Who Am I?

• I am the salt of the earth (Matt. 5:13).
• I am the light of the world (Matt. 5:14).
• I am a child of God (John 1:12).
• I am part of the true vine, a channel of Christ’s life (John 15:1,5).
• I am Christ’s friend (John 15:15).
• I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit (John 15:16).
• I am a slave of righteousness (Rom. 6:18).
• I am enslaved to God (Rom. 6:22).
• I am a son of God; God is spiritually my Father (Rom. 8:14, 15; Gal. 3:26; 4:6).
• I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him (Rom. 8:17).
• I am a temple – a dwelling place – of God. His Spirit and His life dwell in me (1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19).
• I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17).
• I am a member of Christ’s body (1 Cor. 12:27; Eph 5:30).
• I am a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17).
• I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5:18, 19).
• I am a son of God and one in Christ (Gal. 3:26, 28).
• I am an heir of God since I am a son of God (Gal. 4:6, 7).
• I am a saint (1 Cor. 1:2; Eph. 1:1; Phil. 1:1; Col. 1:2).
• I am God’s workmanship – His handiwork – born anew in Christ to do His work (Eph. 2:10).
• I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God’s family (Eph. 2:19).
• I am a prisoner of Christ (Eph. 3:1; 4:1).
• I am righteous and holy (Eph. 4:24).
• I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now (Eph. 2:6; Phil. 3:20).
• I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3).
• I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life (Col. 3:4).
• I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved (Col. 3:12; 1 Thess. 1:4).
• I am a son of light and not of darkness (1 Thess. 5:5).
• I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling (Heb 3:1).
• I am a partaker of Christ; I share in His life (Heb. 3:14).
• I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house. (1 Pet. 2:5).
• I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession (1 Pet. 2:9, 10).
• I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live (1 Pet. 2:11).
• I am an enemy of the devil (1 Pet. 5:8).
• I am a child of God and I will resemble Christ when He returns (1 John 3:1, 2).
• I am born of God, and the evil one – the devil – cannot touch me (1 John 5:18).
• I am not the great “I am” (Exod. 3:14; John 8:24, 28, 58), but by the grace of God, I am what I am (1 Cor. 15:10).
(Taken from “Victory over the Darkness,” by Neil Anderson)