Do We Remember Who We Are

During this season of Remembrance of the sacrifices people made for us for our freedoms and identity it is also a good time to reflect on who we are as Christians and People of God.

Each month we aim to come together to worship in song and the word.

I love singing and music. Because of this, the words of the songwriters tend cause me to think “Can I Relate to What is Being Said” and “Do I really Mean These Things I am Singing”.

We have some beautiful songs of faith, old and new

Listen to the lyrics of these two songs

Hello, My Name Is

Matthew West

Hello, my name is regret I’m pretty sure we have met

Every single day of your life I’m the whisper inside Won’t let you forget

Hello, my name is defeat I know you recognize me

Just when you think you can win I’ll drag you right back down again ‘Til you’ve lost all belief

These are the voices, these are the lies

Just when you think you can win I’ll drag you right back down again ‘Til you’ve lost all belief

And I have believed them, for the very last time

Hello, my name is child of the one true king

I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed,

and I have been set free

Amazing grace is the song I sing

These are the voices, these are the lies And I have believed them, for the very last time Hello, my name is child of the one true king I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, and I have been set free Amazing grace is the song I sing Hello, my name is child of the one true king I am no longer defined By all the wreckage behind The one who makes all things new Has proven it’s true Just take a look at my life Hello, my name is child of the one true king I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, and I have been set free Amazing grace is the song I sing Hello, my name is child of the one true king What a love the Father has lavished upon us That we should be called his children What a love the Father has lavished upon us That we should be called his children

Hello, my name is child of the one true king I am no longer defined By all the wreckage behind The one who makes all things new Has proven it’s true Just take a look at my life Hello, my name is child of the one true king I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, and I have been set free Amazing grace is the song I sing

Hello, my name is child of the one true king

What a love the Father has lavished upon us

That we should be called his children

Hello, my name is child of the one true king

I’ve been saved, I’ve been changed, and I have been set free Amazing grace is the song I sing

I am a child of the one true king

Hello, my name is child of the one true king I am a child of the one true king Songwriters: Matthew West Hello, My Name Is lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

Hello, my name is child of the one true king I am a child of the one true king

Songwriters: Matthew West Hello, My Name Is lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

Who am I that the highest King Would welcome me?

I was lost but He brought me in

I was lost but He brought me in Oh His love for me Oh His love for me Who the Son sets free Oh is free indeed I’m a child of God Yes I am Free at last, He has ransomed me His grace runs deep While I was a slave to sin Jesus died for me Yes He died for me Who the Son sets free Oh is free indeed I’m a child of God Yes I am In my Father’s house There’s a place for me I’m a child of God Yes I am I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am I am who You say I am Who the Son sets free Oh is free indeed I’m a child of God Yes I am In my Father’s house There’s a place for me I’m a child of God Yes I am In my Father’s house There’s a place for me I’m a child of God Yes I am I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am Oh, I am who You say I am Yes, I am who You say I am Who the Son sets free Oh is free indeed I’m a child of God Yes I am In my Father’s house There’s a place for me I’m a child of God Yes I am

Oh His love for me

Who the Son sets free

Oh is free indeed

I’m a child of God

Yes I am

Free at last, He has ransomed me

His grace runs deep

While I was a slave to sin

Jesus died for me

Yes He died for me

I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am I am who You say I am Who the Son sets free Oh is free indeed I’m a child of God Yes I am In my Father’s house There’s a place for me I’m a child of God Yes I am In my Father’s house There’s a place for me I’m a child of God Yes I am I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am I am chosen Not forsaken I am who You say I am You are for me Not against me I am who You say I am Oh, I am who You say I am Yes, I am who You say I am Who the Son sets free Oh is free indeed I’m a child of God Yes I am In my Father’s house There’s a place for me I’m a child of God Yes I am

I am chosen

Not forsaken

I am who You say I am

You are for me

Not against me

I am who You say I am

0h, I am who You say I am

Yes I am who You say I am

Songwriters: Ben Fielding / Reuben Morgan Who You Say I Am lyrics © Capitol Christian Music Group

Can you identify with these two songs, “Hello My Name Is” and “Who You Say I Am”

BODY OF CHRIST

John 1:11–13 NIV

He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

1 Corinthians 12:12–14 NIV

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.

