopted You!

2 Corinthians 6:18 “and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.””

Ephesians 1:5 “he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ

5. You Were Bought With A Price By God, You Belong To God

1 Corinthians 6:20 “for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.” You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.

Not with gold and silver, but with the precious blood of Christ

New Living Translation For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.

Eph 1:7-8

We have been ransomed through his Son’s blood, and we have forgiveness for our failures based on his overflowing grace, 8 which he poured over us with wisdom and understanding.

4. You Are A Citizen Of Heaven

Philippians 3:20 “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,”

3. You Are Extremely Powerful

Ephesians 3:20 “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,”

Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”

1 John 4:4 “Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”

Mark 9:23 “ All things are possible for one who believes.””

Romans 8:37 “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”

2 Timothy 1:7 “for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”

2. You Are Protected

2 Thessalonians 3:3 “But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.”

Psalm 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

Isaiah 41:10 “fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Bonus! 1.5

You Are Secure

John 10:28–29 “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.”

1 John 5:18 “We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.”

You Have Every Thing In Christ Jesus That You’ll Ever Need!

Seek Christ, and you will find him, and with him everything else thrown in.

C. S. Lewis

John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Matthew 7:13–14 ““Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

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In Closing:

In Christ Jesus, being sealed with the Holy Spirit, we win! Jesus said “In this world there are troubles, but take heart, for I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33 “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

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