ONLY BECAUSE OF CHRIST.....

                                        I AM....

the salt of the earth! (Matthew 5:13)

the light of the world! (Matthew 5:14)

a child of God! (John 1:12)

part of the true vine, a channel (branch) of Christ's life! (John 15:5)

Christ's friend! (John 15:15)

chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit! (John 15:16)

a slave of righteousness! (Romans 6:18)

a joint heir with Christ, sharing His inheritance with Him! (Romans 6:19)

God's temple. His spirit dwells in me! (1 Corinthians 3:16)

joined to the Lord and am one spirit with Him! (1 Corinthians 6:17)

a member of Christ's body! (1 Corinthians 12:27)

a new creation! (2 Corinthians 5:17)

reconciled to God and am a minster of reconciliation! (2 Corinthians 5:19, 20)

a son of God and one with believers! (Galatians 3:26 & 28)

a heir of God, since I am a son of God! (Galatians 4:6 & 7)

a saint! (Ephesians 1:1)

God's workmanship, created in Christ to do His work that He planned all along for me to do! (Ephesians 2:10)

a fellow citizen with the rest of God's family! (Ephesians 2 :19)

righteous and holy! (Ephesians 4:24)

a citizen of heaven! (Philippians 3 :20)

an expression of Christ because He is in me! (colossians 3:4)

chosen by God, holy and dearly loved!( Colossians 3:12)

a child of light and not darkness! ( 1 Thessalonians 5:5)

one of God's living stones and am being built into a spiritual house with the rest of the other believers!  (1 Peter 2:5)

part of a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, whose purpose is to praise Him! (1 Peter 2:9 & 10)

an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live! (1 Peter 2:11)

an enemy of the devil! (1 Peter 5:8)

born of God and the "evil one", the devil cannot harm me! (1 John 5:18)

will resemble Christ when He returns! (1 John 3:2)

not the great I Am, but by the grace of God I am what I am! (1 Corinthians 15:10)

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