Who am I?

This post is a special one. I'm glad I can share it with you. I was reading tonight and came across a collection of Bible verses that I have seen several times before. Tonight, I just couldn't go to sleep without sharing it with someone. That someone is you!

This was not the first time I saw these verses organized in this way. Back in college, I saw some of these verses presented at a Navigator worship night. I remember it struck me as pretty amazing then....and it still does today.

What follows is not an attempt at self magnification....though it will make you feel better about yourself. It should not lead to puffed up pride....but rather to joyful thanksgiving. As Christians, what we have received is an amazing gift we were incapable of finding on our own. What follows is the reality of who we are if we are Christians.

I am in the process of making life decisions. We all are. But I already know who I am. This list will tell you. It is also who you are, if you are a Christian. I'd encourge you to read through this list several times....maybe over the course of several days. If you consider yourselves "spiritually mature," to some degree or another, you probaby especially need to read this. I say this from experience, because sometimes as I study other things in scripture, I lose track of these basic realities and need this.


I'd encourage you to read this list out loud to yourself just as it is written. I got this particular list directly from Neil T. Anderson's "Victory over the Darkness." I think Mr. Anderson would be ok with me sharing it with you, though. He got it from the Bible, after all.

"Who am I?

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 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 (I Cor 3:16; 6:19)
I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him (I Cor. 6:17)
I am a member of Christ's Body (I Cor. 12:27; Eph 5:30)
I am a new creation (2 Cor 5:17)
I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18, 19)
I am a son of God and one in Christ (Gal 4:6,7)
I am a saint (I Cor. 1:2, Eph 1:1, Phil 1:1; Co1 1:2)
I am God's workmanship--His handiwork--born anew in Christ to do His work (Eph 3:1; 4:1)
I am righteous and holy (Eph 4:24)
I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now (Eph 2:6, Phil. 3:20)
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 of darkness (I Thess. 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, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house (I Pet. 2:5)
I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession (I Pet. 2:9,10)
I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live (I Pet. 2:11)
I am an enemy of the devil (I Pet 5:8)
I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns (I John 3:1,2)
I am born of God, and the evil one--the devil--cannot touch me (I 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 (I Cor. 15:10)

Goodnight from Korea. Be blessed by these scriptures.

Jay