Our Identity in Christ through Him
The truth of who you are in Christ is to become reality through a process the Bible calls “renewing the mind” – the sanctification process.
First, it depends on the power of God, and not on self-effort but through the Holy Spirit, and second, it is the act of your faith.
God has given us His Holy Spirit to indwell and empower us (Eph. 5:18) and His Word to direct us (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
Our part is the act of our will by believing in faith and activating the Holy Spirit to choose to walk and be dependent on God and His power of the Holy Spirit.
The only way to do this is to renew the mind by reading his word, chewing on His scriptures of what the Lord says about you, and memorizing His Word. Through His Word through faith and believing His Word to be accurate, it becomes our reality of truth, overwriting what others say about us.
your relationship with Jesus
As Christians, we enter into a new relationship with God. This relationship guarantees us a new identity – 2 Cor. 5:17. A new identity results in new experiences and a lifestyle change.
i am a new creation in Christ
The old way will try to come back and take over, and that is where the dependence on God, His word of truth, is applied to override the lies of others and of the enemy (Satan). We have to stop looking backward of our past sins and look at who we are today regarding What God’s Word says today about you. You are a new person, a new name, a new identity, and you’ve been adopted into His kingdom into a new relationship with Christ. It is described as “putting off and putting on” in Eph. 4:22-24.
The old identity comes from your past life that is now gone. God has declared to be true about you in His Word.
So, how is this done!
When old thoughts (the flesh thinking, the mind, the reasoning part, and the memory part of you) come into play, you have to apply specific scripture about you in what Jesus says about you.
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If your parents said you are ugly, then you would find scriptures to put out that fiery dart. You are not ugly but made and reflect God's handiwork in what He created you to be. Every time you put out those fiery darts from the enemy that knows your past and knows what others have said to you and it feels like your thoughts, you cast them down 2 cor. 10:5 and renew your mind with truth until it becomes a reality.
That is spiritual warfare in its highest form. The thoughts feel like your own, but not all are yours.
is the bible the accurate word of god
You have to count God's Word as truth. This must become the final authority in your life. Your beliefs (the flesh beliefs) are diminished as you begin to accept the truth of God's Word about you instead of what feels natural: emotions, performance, or past experiences. You are a new creation in Christ. What He says about you is accurate.
Coach Teresa Morin
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