INTRODUCTION:

Today we bring you the final part of WHO I AM IN CHRIST.

 Everyone in this community is related – we are all brothers and sisters, loved equally by God. Our safety and security are in God. If we experience all this joy in relationship with Christ now, how much greater will your joy be when He returns and we see Him face to face. Such a hope should motivate us to serve Christ with greater commitment and live the life of Christ here on earth.

   IN CHRIST I AM SECURE

1.  I AM A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN – But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ – Philippians 3:20

•  I AM HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD – For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God – Colossians 3:3

•  I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER, LOVE AND A SOUND MIND – For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline – 2 Timothy 1:7

•  I CAN FIND GRACE AND MERCY IN TIME OF NEED – Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need – Hebrews 4:16

• I AM NEVER ALONE, GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE ME – Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you  have because God has said  Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you – Hebrews 13:5

•  I AM BORN OF GOD AND THE EVIL ONE CANNOT TOUCH ME – We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him -1 John 5:18

IN CHRIST I AM SIGNIFICANT

•  I AM THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND LIGHT OF THE WORLD – You are the salt of the earth, But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden – In Matthew 5:13-14

•  I AM A BRANCH OF THE TRUE VINE, A CHANNEL OF HIS LIFE – I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit apart from me you can do nothing – John 15:1-5

•  I HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND APPOINTED TO BEAR FRUIT – You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit –fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name – John 15:16

1.    I AM A PERSONAL WITNESS OF CHRIST – But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth – Acts 1:8

1.  I AM GOD’S FELLOW WORKER – coworker in 2 Corinthians 6:1 – For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building –1 Corinthians 3:9

1.  I AM A GOD’S TEMPLE – Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? – 1 Corinthians 3:16

1.  I AM A MINISTER OF RECONCILIATION FOR GOD – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are, therefore, Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

1.  I AM SEATED WITH CHRIST IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS – And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus – Ephesians 2:6

1.  I AM GOD’S WORKMANSHIP – For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do – Ephesians 2:10

1.  I MAY APPROACH GOD WITH FREEDOM AND CONFIDENCE – In Him and through faith in Him we may approach God with freedom and confidence – Ephesians 3:12

1.  I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST – I can do everything through Him who gives me strength –  Philippians 4:13

May you be led by the Holy Spirit to receive Christ as your Lord and personal Saviour – John 1: 12-13  and also rededicate your life to Him if you know Him already but feel a little cold in your spirit – Psalm 51: 1 – 12

       TO  PONDER!

Enjoy Gerhard Tersteegen’s  (1697 – 1769) hymn translated by Frederick William Foster, (1760 – 1835); and John Miller, (1756 – 90) in Methodist Hymn 31.

• GOD reveals His presence:

Let us now adore Him,

And with awe appear before Him,

God is in His temple:

All within keep silence,

Prostrate lie with deepest reverence.

           Him alone

           God we own,

Him our God and Saviour:

Praise His name for ever.

• God reveals His presence:

Hear the harps resounding,

See the crowds the throne surrounding;

  Holy, holy, holy!

Hear the hymn ascending,

Angels, saints, their voices blending.

        Bow Thine ear

        To us here;

Hearken, O Lord Jesus,

To our meaner praises.

• O Thou Fount of blessing,

Purify my spirit:

Trusting only in Thy merit,

Like the holy angels

Who behold Thy glory,

My I ceaselessly adore Thee.

         Let Thy will

          Ever still

Rule Thy Church terrestrial,

As the hosts  celestial.

     Amen.

Stay Blessed! 

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By Dr. Joyce Aryee, the author