Have you discovered your identity in Christ? Do you know whose image you represent? Knowing your Identity in Christ shapes how you see yourself. For a long time, you have placed your identity outside the word of God because when you peer in the mirror you still see that girl who murdered someone or that man who raped that girl. You have let the guilt beat you up so much that you fail to see the real picture.

It will interest you to know that you are not defined by your actions or what society labelled you. There is one who sees you differently. The weight of guilt is no longer on your shoulders. Your burdens are no longer yours to carry.

On the cross, you were given a new life in Christ Jesus. The finished work on the cross rewrote your history, branded your present and secured your future. The old man was gone and you became a new man. Not just a new man but a new man in Christ Jesus.

This message should influence the knowledge you have of yourself. If the knowledge you have of yourself is outside the word of God that called you chosen, accepted, beloved, set apart, forgiven and the likes then you should discard the thought. You were bought at a costly price. The sacrifice on the cross gave you a new identity. This knowledge should be your solid foundation.

Your Identity in Christ is your image according to the finished works on the cross. Recall what 2 Corinthians 5:17 clearly stated and I quote, “Therefore, if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!” (Amplified Version).

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