Our Position In Christ
God made us His child at the moment of salvation. He also made us a saint. We are in Christ and Christ is in us (Colossians 1:27, Galatians 2:20). We are complete in Christ (Colossians 2:10). All of our sins have been washed away. We are a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). We have been given a new nature. God is our Father who is on our side. What does this mean to our lives?
Because I am in Christ, and He is in me:
- I don’t have to live in guilt because I have been redeemed and forgiven of all sin (Romans 3:24, Ephesians 1:7).
- I shouldn’t condemn myself because there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ (Romans 8:1).
- I don’t have to fear death because I have been given the gift of eternal life (Romans 6:23, 1 Corinthians 15:22).
- I don’t need to feel like no one is on my side because God says He is for me (Romans 8:31ff.).
- I don’t have to wonder if I am loved or cared for because God loves me permanently and unconditionally (Romans 8:31ff.).
- I don’t have to live in defeat or consider myself a victim because I am more than a conqueror through Christ (Romans 8:37).
- I don’t have to feel alone because Christ lives in me (Colossians 1:26-27).
- I don’t have to feel insecure because He will never leave or forsake me (Hebrews 13:5).
- I don’t have to feel hopeless because He is working all things together for my good (Romans 8:28).
- I don’t have to feel abandoned because I have been adopted as a child of God into the family of God and God is my Father (Galatians 4:1-7, 1 Corinthians 12).
- I don’t have to live based on my past because I have become a new creation and old things have passed away (2 Corinthians 5:17).
12. I don’t have to figure out how to get blessed because I have already been blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 1:3).
13. I don’t have to feel rejected because God has chosen and accepted me in Christ (Ephesians 1:4-6).
14. I don’t have to wonder where I came from because God created me (Genesis 1:1).
15. I don’t have to feel alienated from God because He has brought me near to Him (Ephesians 2:13).
16. I don’t have to work to earn God’s favor because I am what I am by the grace of God (1 Corinthians 15:10).
17. I don’t have to wonder if I really have any friends because I am Christ’s friend (John 15:15).
18. I don’t have to wonder if I am valuable because I have been bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6:20).
19. I don’t have to live in fear because I don’t have that kind of spirit (2 Timothy 1:7).
20. I don’t have to wonder if there’s anything I can’t accomplish because I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength (Phil. 4:13).
21. I don’t have to worry because all of my needs are met (Phil 4:19).
In Christ, I have everything I need to be everything that God wants me to be. In Christ, I have everything I need to do everything that God wants me to do.