NRSV

The New Revised Standard Version The Word Became Flesh

11 He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

1 Corinthians 12:12–14 NIV

1 Corinthians 12:25–27 NIV

1 Corinthians 12:25–28 NIV

so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.

1 Corinthians 12:25–27 (NIV)

Corinthians 12:25–27 (NIV)

HEIRS OF GOD

27 Now yo1 Corinthians 12:25–27 (NIV)

25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

Romans 8:14–17 NIV

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. u are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. inthians 12:27

Ephesians 3:4–6 NIV

In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.

Here is a list of biblical affirmations about our identity in Jesus Christ that is derived from a few selected passages in the New Testament. This is just a portion of the many truths about who we have become through faith in God’s Son, but it is a powerful inventory to review from time to time. All references are from the NET bible http://netbible.org

• I am a child of God.

But to all who have received him--those who believe in his name--he has given the right to become God's children … ().

• I am a branch of the true vine, and a conduit of Christ’s life.

I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me--and I in him--bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing (, ).

• I am a friend of Jesus.

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father ().

• I have been justified and redeemed.

But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ().

• My old self was crucified with Christ, and I am no longer a slave to sin.

We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin ().

• I will not be condemned by God.

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus ().

• I have been set free from the law of sin and death.

For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death ().

• As a child of God, I am a fellow heir with Christ.

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)--if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him ().

• I have been accepted by Christ.

Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God's glory ().

• I have been called to be a saint.

… To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours (). (See also , , and .)

• In Christ Jesus, I have wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption … ().

• My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells in me.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you ()?

• I am joined to the Lord and am one spirit with Him.

But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him ().

• God leads me in the triumph and knowledge of Christ.

But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place ().

• The hardening of my mind has been removed in Christ.

But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read./netbible2/index.php?header=&book=2co&chapter=3 It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away ().

• I am a new creature in Christ.

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away--look, what is new has come ()!

• I have become the righteousness of God in Christ.

God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God ().

• I have been made one with all who are in Christ Jesus.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female--for all of you are one in Christ Jesus ().

• I am no longer a slave, but a child and an heir.

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God ().

• I have been set free in Christ.

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery ().

• I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ ().

• I am chosen, holy, and blameless before God.

For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love ().

• I am redeemed and forgiven by the grace of Christ.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace ().

• I have been predestined by God to obtain an inheritance.

In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will ().

• I have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation)--when you believed in Christ--you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit ().

• Because of God’s mercy and love, I have been made alive with Christ.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you are saved ()!

• I am seated in the heavenly places with Christ.

… And he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus … ().

• I am God’s workmanship created to produce good works.

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them ().

• I have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ.

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ ().

• I am a member of Christ’s body and a partaker of His promise.

… The Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus (). (See also .)

• I have boldness and confident access to God through faith in Christ.

… In whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness ().

• My new self is righteous and holy.

… Put on the new man who has been created in God's image--in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth ().

• I was formerly darkness, but now I am light in the Lord.

… For you were at one time darkness, but now you are/netbible2/index.php?header=&book=eph&chapter=5 light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light ().

• I am a citizen of heaven.

But our citizenship is in heaven--and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ … ().

• The peace of God guards my heart and mind.

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus ().

• God supplies all my needs.

And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus ().

• I have been made complete in Christ.

… You have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority ().

• I have been raised up with Christ.

Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God ().

• My life is hidden with Christ in God.

… For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God ().

• Christ is my life, and I will be revealed with Him in glory.

When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him ().

• I have been chosen of God, and I am holy and beloved.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience … ().

• God loves me and has chosen me.

We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you … ().

The more we embrace these truths from Scripture about who we have become in Christ, the more stable, grateful, and fully assured we will be in this world.

Kenneth Boa https://bible.org/article/who-does-god-say-i-am

Website: http://www.kenboa.org Commentary: http://www.kenboa.org/blog

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