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One of the great questions of life is the question of identity. Who am I? When faced with this question meanwhile this question we must all answer at one time or another; for some respond with their vocation. However, others respond with deep pain from the past. Others respond with their greatest success or most shameful failure. Yet none of these get right to the heart of the matter. These may be what we do or what we have done or what has been done to us, but none goes deep enough.
The Christian answer can and should and must be different. God’s opinion is the one that counts. Accept what God says about you, agree with Him that it is true of you and become the spiritual person you are. There are two Greek words which are translated “new” in the Bible. The first, “neos”, refers to something that has just been made, but there are already many others in existence just like it. The word translated “new” in this verse is the word “kainos”, which means “something just made which is unlike anything else in existence.” In Christ, we are made an entirely new creation, just as God created the heavens and the earth originally; He made them out of nothing, and so He does with us. He does not merely clean up our old selves; He makes an entirely new self. When we are in Christ, we are “partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). God Himself, in the person of His Holy Spirit, takes up residence in our hearts. We are in Christ and He is in us.
“Who am I?” for example. That search for self is a universal, God–created experience. One thing that has changed in the last generation or two, though, is where people are looking for the answer. For many it’s not so much a search to find values and a purpose to base their lives on as a search for an identity, an image, with a heavy emphasis on individuality.
God created humans to have unique characteristics and purpose. However, he designed us also to have a commonality of contentment with our lives through His will. We discover our true identity the more closely we are drawn to Him. Use these Bible verses to understand more about our identity in Christ, and how to not lose sight of who we are destined to be.
Understanding who you are in Christ will give you a strong foundation to build your life on. Knowing who you are in Jesus is the key to a successful Christian life and a life lived ON purpose. Your identity doesn't depend on something you do or have done. Your true identity is who God says you are. Once you choose to follow Jesus you become a new creation, the old you passes away and you become who you are in Him. Please stop living out of who other people say you are and take hold of the truth of God's word. Find out what God says about you and agree with Him.
Do you know how special you are in Gods eyes? Because, you don't maybe why you're still trying to fit in with the world. Here's what the Bible says about a you once you have a new identity in Christ:
Your Are:
His own special possession. (1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 14:2)
Chosen and handpicked by the God who created the universe. (1 Peter 2:9; Jeremiah 1:5; Ephesians 1:3-4)
Cherished and treasured. (Deuteronomy 7:6 14:2, 26:18)
Exceptional, irreplaceable and unique. (1 Thessalonians 1:4)
Loved beyond compare and measure. (1 John 4:19, 4:10, 3:16, Romans 5:8, 8:35-39)
Worth dying for and the sacrifice. (1 John 3:16, Romans 5:7-9)
Forgiven from all unrighteosness. (Ephesians 1:7, 1 John 1:9; Romans 8:1, 33-39)
God's beloved child. (1 John 3:1, Galatians 3:26)
Secured for all eternity. (2 Corinthians 1:22; John 10:28-29)
Set free and have been redeemed. (Romans 6:18; Galatians 5:1)
Precious to the Heavenly Father. (Isaiah 43:4)
Set apart for God's use. (John 15:16, 19; I Peter 2:9)
Do you believe in your identity in Christ? No matter how you feel today, or who you used to be, or what you're going through, your identity in your loving Father is who you are for all eternity. Because Jesus died and rose again for the forgiveness of your sins, when you received His sacrifice as gift to you, you instantly became His.
Identity in Christ is a direct result of faith in Christ, and that faith, or trust, should continue throughout the life of a Christian. No Christian comes into perfect alignment with the Spirit immediately, or easily. Trusting God means we live our lives in Him according to the revelation of Himself given in Scripture, and not according to our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5-8). We are saturated with the world every day, and it is important to remember that even though our identity is in Christ, we are still influenced by the world. Our minds are easily confused by its messages, and our emotions are easily swayed by what it offers. As Jesus said "the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak" (Matthew 26:41). That is why it is absolutely crucial that we let God lead us, by His Spirit and by the Word. "My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you" (Proverbs 3:1-2).
If you look closely at the Bible, you will see time after time how the Lord spoke personally and intimately to a person about who they are:
Abram—You are the father of many nations.
Gideon—You are a mighty warrior.
Daniel—You are highly esteemed by God.
Mary—You are highly favored by God.
Peter—You are the rock upon which I will build my church.
David—You are a man after God's heart.
At the heart of it all is our identity as God’s image-bearers. We have been created in God’s image and this gives us inherent worth and dignity. We are created as worshipers, yet by falling into sin we worship all the wrong things, leading us to craft idolatrous identities for ourselves. Instead of being identified first and foremost in our relationship to God, we ignore the Creator and craft other identities. It is the gospel, the good news of what Christ has done, that transforms, or re-forms, our identity.
Only by knowing our false identity apart from Christ in relation to our true identity in him can we rightly deal with and overcome the issues in our lives. Identity is a matter of life and death.
Knowing Who You Are in Christ is very key to your spiritual journey and progression in this life. You may answer:
I am a santified
I am blessed
I am appreciated
I am saved
I am reconciled
I am afflicted
I am received
I am gifted
I am renewed
I am purposed
I am justified
I am consecrated
I am forgiven
I am adopted
I am loved
I am rewarded
I am victorious.
Keep in mind that each one of these confirmation is firmly grounded in Scripture. Each one flows from the good news of the gospel.
I am Accepted in Christ:
“Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us” accepted in the Beloved.” (Ephesians 1:5 –6).
I am Anchored in Christ:
“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” (Hebrews 6:19).
I am Confident in Christ:
“For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:5–6).
I am Empowered in Christ:
“And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:9).
I am Encouraged in Christ:
“That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:2–3).
I am Established in Christ:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
I am Restored in Christ:
“Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. In all the land were found no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. After this Job lived one hundred and forty years, and saw his children and grandchildren for four generations.” (Job 42:12–16).
I am Inspired in Christ:
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16–17).
I am Secure in Christ:
“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit” (Ephesians 2:19–22).
I am Steadfast in Christ:
“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil” (Hebrews 6:19).
I am Righteous in Christ:
“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:20-21).
