WHAT IS MY IDENTITY IN CHRIST JESUS Josimar Salum

WHAT IS MY IDENTITY IN CHRIST JESUS

Josimar Salum

“And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham." Matthew 3:9 

“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do what Abraham did. As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 

You are doing the works of your own father.” 

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.” 

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." John 8:39‭-‬44 

“He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God." John 1:11‭-‬13

“No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister." 1 John 3:9‭-‬10 

1. Children of God, heirs and joint heirs

“For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 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.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." Romans 8:14‭-‬17 

2 - Washed, sanctified, justified

“nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 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." 1 Corinthians 6:10‭-‬11

3 - Justice of God

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5:21 

4 - We are also God in this world.

The biblical text says, “As God is, so are we in this world.” Not that we are God and cease to be men. We become like Jesus.

“Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. But we know that when he appears, we will be like him;  for as it is we shall see it.” 1John 3:2

We are like Jesus who, being God, did not cease to be God, but became man.

“For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” Romans 8:29

“And we know and believe in the love that God has for us.  God is love and whoever is in love is in God, and God in him.  Herein is love to us perfect, that we may have confidence in the Day of Judgment;  for as he is, so are we in this world.”  1John 4:16-17

By being born again we do not become God, but we become partakers of his holiness.

“For those indeed, for a little while, corrected us as they pleased;  but this one, for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.”  Hebrews 12:10

5 - Kings and Priests

“and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen." Revelation 1:5‭-‬6

“And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.” Revelation 5:9‭-‬10 

Conclusion

 “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified." Romans 8:29‭-‬30 

Apocalypse = Revelation

“For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the children of God.” Romans 8:19

"For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed (Greek apokalypsin)" Romans 8:19 

The coming of Jesus is the manifestation, revelation and apocalypse of the Body of Christ, the Church.

Imagine the image of the only Son of God glorified, now multiply this indescribable, exuberant, powerful image by billions of beings like Jesus.

#ASONE