10.11.2008

Since I Am in Christ

Since I am in Christ, by the grace of God . . .
- I have been justified—completely forgiven and made righteous (Rom. 5:1)
- I died with Christ and died to the power of sin’s rule over my life (Rom. 6:1-6)
- I am free forever from condemnation (Rom. 8:1)
- I have been placed into Christ by God’s doing (1 Cor. 1:30)
- I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God (1 Cor. 2:12)
- I have been given the mind of Christ (1 Cor. 2:16)
- I have been bought with a price; I am not my own; I belong to God (1 Cor. 6:19-20)
- I have been established, anointed and sealed by God in Christ, and I have been given the Holy - Spirit as a pledge guaranteeing our inheritance to come (2 Cor. 1:21; Eph. 1:13-14)
- I have died, I no longer live for myself, but for Christ (2 Cor. 5:14-15)
- I have been made righteous (2 Cor. 5:21)
- I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me (Gal. 2:20)
- I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing (Eph. 1:3)
- I was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and am without blame before Him (Eph. 1:4)
- I was predestined—determined by God—to be adopted as God’s son (Eph. 1:5)
- I have been redeemed and forgiven, and I am a recipient of His lavish grace (Eph. 1:17)
- I have been made alive together with Christ (Eph. 2:5)
- I have been raised up and seated with Christ in heaven (Eph. 2:6)
- I have direct access to God through the Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
- I may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence (Eph. 3:12)
- I have been rescued from the domain of Satan’s rule and transferred to the kingdom of Christ (Col. 1:13)
- I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins, and the debt against me has been canceled (Col 1:14)
- Christ Himself is in me (Col 1:27)
- I am firmly rooted in Christ and am now being built in Him (Col 2:7)
- I have been made complete in Christ (Col. 2:10)
- I have been spiritually circumcised (Col. 2:11)
- I have been buried, raised, and made alive with Christ (Col. 2:12-13)
- I died with Christ and I have been raised up with Christ, therefore, my life is now hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:1-4)
- I have been given a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline (2 Tim. 1:7)
- I have been saved and set apart according to God’s doing (2 Tim. 1:9; Titus 3:5)
- Because I am sanctified and am one with the Sanctifier, He is not ashamed to call me brother (Heb. 2:11)
- I have the right to come boldly before the throne of God to find mercy and grace in time of need (Heb. 4:16)
- I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I am a partaker of God’s divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4)

(Anderson, Neil. Victory Over Darkness. pgs. 64-65.)

1 comment:

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