OUR NEW IDENTITY IN CHRIST

When Jesus said "IT IS FINISHED",  He meant it.  The sinner in Adam was crucified, buried  and raised to a newness of life in Jesus Christ by the power of His death, burial and resurrection.  Galatians 2:20 says that, "We were crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me....".  By faith we are born again to a newness of life by the power of His resurrection.  Our life is now hidden in Christ in God, Col. 3:3." We have a new identity.  We are 'saints' set apart to the living God .  The sinner has died in Christ.

By faith, when we are raise to a new life, God creates in us a new heart of love to enable us to obey His word and to follow Him.  We are bought with a price and no longer our own.  We belong to Him.  The Holy Spirit desires to reveal more of Jesus to us and who we are IN Him.  We are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.  It is amazing grace.  God did it.  When we repent, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, we are born from above and become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.  You may not feel righteous, but righteousness is not a feeling. It is God Himself living His right-ness through us. because you are now one with Him. 

You can't clean a garbage can to smell like new. It will still be a garbage can. Our flesh profits nothing. It will NEVER change. God has to create something entirely new. He is not interested in changing our sinful heart.  He has breathed new life into our dead human spirit.  And the love of God is shed aboard in our new heart by the Holy spirit.  We now have a new hearts of love.  A  new nature moldable for God to transform us into His image and likeness.

We are totally loved, totally forgiven, and a total treasure in the heart of our Father. We are one spirit with Him forever. "He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him 1 Corinthians 6:17." It is a new day.

There is no God like our God.  He lives, He reigns and He delights in His children all the time.  Even on our most discouraging day, God is not discouraged with us, because He knows the Spirit of His Son in us will bring us through anything. Romans 8:9.