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.

Identity Who Am I ?

Who am I?  You will love this video It is short and makes its point.

If you are born again by the blood of Jesus  you are a new creation.  You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Enjoy your new life and  I pray you will enjoy this little video.

THE MEANING AND PURPOSE COMES FROM IDENTITY

This says it all.  Listening and watch carefully. Open your heart and receive the truth of who you are in Christ. The old has gone and the new has come.  Be blessed, dear ones, and let the love of God that is shed abroad  in your hearts by the Holy Spirit flow out to others and draw them to our Savior.

THE KINGDOM OF SELF

The Kingdom of Self was created when Adam fell and mankind was left on his own or were we?

The light of God glory that once covered us in the presence of God was gone. Now we walked alone in darkness, separated from our God, dead in trespasses and sin. The Lord's presence was only a memory  There was no return, no escape from the dreadful darkness.  Self -life became our only interest.  How we felt, what we thought, or decisions we made were all conspired within ourselves. Satan had trapped mankind into His Kingdom of darkness where the emphasis was on me, myself and I.  Pride would now rule in  man's heart. There would be no way out of this Kingdom accept through the death to self. How would this happen?

God didn't skip a beat. Jesus was born as the second Adam. He lived  the perfect, holy and separated life unto His Father that Adam never did.  His blood sacrifice for the sin of the world was accepted by the Father and mankind was now free to be restored and reconciled to the creator as he was in the beginning. Only on one condition, the sinner must die.  

How could that happen? By identifying with Jesus's death, (Romans 6:3-14) as our very own.  Jesus not only died,  for us but as us. By faith in Christ Jesus we have been born again. God is not interested in our old life in Adam. That has been dealt with in His Son. But He is very much interested in who we are in Him. There is nothing more exciting to the Father than to see His Son reigning in our hearts growing in the glorious image of His Son.  The cost is that we must die to 'self', that he might live in our new creation.

Luke 11:23 says it so well, "If anyone would comes after me let him deny himself, pick up his cross daily and follow me.  For whoever would loses his life for my sake will save it. "  That is the good news of the Gospel. " I must deny my self-life.  I no longer live, but Christ Jesus lives in me and the life I now live, I live by the faith of the Son of God who loves me. (Gal:2:20)" By faith I have been reconciled  to my Creator. I owe Him my life.. My cross is my death to self. and now I only live for His glory.  My pride steals His glory.  I am so grateful for God's great salvation. I have never been happier.