The Christian's Identity

I AM

I am the salt of the earth (Matt 5:13)

I am the light of the world (Matt 5:14)

I am a child of God (John 1:12)

I am part of the true vine, a channel of Christ's life(John 15:1,5)

I am Christ's friend (John 15:15)

I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His lasting fruit (John 15:16)

I am a slave of Righteousness (Rom 6:18)

I am enslaved to God (Rom 6:22)

I am a son of God: God is spiritually my Father (Rom 8:14.15 Gal 3:26,4:6)

I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him (Rom 8:17)

I am a temple a dwelling place of God, His Spirit and His life dwell in me (1Cor 3:16)

I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him (1Cor 6:17)

I am a member of Christ's body (1Cor 12:27 Eph 5:30)

I am a new creation (2Cor 5:17)

I am reconciled to God and a minister of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:18)

I am a son of God and one in Christ (I Cor 6:18, Gal 3:28)

I am an heir of God since I am a son of God (Gal 3:26,28-29)

I am a saint (Eph 1:1; 1Cor 1:2; Phil 1:1; Col 1:2)

I am God's workmanship - His handiwork (Eph 2:8-10)

I am born anew in Christ to do His work (Eph 2:10, John 3:1-7, I Pet 1:23)

I am righteous and holy (Eph 4:24)

I am a citizen of heaven, seated in "heavenly realms" right now (Phil 3:20; Eph 2:6)

I am hidden with Christ in God (Col 3:3)

I am an expression of the life of Christ because he is my life (Col 3:4)

I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved (Col 3:12; 1 Thess 1:4)

I am a son of light and not darkness (1Thess 5:5)

I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling (Heb 3:1)

I am a partaker of Christ; I share in His life (Heb 3:14)

I am one of God's living stones (1Pet 2:5)

I am being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (1Pet 2:5)

I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood (1Pet 2:9,10)

I am a member of a holy nation, a people for God's own possession (1 Pet 2:9,10)

I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live (1Pet 2:11)

I am an enemy of the devil (1Pet 5:8)

I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns (1 John 3:1,2)

I am born of God, and the evil one can not touch me (1 John 5:18)

I am not the great "I am", (Exod 3:14; John 8:24,28,58) but by the grace of God, I am what I am through the grace of  God (1Cor 15:10)

Edited from Promise Keepers discussion forum extracts 1-1-96 Steven R. McEvoy, compiled by Kenneth E. Peterson