Who You Are Since You Are ‘In Christ’

The moment one first believes that Christ is the risen Savior of their soul they enjoy all “Spiritual blessings" flowing from the heavenly places “in Christ Jesus.”

Ephesians 1:3-4 (KJV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places ‘in Christ:’ 4  According as he hath chosen us ‘in him’ before the foundation of the world, (so) that we should be (stand) holy and without blame before him in (His) love:

Our new found ‘holiness and being without blame’ is our standing “IN Christ.” It would be of great benefit to every believer to recount many of the spiritual blessing we enjoy from the moment we first believe. These are listed below. Though we never worked for or earned this standing these are ours, being counted as among those who are “IN Christ.” May we read, mediate upon and enjoy the riches of our inheritance “IN Christ.”

You Are a New Creation

“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

You Have Been Delivered from the Power of Satan.
13  “(Christ) Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:” - Colossians 1:13

You Have Been Redeemed And Forgiven of ALL Sins

“In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.”
– Colossians 1:14

Though you had been estranged from God, You Have Now Been Reconciled to God

“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled” - Colossians 1:21

Though you once bore a heavy sin-debt; You Have Now Been Justified and Have Peace With God.

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” – Romans 5:1

You Are Forever Free From Condemnation.

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” – Romans 8:1-2

You will Never See the Angry Face of God in Judgment.

 “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,” - 1 Thessalonians 5:9

Your fallen soul and your entire being Is Hidden With Christ In God.

“For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” – Colossians 3:3

You now have the resurrected Spirit of Christ living “IN YOU.”

“To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:” - Colossians 1:27

You Are Complete In Christ

“And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.” – Colossians 2:10

Christ Is Now Your Real and Everlasting Life & Nature

Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

You Have Immediate and free Access To God Through “The Spirit of Christ” Who is In You.

“For through Him (Christ) we both (Jew & Gentile) have access by one Spirit to the Father.” – Ephesians 2:18

You Are a Saint, ‘one who is a set-apart unto God.’

“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints (the set apart ones) who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus.” – Ephesians 1:1

You Are God’s Workmanship

“For we are His workmanship, (newly) created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:10

You Have the Lord’s Ongoing Sanctifying Life at Work ‘IN You.’

“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” - Philippians 2:13

You Are Assured That “All Things” Are Working Together For Your Eternal Good

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” 28(that we might) “be conformed ot the image of His Son” – Romans 8:28, 29b

You Are Eternally United With The Lord

“But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” – 1 Corinthians 6:17

“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle (body) were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” 2 Corinthians 5:1

You Are Bought With A Price and Belong To God

“Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

You Are God’s Temple

“Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” – 1 Corinthians 3:16

You Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens You by His Life In You

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:13

You Are Established, Anointed And Sealed By God

“Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.”
– 2 Corinthians 1:21-22

You Are Seated With Christ In The Heavenly Places

“And raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” – Ephesians 2:6

You Are A Member of Christ’s Invisible Body (not an organization)

“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.” – 1 Corinthians 12:27

You Have Been Adopted As God’s Child

“Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.” – Ephesians 1:5

You Are As a Branch Of The True Vine

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” – John 15:1, 5

You Have Been Chosen And Appointed To Bear Fruit

“You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.” – John 15:16

You Are The Salt And Light Of The Earth

You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.” – Matthew 5:13-14

 “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:” Ephesians 5:8

You Are A Citizen of Heaven

“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” – Philippians 3:20

You Have Not Been Given A Spirit Of Fear, But Of Power, Love And A Sound Mind

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” – 2 Timothy 1:7

You Are Free From Any Charge Against You

“Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” – Romans 8:33-34

You Cannot Be Separated From The Love Of God

“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:38-39

You Always May Approach God With Freedom and Confidence

“Christ Jesus, our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.” – Ephesians 3:11-12

You May Always Find Grace and Mercy In Time Of Need

“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” – Hebrews 4:16

You Can Be Confident That The Good Work God Has Begun In You Will Be Completed.

“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 1:6

You Are Relationally Son’s and Heirs of God

“Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.” - Galatians 4:7

You Are God’s Fellow Worker

“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.” – 1 Corinthians 3:9

You Are Now a Minister of Reconciliation For God

“Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing (counting) their trespasses (sins) to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” – 2 Corinthians 5:18-19