77 Statements about Our Identity in Christ
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WHO I AM IN CHRIST
77 Statements About Our Identity in Christ
Our identity is not based on feelings, performance, circumstances, or the opinions of others. Our identity is found in Jesus Christ and in what God says about us in His Word.
The following statements are drawn directly from Scripture and organized by theme. Each statement is supported by one or more verses from the King James Bible. Read them, meditate on them, memorize them, and allow God’s Word to renew your mind concerning who you are in Christ.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:17
I. A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST
1. I am a new creature in Christ.
Verse:
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
Reference: 2 Corinthians 5:17
2. I am born again by the incorruptible word of God.
Verse:
“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
Reference: 1 Peter 1:23
3. I am crucified with Christ and Christ lives in me.
Verse:
“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.”
Reference: Galatians 2:20
4. I am quickened together with Christ.
Verse:
“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)”
Reference: Ephesians 2:5
5. My life is hid with Christ in God.
Verse:
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
Reference: Colossians 3:3
6. I am risen with Christ and seated in heavenly places.
Verse:
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”
Reference: Colossians 3:1
Verse:
“And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:”
Reference: Ephesians 2:6
II. A CHILD AND HEIR OF GOD
7. I have power to become a son of God.
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”
— John 1:12
8. I am a child of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”
— Galatians 3:26
9. I am an heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ.
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”
— Romans 8:17
10. I am chosen in Christ and sealed with the Holy Spirit.
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:”
— Ephesians 1:4
“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
— Ephesians 1:13
III. REDEEMED AND FORGIVEN BY GRACE
11. I have redemption through Christ’s blood.
Verse:
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”
Reference: Ephesians 1:7
12. I have forgiveness of sins through His blood.
Verse:
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:”
Reference: Colossians 1:14
13. I am justified by faith, have peace with God, and am made righteous.
Verse:
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”
Reference: Romans 5:1
Verse:
“For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.”
Reference: Romans 5:19
14. I walk after the Spirit, and there is no condemnation in Christ Jesus.
Verse:
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
Reference: Romans 8:1
15. I am free from the law of sin and death.
Verse:
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”
Reference: Romans 8:2
16. I am made free from sin and became a servant of righteousness.
Verse:
“Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.”
Reference: Romans 6:18
17. I am reconciled to God by Christ, saved by His life and brought nigh.
Verse:
“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
Reference: Romans 5:10
Verse:
“But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.”
Reference: Ephesians 2:13
IV. SANCTIFIED AND MADE HOLY
18. I am sanctified in Christ Jesus.
Verse:
“Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:”
Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:2
19. I am chosen to be holy and without blame.
Verse:
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:”
Reference: Ephesians 1:4
20. I am made the righteousness of God in Christ.
Verse:
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Reference: 2 Corinthians 5:21
21. I am complete in Christ.
Verse:
“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:”
Reference: Colossians 2:10
22. I am established, anointed, sealed, and given the Holy Ghost.
Verse:
“Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;”
“Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.”
Reference: 2 Corinthians 1:21-22
V. A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN AND LIGHT
23. My conversation is in heaven.
Verse:
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:”
Reference: Philippians 3:20
24. I am a child of light and of the day.
Verse:
“Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”
Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:5
25. I am light in the Lord.
Verse:
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
Reference: Ephesians 5:8
26. I am delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of His dear Son.
Verse:
“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:”
Reference: Colossians 1:13
27. I am the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
Verse:
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”
Reference: Matthew 5:13
Verse:
“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”
Reference: Matthew 5:14
VI. UNITED WITH CHRIST AND HIS BODY
28. I am joined unto the Lord and am one spirit.
Verse:
“But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.”
Reference: 1 Corinthians 6:17
29. I am a member of the body of Christ.
Verse:
“Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.”
Reference: 1 Corinthians 12:27
30. My body is the temple of the Holy Ghost.
Verse:
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
Reference: 1 Corinthians 6:19
31. I am a branch abiding in the true Vine bringing forth much fruit.
Verse:
“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”
Reference: John 15:5
32. I am an holy priesthood and built up a spiritual house.
Verse:
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
Reference: 1 Peter 2:5
VII. BLESSED WITH SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS
33. I am blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.
Verse:
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”
Reference: Ephesians 1:3
34. I am sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
Verse:
“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”
Reference: Ephesians 1:13
Verse:
“Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”
Reference: Ephesians 1:14
35. God has not given me the spirit of fear but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Verse:
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
Reference: 2 Timothy 1:7
36. I have the mind of Christ.
Verse:
“For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.”
Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:16
37. God has given me all things pertaining to life and godliness.
Verse:
“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:”
Reference: 2 Peter 1:3
38. My God shall supply all my need.
Verse:
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
Reference: Philippians 4:19
VIII. ACCESS TO GOD AND CONFIDENCE IN HIM
39. I have access by faith into this grace.
Verse:
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
Reference: Romans 5:2
40. I may come boldly unto the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace.
Verse:
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
Reference: Hebrews 4:16
41. God hears me when I ask according to His will, and I receive.
Verse:
“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:”
Reference: 1 John 5:14
42. I come to God believing that He is, and He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
Verse:
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
Reference: Hebrews 11:6
IX. LOVED AND PROTECTED BY GOD
43. God commendeth His love toward me and died for me.
Verse:
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Reference: Romans 5:8
44. Nothing shall separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
Verse:
“Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Reference: Romans 8:39
45. The wicked one toucheth me not.
Verse:
“We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.”
Reference: 1 John 5:18
46. I am dead to sins, and live unto righteousness. By Christ’s stripes I was healed.
Verse:
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
Reference: 1 Peter 2:24
47. The peace of God passes all understanding and keeps my heart and mind through Christ.
Verse:
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Reference: Philippians 4:7
X. CALLED TO A HOLY PURPOSE
48. I am God’s workmanship.
Verse:
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Reference: Ephesians 2:10
49. I am chosen and ordained to bring forth fruit.
Verse:
“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”
Reference: John 15:16
50. I am part of a chosen generation and royal priesthood.
Verse:
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
Reference: 1 Peter 2:9
51. I am an ambassador for Christ.
Verse:
“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”
Reference: 2 Corinthians 5:20
52. God causes me to triumph in Christ.
Verse:
“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.”
Reference: 2 Corinthians 2:14
53. I am a steward of the grace of God.
Verse:
“As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”
Reference: 1 Peter 4:10
54. I am God’s husbandry and God’s building.
Verse:
“For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.”
Reference: 1 Corinthians 3:9
XI. EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT
55. The Spirit of God dwells in me and quickens my mortal body.
Verse:
“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
Reference: Romans 8:11
56. I am of God, and greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world.
Verse:
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
Reference: 1 John 4:4
57. I can do all things through Christ.
Verse:
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”
Reference: Philippians 4:13
58. I believe on Jesus and do the works of Christ and greater.
Verse:
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”
Reference: John 14:12
59. Mountains move when I speak.
Verse:
“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”
Reference: Mark 11:23
XII. SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
60. By grace I am saved through faith. It is the gift of God.
Verse:
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”
Reference: Ephesians 2:8
61. I confess and believe in the Lord Jesus. I am saved.
Verse:
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Reference: Romans 10:9
62. My faith comes by hearing the word of God.
Verse:
“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Reference: Romans 10:17
XIII. A LIFE OF WORSHIP AND SERVICE
63. I present my body a living sacrifice to God.
Verse:
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
Reference: Romans 12:1
64. I deny myself and follow Christ.
Verse:
“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”
Reference: Luke 9:23
65. I am to be a doer of the word.
Verse:
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
Reference: James 1:22
66. I esteem others better than myself.
Verse:
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
Reference: Philippians 2:3
67. I forgive others as God for Christ’s sake forgave me.
Verse:
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”
Reference: Ephesians 4:32
68. I abide in Christ’s love by keeping His commandments.
Verse:
“If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.”
Reference: John 15:10
69. I follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts.
Verse:
“Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.”
Reference: 1 Corinthians 14:1
XIV. A FUTURE AND A HOPE
70. I have an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, that fadeth not away, and reserved in heaven.
Verse:
“To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,”
Reference: 1 Peter 1:4
71. Christ came that I might have abundant life.
Verse:
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
Reference: John 10:10
72. I am sealed unto the day of redemption.
Verse:
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
Reference: Ephesians 4:30
Verse:
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
Reference: Philippians 1:6
73. I am a son of God, and shall be like Him when He appears.
Verse:
“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”
Reference: 1 John 3:2
XV. CHRIST IN ME, THE HOPE OF GLORY
74. Christ in me is the hope of glory.
Verse:
“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:”
Reference: Colossians 1:27
75. I follow Christ, I shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.
Verse:
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
Reference: John 8:12
76. I purifieth myself even as Christ is pure.
Verse:
“And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.”
Reference: 1 John 3:3
77. All things work together for good to them that love God.
Verse:
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
Reference: Romans 8:28