Who Am I ?
By Neil T. Anderson
The list below itemizes in first-person language who you really are in Christ.
I am the salt of the earth. (Mat.5:13)
I am the light of the world. (Mat.5:14)
I am a child of God. (Jn.1:12)
I am part of the true vine, a channel of Christ's life. (Jn.15:1,5)
I am Christ's friend. (Jn.15:15)
I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit. (Jn.15:16)
I am a slave of righteousness. (Rom.6:18)
I am enslaved to God. (Rom.6:22)
I am a son of God; God is spiritually my Father. (Rom.8:14,15; Gal.3:26; 4:6)
I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him. (Rom.8:17)
I am a temple--a dwelling place--of God. His Spirit and His life dwells in me. (1Cor.3:16; 6:19)
I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him. (1Cor.6:17)
I am a member of Christ's Body. (1Cor.12:27; Eph.5:30)
I am a new creation (2 Cor.5:17)
I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation. (2Cor.5:18,19)
I am a son of God and one in Christ. (Gal.3:26,28)
I am an heir of God since I am a son of God. (Gal.3:6,7)
I am a saint. (Eph.1:1; 1Cor.1:2; Phil.1:1; Col.1:2)
I am God's workmanship--His handiwork--born anew in Christ to do His work. (Eph.2:10)
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's family. (Eph.2:19)
I am a prisoner of Christ. (Eph.3:1; 4:1)
I am righteous and holy. (Eph.4:24)
I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now. (Phil.3:20; Eph.2:6)
I am hidden with Christ in God. (Col.3:3)
I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life. (Col.3:4)
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. (Col.3:12; 1Thess.1:4)
I am a son of light and not of darkness. (1Thess.5:5)
I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling. (Heb.3:1)
I am a partaker of Christ, I share in His life. (Heb.3:14)
I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house. (1Pet.2:5)
I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession. (1Pet.2:9,10)
I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live. (1Pet.2:11)
I am an enemy of the devil. (1Pet.5:8)
I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns. (1Jn.3:1,2)
I am born of God, and the evil one--the devil--cannot touch me. (1Jn.5:18)
I am NOT the great "I am" (Exod.3:14; Jn.8:24,28,58), but by the grace of God, I am what I am. (1Cor.15:10)
Because you are in Christ, every one of those characteristics is completely true of you, and there's nothing you can do to make them more true.
From the book, Victory over the Darkness.
AI
