Who does God say that I am?

Who are you? This seems like an easy enough question. For most people however, there is a bit of fear when it comes to answereing this challenge. Most people live their lives with mutiple facades to cover up who they really are. They live with pressure to conform to so many different views and ideas that they end up forgetting who they really are. Scripture helps us to understand this task. It teaches who we really are and what God says about us. I am amazed that as I realize the sinfulness of my life, that God still loves me. He sees the depth of who we are and he loves us. Yet, he doesn’t leave us the way he finds us. He is in the processing of turning us from what we are to what we were designed to be. We were created to love and worship God. Yet who we really are is what keeps us from truly knowing God. This is why Christ’s death and ressurection are so important. You see, his death paid the debt we owed for our sin and His ressurection is God’s approval at what he did. The debt is paid and life is available. So, when you think about who you are, let your thoughts go to what God says and what he thinks. Over the next few days we’ll be looking at several truths about who God says that I am.

1.) I am a Child of God: John 1:12

 

2.) I am a branch of the TRUE Vine: John 15:1,5

 

3.) I am a friend of Jesus: John 15:15

 

4.) I Have been justified (declared right by God) and redeemed: Romans 3:24

 

5.) My Old self was crucified with Christ and I am no longer a slave to sin: Romans 6:6