Identified In Christ

Sep 11, 2024 • Jensen Christian

We were made in His image so the more we know Him,

the more we become ourselves and who we are meant to be

WE ARE TO BE A REFLECTION OF THE FATHER AS JESUS WAS!

How do we come to know who we are?

Know God, know His Word

If you don’t know whose you are

You’ll never discover who you are

ROMANS 8:29-30

29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Once you know how God sees you,

You can become the vision that God has set before you

It’s not a destination, it’s a journey!

ephesians 1:3-8

3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.[b] 7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.8 He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.

YOU HAVE BEEN ADOPTED!

IT GIVES GOD GREAT PLEASURE TO CALL YOU HIS CHILD!

AS SOON AS YOU BECOME A NEW CREATION, EVERYTHING YOU NEED HAS ALREADY BEEN PLACED INSIDE OF YOU!

YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT!!

Colossians 2:8-10

8 Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers[a] of this world, rather than from Christ. 9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.[b] 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

YOU ARE LOVED

You are boldly, uniquely, unconditionally, relentlessly loved!

GOD DOES NOT LOVE HIS CHILDREN EQUALLY, HE LOVES US UNIQUELY.

Galatians 6:14-15

14 As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross,[c] my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died. 15 It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.

Romans 5:8-11

8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation

YOU ARE REDEEMED

REDEEMED FROM DEATH, SIN, YOUR OLD WAYS, FROM HELL!

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONDEMNATION AND CONVICTION

Conviction is from the Holy Spirit

Condemnation is from the enemy

Conviction leads you to repentance and brings you back to God

Condemnation keeps you hiding from God in your mess

IT IS NOT HUMBLE OR MEEK TO STAY IN CONDEMNATION OR SHAME

IT IS US SAYING WHAT JESUS DID ON THE CROSS WAS NOT ENOUGH!

IF GOD WHO IS PERFECT CAN FORGIVE YOU…

WHO ARE YOU NOT TO FORGIVE YOU (OR OTHERS)

THE DEVIL WANTS YOU ISOLATED

HE WANTS TO KEEP YOU IN SHAME

WHEN WE HIDE IN OUR SHAME,

WE LOSE SIGHT OF JESUS AND WHERE HE IS TAKING US

INSTEAD HIDE IN THE SHADOW OF HIS WING

So many times we let down or defenses to the enemy because we don’t know who we are!

We open the door to fall victim to sin, strife, bitterness, etc., when we don’t know who we are in Christ!

JUST LIKE PAUL KNEW HIS RIGHTS AS ROMAN CITIZENS

WE SHOULD KNOW OUR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS OF HEAVEN

AS CHILDREN OF THE ONE TRUE GOD

AS JOINT HEIRS WITH JESUS

Don’t take things that aren’t yours…

The enemy can only have what you allow Him to

Don’t let the enemy or even yourself put things on you that you were never meant to carry

The very same power that raised Jesus from the dead

Is alive on the inside of His children

1 john 4:4 But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.

When you know who you are in Christ

- you won’t be led by emotion

- You don’t let others or society define you

- you aren’t moved by circumstance

- you are confident and know you are complete

- You keep the enemy exactly where he belongs – under your feet

WHEN YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

YOU SEE YOURSELF THE WAY GOD SEES YOU

Get ahold of this picture in your heart: You are a treasure hunter's greatest dream. You have the treasure map. "X" marks the spot for the hidden treasure, but this time you don't have to go searching for the hidden treasure because the "X" is written on you! You are the hiding place for God's greatest treasure — the third Person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit!

So meditate on this truth today: You are valuable and precious in God's sight. Even though in the natural you may seem weak, fragile, and valueless, God has chosen your human body as the place to hide His greatest treasure. Now you can say, "When God looks at me, 'X' really does mark the spot." 2 corinthians 4:7

I am pursued I am holy

I am anointed I am righteous

I am justified I am redeemed

I am loved I am valuable

I am approved I am a joint heir with Christ

I am more than a conqueror I am citizen of Heaven

I am a child of the king I am a new creation

I am whole and complete I am chosen

I am bold and brave as a lion I am made in the image of God

I am/have enough because He is more than enough!!

David knew God intimately

So then he could declare him publicly and boldly