Who Am I?
Posted by: sdpeele <sdpeele@...>
I am the salt of the earth (Matt. 5:13) I am the light of the world
(Matt. 5:14) I am a child of God (John 1:12) I am part of the true vine,
a channel of Christ's life (John 15:1,5) I am Christ's friend (John
15:15) I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit (John 15:16)
I am a slave of righteousness (Romans 6:18) I am enslaved to God (Romans
6:22) I am a son of God; God is spiritually my Father (Romans 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. (1 Cor. 6:17) I am united to the Lord and am
one spirit with Him (1 Cor 6:17) I am a member of Christ's Body (1 Cor.
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 (2 Cor. 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. 4:6,7) I am a saint (Eph. 1:1, 1 Cor. 1:2, Phil. 1:1, Col.
1:2) I am God's workmanshp--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; 1 Thess 1:4) I am a son
of light and not of darkness (1 Thess. 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 (1 Peter 2:5) I am a member of a chosen race,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession (1
Pet. 2:9,10) I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I
temporarily live (1 Peter 2:11) I am an enemy of the devil (1 Peter 5:8)
I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns (1 John
3:1,2) I am born of God, and the evil one--the devil--cannot touch me (1
John 5:18). I am NOT the great "I am" (Exodus 3:14; John 8:24, 28, 58),
but by the grace of God, I am what I am (1 Cor. 15:10).
Neil Anderson says, "One of the greatest ways to help yourself grow into
maturity in Christ is to continually remind yourself who you are in
Him...I suggest you go back and read the list aloud to yourself right
now. Read the list once or twice a day for a week or two. Read it when
you think Satan is trying to deceive you into believing you are a
worthless failure. The more you reaffirm who you are in Christ, the more
your behavior will begin to reflect your true identity."
(From Victory Over the Darkness by Neil T. Anderson; Harvest House
Publishers; permission granted to copy.)