Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Becoming What You Already Are

from Jesus Now by Frank Viola

•    You are complete in Christ, “who is the head of all principality and power” (Col. 2:10 NKJV).
•    You have been “crucified with Christ” (Gal. 2:20).
•    You are dead to sin (Rom. 6:2).
•    You have been made “alive with Christ” (Eph. 2:5 NIV).
•    You are “free from the law of sin and death” (Rom. 8:2).
•    You are born of God, and the Evil One does not touch you (1 John 5:18).
•    You are holy and without blame before Him in love (Eph. 1:4; see also 1 Pet. 1:16).
•    You have been given the peace of God that passes all understanding (Phil. 4:7).
•    You have the Greater One living in you; “great is He who is in you than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).
•    You have received the “gift of righteousness” and “reign in life” by Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:17).
•    You have received the “spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Jesus” (Eph. 1:17-18).
•    You can do all things through Christ Jesus, who strengthens you (Phil. 4:13).
•    You show forth “the praises of God,” who has “called you out of darkness into His marvellous light” (1 Pet. 2:9 KJV).
•    You are God’s child, born again of the incorruptible seed of the Word of God (1 Pet. 1:23 KJV; see also John 1:12).
•    You are God’s masterpiece, “created in Christ Jesus unto good works” (Eph. 2:10 KJV).
•    You are a “new creature” in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17).
•    You are “alive to God” (Rom. 6:11).
•    You are an heir of God and a joint heir with Christ (Rom. 8:17 NKJV).
•    You are more than a conqueror through Him who loves you (Rom. 8:37).
•    You have been brought near to God by the blood of Christ (Eph. 2:13).
•    You are beloved of God (1 John 4:10).
•    You are loved by the Father the same way Jesus is loved by the Father (John 17:23).
•    You have been redeemed from “the curse of the law” (Gal. 3:13).
•    You have been “freed from all things” (Acts 13:39).
•    You are now God’s offspring (1 John 3:2).
•    “You are the salt of the earth” (Matt. 4:13).
•    You have been reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:18).
•    You have been accepted by God in the beloved Son (Eph. 1:6).
•    You are kept by the power of God (1 Cor. 1:8).
•    You are free in Christ (John 8:36; Gal. 5:1).
•    You are in Christ’s hands, out of which no one can snatch you (John 10:28).
•    You are in the Father’s hands, out of which no one can snatch you (John 10:29).
•    You are an overcomer by “the blood of the Lamb” and the word of your testimony (Rev. 12:11).
•    You are a partaker of God’s divine nature (2 Pet. 1:3-4).
•    You are part of “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,” a purchased people (1 Pet. 2:9 NKJV).
•    You are “the righteousness of God” in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 5:21).
•    You are “a temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Cor. 6:19).
•    “You are the light of the world” (Matt. 5:14).
•    You are God’s elect, full of mercy, kindness, humility, and longsuffering (Rom. 8:33; Col. 3:12).
•    You are forgiven of all sins and washed in the blood (Eph. 1:7).
•    You have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into God’s kingdom (Col. 1:13 KJV).
•    You have “put off the old man” and have “put on the new man” (Col. 3:9-10 NKJV).
•    You are healed by the “stripes” of Jesus (1 Pet. 2:24 NKJV).
•    You are raised up with Christ and seated in “heavenly places” (Eph. 2:6; Col. 2:12).
•    You have “overcome the world” (1 John 5:4).
•    You are greatly loved by God (Rom. 1:7; Eph. 2:4; Col. 3:12; 1 Thess. 1:4).
•    You are “strengthened with all power according to His glorious might” (Col. 1:11).
•    You have not been given “a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Tim. 1:7 NKJV).
•    You have Christ living inside of you (Gal. 2:20).
•    You are a saint—a holy one (Col. 1:2).
•    You are “one spirit” with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17).
•    You are holy, without reproof, and blameless sin His sight (Col. 1:22).
•    You are a member of Christ’s holy body (1 Cor. 12:27).
•    You have been given “all things that pertain to life and godliness” (2 Pet. 1:3 NKJV).
•    “You are Light in the Lord” (Eph. 5:8).
•    You have been given “every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Eph. 1:3).
•    You were chosen in Christ “before the foundation of the world” (Eph. 1:4).
•    You have been justified by faith (Rom. 5:1).
•    You are a branch on the “true vine” (John 15:1, 5).
•    You are “born of God” (1 John 5:18).
•    You have direct access to the “throne of grace” through Jesus Christ (Heb. 4:14-16).
•    You are free from condemnation, and you cannot be charged or indicted (Rom. 8:1, 32-34).
•    You have been established, anointed, and sealed by God (2 Cor. 1:21-22).
•    You are “hidden with Christ in God” (Col. 3:1-4).
•    You are a citizen of heaven (Phil. 3:20).
•    You are at peace with God (Rom. 5:1).
•    You have “everlasting life” (John 5:24 NKJV).
•    You are kept by God’s power (1 Pet. 1:5).
•    You are in Christ Jesus by God’s act (1 Cor. 1:30).
•    You cannot be separated from God’s love in Christ (Rom. 8:35-39).
•    You are fit to partake of His inheritance (Col. 1:12 NKJV; Eph. 1:14).
•    You are part of Christ’s bride, whom He cherishes, bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh (Eph. 5:29-32 NKJV).
•    You are a king and priest to God (Rev. 1:6 NKJV).
•    You have been sealed with the promised Holy Spirit until the day of redemption (Eph. 1:13; 4:30).
•    God will complete the good work that He started in you (Phil. 1:6).
•    God is for you even when others are against you (Rom. 8:31).