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Jesus is the way,
 the truth, and the life

 

 

Chapter 5 -
What is the truth of you in Christ?

 

 

 

 

What is extremely essential in our spiritual lives is that we understand our right position through Christ. Many self-judgmental people can neither find a new self-image nor form a relationship with God because their own past blinds and cripples them. The Bible teaches us to understand our identity as children of God through Jesus Christ. When we come to see ourselves as Christ sees us, we begin to improve our spiritual lives. 

   Unfortunately, though, when we help people we too often act in the wrong way; perhaps we try to change their behavior even before they know what their foundation really is. Thus, the foundation must be solid -- after having received Christ we are under the grace of God and, as such, fully acceptable. Only when we know that will solutions follow.

   In any case, if you have received Jesus Christ into your life, the following list is true for you. It is true in spite of your feelings right now. Read this list carefully, stop accusing yourself, and believe the word of the Bible when it speaks about your place in Christ. If we believe this word that is the truth, it will – according to the words of Jesus – also make us free (John 8:31,32).

 

Passages CONNECTED WITH salvation

 

You have been saved by grace:

 

- (Eph 2:8,9) For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9  Not of works, lest any man should boast.

 

- (Eph 2:4,5) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

5  Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)

 

- (Acts 15:11) But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

 

In addition to having have been saved by grace, you are also under grace all the time. This means that you are as acceptable when you pray eight hours a day as when you have fallen. Neither your accomplishments nor your falls will not change this:

 

- (Rom 5:1,2) Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2  By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

 

- (Rom 6:14,15) For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

15  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

 

- (Phil 1:7) Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my grace.

 

- (1 Peter 2:10) Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

 

- (1 Peter 5:12) By Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein you stand.

 

The law, with all its accusations and damnation, has been removed:

 

 - (Col 2:13-14) And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

14  Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross

 

- (Gal 3:13) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree

 

- (Rom 6:14-15) For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.

15  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

 

- (Rom 7:6) But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

 

- (Rom 8:1) There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

 

God does not accuse you any more; He is on your side. Satan can and will blame you, but he is a liar:

 

- (Rom 8:31-34) What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

32  He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifies.

34  Who is he that comdemns? It is Christ that died, yes rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

 

- (1 John  2:1) My little children, these things write I to you, that you sin not.  And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

 

- (Zec 3:1) And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

 

Christ has redeemed you:

 

- (1 Cor 6:20) For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

 

- (Gal 3:13) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:

 

being in Christ

 

- (1 Cor 1:30) But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

 

- (Eph 2:13) But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.

 

- (Eph 5:30) For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

 

According to the Bible, if you have received Christ into your life, you are in Him, like the verses above show. Your being in Him does not depend on yourself but it is from God – as, for example, 1 Cor 1:30 indicates.

   But what does all of this mean in practice? In practice it means that everything that is true in Christ is also true in you. So these matters are true in you:

 

God is pleased with you as with Jesus:

 

- (Matt 3:17) And see a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

 

You are as righteous as Jesus, because you are in him. Therefore, you do not need to try to be righteous by yourself:

 

- (1 Cor 1:30) But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

 

- (Rom 4:25) Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.

 

- (Rom 5:1) Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

 

 Through Christ, you are as holy as He is:

 

- (Phil 4:21) Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers which are with me greet you.

 

- (1 Cor 3:16-17) Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

17  If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

 

Belonging to THE family of God

 

You belong to the family of God because God is your father, just as He is the father of Jesus:

 

- (Mark 14:36) And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what you will.

 

- (Rom 8:15) For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

 

- (Gal 4:6) And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

 

You are a child of God because you have received Jesus into your life. You are also a co-heir with Christ:

 

- (John 1:12) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

 

- (Gal 4:5-7) To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

6  And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

7  Why you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

 

- (Rom 8:15-17) For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16  The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17  And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

 

- (1 John 3:1,2) Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.

2  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

 

Jesus is your brother:

 

- (John 20:17) Jesus said to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

 

THE nature of God

 

It is common for people who have suffered a difficult childhood, and especially those who have had a bad relationship with their father – an abusive or distant father – to think about God in the same way as they do of their earthly fathers. They actually transfer past experiences to their relationship with God.

   However, if we have received Christ into our life, God is, through Christ, a loving and merciful Father and a God of comfort, like the following verses indicate. You can believe that these verses are true in your life:

 

- (2 Cor 13:11) Finally, brothers, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

 

- (Eph 2:4) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

 

- (1 Peter 5:10) But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.

 

- (2 Cor 1:3-4) Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

4  Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God.

 

The best example of the Heavenly Father is Jesus himself. He said that anyone who has seen Him has seen the Father as well. He was and is the perfect picture of his Father (Hebrews 1:3) and His representative on Earth. Thus, when you read about Jesus in the Bible, you can also see through Him what your Heavenly Father is like:

 

- (John 14:7-10) If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from now on you know him, and have seen him.

8  Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it suffises us.

9  Jesus said to him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you then, Show us the Father?

10  Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me?  the words that I speak to you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works.

 

Other verses THAT concern you

 

There are numerous verses in the Bible that concern you, providing that you have received Christ into your life. We will go through these verses now:

 

God has loved you:

 

- (Eph 2:4) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

 

- (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

- (Rom 5:8) But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

 

- (1 John 4:10) Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

 

God has chosen you:

 

- (Eph 1:4) According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

 

- (1 Cor 1:28) And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yes, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are:

 

God wanted you to be born into this world:

 

- (Rev 4:11) You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were created.

 

You are a friend of God:

 

- (John 15:15) From now on I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.

 

Nothing can separate you from the love of God:

 

- (Rom 8:38,39) For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

God is with you:

 

- (Ps 23:1-4) The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2  He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.

3  He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

4  Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me.

 

- (Hebr 13:5) Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.

 

God is your protection:

 

- (Ps 56:3-4) What time I am afraid, I will trust in you.

4  In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

 

- (Acts 23:11) And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as you have testified of me in Jerusalem, so must you bear witness also at Rome.

 

Jesus is your defender, intercessor, and shepherd:

 

 - (1 John 2:1) My little children, these things write I to you, that you sin not.  And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

 

- (Rom 8:34) Who is he that comdemns? It is Christ that died, yes rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

 

- (John 10:11) I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

 

You will get new glory in the resurrection of the body:

 

- (Phil 3:21) Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like to his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself.

 

You will spend eternity with God who loves you:

 

- (Rev 21:3,4) And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

 

- (Rom 8:18) For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

 

- (2 Cor 4:17,18) For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

18  While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jari Iivanainen




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