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In our last post, we looked at the fact that we often forget we are dead. We try and die to self, die to sin, die to some selfish, mean habit – and we forget that we are already dead. Today, we will look at one way to help us stop forgetting! Romans 6.11 inContinue reading “Identification 15: Consider Yourself a Corpse”

One of the biggest mysteries is that in light of all that we have said on identification – that we died with Christ, that we have been buried with Him, that we are one with Him in His resurrection power – is why do we forget it so easily. Maybe none of you do, maybeContinue reading “Identification 14: Why Do We Forget”

So, we have established that we died with Christ, and that is very exciting news. We were crucified to our old life and old nature and old desires. The death of your old nature is not a future event, it’s happened. Don’t tell me “I need to die to this”, tell me “I am deadContinue reading “Identification 13: In the Ground!”

Before you were born again and became one spirit with Christ, so identified with Him that the Scripture can boldly say “just as He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4.17), we were dead in our sins and transgressions. The person who has not yet received Christ is by their nature selfish,Continue reading “Identification 12: I Still Want to Sin!”

Now we have been talking about IDENTIFICATION WITH CHRIST for many weeks – the challenge now is that you need to believe it to receive it. The blood of Christ, by itself, has cleaned us and removed every barrier to access God and His kingdom. Now there is only one thing for us to do:Continue reading “Identification 11: Believe It!”

When I fly to another nation, I need my passport. When I arrive at the airport they check my passport – they are looking for two things: firstly, is my passport an official genuine government document and not a forgery, secondly, does the image of me on the photo look exactly like me. If thoseContinue reading “Identification 10: Identification is Access”

When we hear the phrase “eternal life”, there are two images that Christians have. The majority of Christians sadly have the wrong image. They think of eternal life being on the other side of this life, being something you get in Heaven. It’s like there is a big gap between us and eternal life andContinue reading “Identification 09: The Life of God”

The moment we are born again, we are one with Jesus. We are the same spirit as Him, we are one with Him, just as He is so are we! There are many facets to this wonderful diamond of the new birth, but today I want to focus our attention on acceptance. You are oneContinue reading “Identification 08: Acceptance”

A facet of the redemptive work of Christ that we do not focus on enough, in my opinion, is that Jesus died firstly for His Father, and secondly for us. The Father wanted to reach out to us, to embrace us, to love us, but our nature was a sin nature. Before the redemptive workContinue reading “Identification 07: Jesus Died for God!”

“God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8) God loves you so much that He sent Jesus to die for you on the cross. Christ died for you. That needs to seep into how you see yourself. You see you know that youContinue reading “Identification 06: You Are Loved Enough to Die For!”