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Confessions from an inmate: Part 3 (identity)

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  Blog Post: Identity in Christ pt 3 Title: Identity in Christ Part 3 of 6 Keyword: Identity Welcome to the third entry in the series on our identity in Christ. I hope that you have been truly blessed by the first two entries. Remember, these truths can radically change your life if you can begin to see yourself as God sees you in His Son. 21. You are a FRIEND OF GOD - John 15:15 - "No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing, but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you." 22. You are GIVEN GLORY - John 17:22 - "The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one." 23. You HAVE ACCESS TO THE FATHER - Ephesians 2:18 - "For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father." 24. You are HEALED - 1 Peter 2:24 - He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin nd live to righteousness: ...

Confessions from an inmate: Identity part 2

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Title: Identity in Christ: Part 2 By A.H, Inmate at Wende Correctional Facility, NY Welcome to part 2 of the Idenity in Christ series. I hope that you were blessed by the first installment of this series, and my prayer is that this entry will continue to bless you. As you read through these, I want you to take special notice of the "tense" of most of these descriptions. They are all either in the completed past tense or the continuing present tense. We are all these things, and God made it so long ago. 11. You are a CITIZEN OF HEAVEN - Philippians 3:20 - "But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ." 12. You are CLEAN - John 15:3 - "Already you are clean because of the word I have spoken to you." 13. You are a CHILD OF GOD - Romans 8:16 - "The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." 14. You are CHOSEN - 1 Thessalonians 1:4 - "For we know, brothers loved by God, tha...