September 3rd - Handout
September 3, 2023

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FINDING OUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;” —Ephesians 1:3-7

I. In What Think About Us. (wrong)

This could be defined as

Identity.

“(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) —II Corinthians 10:4

II. In What Think About Us. (wrong)

This could be defined as

Identity.

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” —Jeremiah 17:9

III. In What Thinks About Us. (right)

This could be defined as

Identity.


Five Truths Concerning Our Identity In Christ:

  1. I am

    _. (vs4-5)

  2. I am

    _. (vs6)

  3. I am

    _. (vs7)

  4. I am

    _. (vs7)

  5. I am

    _. (vs19-20)

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, —Ephesians 1:19-20