Who You Really Are

* My old self is dead -
Rom 6,2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died tm,mo sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Gal 2,20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
> CHRISTOPH IS DEAD
* We are completely forgiven, perfected for all time, and hence completely reconciled to God -
1.Cor 1,2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:
2.Cor 5,17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Gal 2,16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
Eph 1,4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
Eph 1,7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding,
Eph 2,13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Eph 4,32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Col 2,13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
Heb 10,14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
> CHRISTOPH IS MADE PERFECT AND HOLY FOREVER
* we are completely made new and given Christ's eternal resurrected life
2. Cor 5,17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
Eph 2,5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
Eph 2,10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Col 2,13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
Col 3,1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
1. Peter 1,3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
> CHRISTOPH IS NEW
* We are indwelled with the Spirit of Jesus, the Spirit of God Almighty
2. Cor 13,5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
Gal 2,20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Eph 3,17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
Col 1,27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
/ We are those made into a temple of God
1. Cor 6,19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
>  NOW - IN CHRISTOPH IS GOD
* We are redeemed and set free from the curse of the law
Gal 3,13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”
Gal 5,1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
Col 2,13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
> CHRISTOPH IS FREE TO SAY "NO" TO ANY KIND OF SIN AND "YES" TO EVERY THING GOD IS AND WANTS TO DO!
* We are seated "in heavenly places" and made partakers of the eternal inheritance Christ purchased for us
Eph 1,3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, 9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ. 11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
Eph 2,6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
Eph 3,6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
> CHRISTOPH IS IN HEAVEN ...?
* We are hidden in Christ and united in Christ
Rom 6,5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.
1. Cor 6,17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
Col 3,3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
as such we are made participants in the eternal love that flows within the Triune Godhead
John 17,20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
2 Peter 1,4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
> CHRISTOPH IS HIDDEN IN CHRIST
*God the father completely redefines our state of being. Whereas once we were in Adam and 'by nature children of wrath'
Eph 2,3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. cf.
1.Cor 15,22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
Rom 5,15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
(*)Now we are in Christ and are the recipients of the very same eternal, perfect love he has for his Son John 17,23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
> CHRISTOPH IS RIGHTEOUS
*The Father has chosen us and made us "holy and blameless before him in love." He loves us and lavishes on us "his glorious grace" as he relates to us as we are "in the Beloved," Jesus Christ Eph 1,3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
This means that the relationship God has with us now is defined by the eternal, unsurpassable, loving relationship he has with his own eternal Son!
> CHRISTOPHS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS AS GOD's RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST
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This is is who we truly are when we place our trust in Christ.
This is what is true - this is what God says.
By placing us in Christ's death to sin
- THE FATHER MAKES US DEAD TO SIN.
By placing us in Christ's life
- THE FATHER MAKES US ALIVE.
By placing us in Christ's holiness
- THE FATHER MAKES US PERFECTLY HOLY.
By placing us in Christ's loveliness
- THA FATHER MAKES US LOVELY.
T h e   a l m i g h t y   G o d   s a y s   s o!

There is simply nothing anyone can do
TO IMPROVE
what GOD has already done for us in placing us in Christ Jesus.

When GOD saved us, he established us in Christ Jesus as being every thing he eternally wants us to be.
T H I S   I S   W H A T   I S   T R U E   A B O U T   U S.

This is our true identity as we later will see: All genuine spiritual growth comes from the Holy Spirit making our true identity real to us and overcoming the self-identity we inherited from the pattern of the world.