"For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." I Corinthians 15:21-22
"Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." Romans 6:3-4
Chosen by God
Ephesians 1:4
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.
(are you in Christ? 'There is therefore now no condemnation for you.')
Saved by grace
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
(are you in Christ? you HAVE been saved. Past tense. You have eternal life now. He did not save you partially, He saved you completely. Accept it in faith.)
God is satisfied
1 John 2:2
and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
(Christ did not atone for (cover ) sins. Christ TOOK AWAY sins. Propitiation took place.)
Reconciled to God
Romans 5:10
For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
(forgiveness of sins did not happen because you ask God for it. while we were enemies of God, that means, while we were sinners, God reconciled us to Himself.)
Redeemed
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
(in Christ you HAVE forgiveness. It is part of your identity. Stop asking for what you already have and start thanking Him for buying you back with precious blood)
Freed from the Law
Romans 7:4
So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.
(are you in Christ? then you are dead to the law and are now alive in grace. There is a huge difference between law and grace. One brings life and the other brings death. (Romans 8:2)
Totally forgiven
Colossians 2:13
When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
(are you in Christ? Then God has forgiven all your sins. That is the only way you could have ETERNAL life)
Totally cleansed
1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
(This passages starts out by pointing out the identity of unbelievers, then Paul says that that is what you (believers) WERE. Notice the tenses Paul uses here. Very important to
to understand that as a believer, you have been washed by the blood of Jesus Christ, you have been set apart and in the eyes of God it is just as if you never sinned.
Titus 3:5
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
Made holy and blameless
Colossians 1:22
But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation
(what a wonderful statement from God through Paul to us. God reconciled us to Himself through Christ to present us to Himself without blemish. Remember what also was
without blemish? The lamb used for sacrifices in the Old Testament, and The Lamb who was crucified on a cross. Our identity as believers is one of no accusation, no blemish
set apart.
Hidden with Christ in God
Colossians 3:3
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
Clothed with Christ
Galatians 3:27
for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Sealed in Christ
Ephesians 1:13-14
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.
Given Christ’s righteousness
2 Corinthians 5:21
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
(the great exchange; God did not only take away all your sins but He gave you something in place of that sin, He gave you His Righteousness.)
Romans 5:17
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
Justified
( Just as if you have never sinned)
Romans 3:23-24
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Safe from the wrath of God
Romans 5:9
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
Made at peace with God
Romans 5:1
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
(We will never experience peace with God until we come to rest on the peace of God)
Freed from condemnation
Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
(The Law is what brings condemnation. In Christ we are free from the Law)
Sanctified- made holy
Hebrews 10: 10
And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
(‘sainthood’ is not something that happens after you die and a bunch of men decide to make you a saint but it is something we have in Christ, here and now)
1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Made perfect forever
Hebrews 10: 14
For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
Totally accepted
Romans 15:7
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
Translated out of darkness into light
Colossians 1:13-14
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
From death to life
John 5:24
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
Ephesians 2:1,4-5
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, .......But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
Born again
1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Indwelt by the Holy Spirit
Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
Made into a temple of the Holy Spirit
1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Made into a new creation
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Made children of God
John 1:12-13
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
Adopted into God’s family
Romans 8:15
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
Galatians 4:4-5
But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
Made heirs of God
Galatians 4:7
So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
In fellowship with God
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
I John 1:3
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
Made into a holy and royal priesthood
Revelation 5b-6
1 Pet. 2:5,9
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house[a] to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ....
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Given total access to God
Ephesians 3:12
n him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Hebrews 10:19-23
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful
Made complete
Colossians 2:9- 10
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
We have been given everything
Ephesians 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ
2 Peter 1:3
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
