Who Am I in Christ?

Michelle Alston has created a list of Scriptures (and some paraphrased Scriptures) that unpack in wonderful completeness who we are in Christ. For some of these, the pronouns are changed to personalize them, and for others a paraphrase is used to get at the essence of the text. Yet, these several dozen texts remind us vividly that God not only loves us, but he wants us to grow in our understanding of that love. May this list help you do that.

1 Thessalonians 5:5
I am a child of light.

Hebrews 3:1
I am a partaker of a heavenly calling.

Romans 8:37
I am more than a conqueror through Christ.

Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 1:4
I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved.

Hebrews 3:14
I am a partaker with Christ and share in His life.

1 Peter 2:5
I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house

1 Peter 2:9
I am a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.

1 Peter 5:8
I am the devil’s enemy.

Colossians 3:3
I am hidden with Christ in God.

Matthew 5:13
I am the salt of the earth.

Matthew 5:14
I am the light of the world.

John 15:1-2
I am part of the true vine.

Colossians 3:4
I am an expression of the life of Christ.

John 3:3-6
I am born again by the spirit of God.

1 Peter 2:11
I am an alien and a stranger to this world.

Ephesians 1:3
I am a recipient of every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.

Revelation 5:9
I am redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.

2 Corinthians 5:21
I am the righteousness of God in Christ.

John 15:16
I am chosen and ordained by Christ to bear fruit.

Psalm 73
I am continually with you God; it is You who holds my right hand to give me counsel when I am in need. I eagerly await the day the angels will rejoice with You and receive me into glory.

Ephesians 2:10
I am God’s workmanship; I am created in Christ Jesus for good works.

2 Corinthians 6:16
I am the temple of the living God.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20
My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in me, whom I have received from God. I am not my own; I was bought at a price. I will honor God with my body.

Genesis 1:27
God created me in his own image; in the image of God he created me.

Philippians 2:5-11
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being made in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal to God: But made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things of in heaven and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Romans 8:17; 2 Cor 5:17; 1 Peter 2:9
I am a child of the living God. I am an heir of God and a joint heir with Jesus Christ. I am a new creation in Jesus and old things have passed away and all things have become new. I am a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.

Ephesians 3:1; 4:1
I am a prisoner of Christ.

Rom 8:1,2; John 8:44; Ephesians 6:14; 1 John 2:1; 1 John 1:9; Rev 12:1; Rom 6:14
I am not under guilt or condemnation. I refuse discouragement because it is not of God. God is the God of all encouragement. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. I do not listen to Satan’s accusations for he is a liar, the father of lies. I gird up my loins with truth. Sin does not have dominion over me. I flee from temptation but if I do sin I have an advocate with the Father who is Jesus Christ. I confess my sins and forsake them and God is faithful and just to forgive me and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness. I am cleansed by the blood of the Lamb and I am an overcomer because the blood of Jesus and because the word of my testimony.

Isaiah 54:17; Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
No weapon that is formed against me shall prosper and I shall confute every tongue that rises up against me in judgment. My mind is renewed by the Word of God. The weapons of my warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; I cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of Christ. I bring every thought captive into obedience to the truth.

Ephesians 1:6; Romans 8:39; 6:16; 8:32; John 8:36; Colossians 1:13; 2 Corinthians 5:21
I am accepted in the Beloved. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Nothing can separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus my Lord. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I am not the slave of sin but of righteousness. I continue in His word. I know the truth and the truth sets me free. Because Christ has set me free, I am free indeed. I have been delivered out of the domain of darkness and am now abiding in the kingdom of God.

1 John 3:8; James 4:7; Ep.h 4:27; 2 Tim. 1:7; Psalm 27:1; 2 Cor. 2:14
I am not intimidated by the enemy’s lies. He is defeated. For this purpose Christ came into the world, to destroy the works of the evil one. I submit to God and resist the devil. The enemy flees from me in terror because the Lord lives mightily in me. I give the devil no opportunity. I give no place for fear in my life. God has not given me a spirit of fear but of love, of power, and of a sound mind. Terror shall not come near me because the Lord is the strength of my life and He always causes me to triumph in Christ Jesus.

Deut. 28:13; Psalm 91:7; Eph. 1:20-21; Luke 10:19; Rom. 8:37
In Christ, I am the head and not the tail. I am above and not beneath. A thousand shall fall at my side and ten thousand at my right hand and none shall touch me. I am seated with Christ in the heavenly places far above all principalities and powers. I have been given power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall injure me. No longer will the enemy oppress me. I defeat him by the authority that Christ has given me. I am more than a conqueror through Christ.

Rom. 8:14-15; Gal. 3:26; 4:6; John 1:12
I am a child of God; God is spiritually my Father.

2 Cor. 5:17
I am a new creation in Christ; old things have passed away and all things have become new.

Eph. 1:1-4; Gal. 3:26,28
I am in Christ

Gal. 4:6-7; Rom. 8:17
I am an heir with the Father and a joint heir with Christ.

2 Cor. 5:18-19
I am reconciled to God and am an ambassador of reconciliation for Him.

Eph. 1:1; 1 Co.r 1:2; Phil. 1:1; Col. 1:2
I am a saint.

Eph. 2:19; Phil. 3:20
I am a citizen of heaven.

Rom. 6:22
I am enslaved to God.

Eph. 4:24
I am righteous and holy.

1 Cor. 6:17
I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him.

1 Cor. 12:27
I am a member of Christ’s body.

1 Cor. 3:16, 6:19
I am the temple of the Holy Spirit.

John 15:15
I am a friend of Christ.

Rom. 6:18
I am a slave of righteousness.