Friday, March 15, 2013

Walking in Holiness

“So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.”  Ephesians 4:17-24

Do you know who you are in Christ? Read the following affirmations aloud; then look up and read the Scriptures which state the truth.

•    I am in Christ Jesus (Eph. 1:1).
•    I have been justified by faith (Rom. 5:1).
•    I have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sin
     (Eph. 1:7).
•    Having been dead, I have been made alive (Eph. 2:1).
•    I am under no condemnation since I am in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:1).
•    I have been set free from the law of sin and of death (Rom. 8:2).
•    I have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places
      in Christ (Eph. 1:3).
•    He has made known to me the mystery of His will (Eph. 1:9).
•    I have obtained an inheritance (Eph. 1:11).
•    I am sealed in Christ with the Holy Spirit of promise (Eph. 1:13).
•    The eyes of my heart have been enlightened, and I know the hope
      of His calling (Eph. 1:18).
•    I know the surpassing greatness of His power to me (Eph. 1:19).
•    I am God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works
     (Eph. 2:10).
•    He is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that I ask or
     think (Eph. 3:20).

                                      That’s who I am in Christ!