Welcome to the second instalment of who I am in Christ. I recently read Romans chapter twelve, verse twenty one. And I'm gonna read it to you in a second, but it actually prompted me to do a second um instalment of who I am in Christ. And the verse goes, it says, Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. And that's the new English translation. And then I read the same verse from J.B. Phillips, the New Testament in modern English. And it went this way it says, Don't allow yourself to be overpowered by evil. Overpower evil with good. Overpower evil with good. The word that really got me was the offense. Go on the orphan. So with this understanding, I am going to give you some more scriptures of who you are or who we are in Christ. And I want us to understand before I go into this uh giving you the scriptures. I want us to understand that these scriptures are spiritual truths. Everything that we need to live a full life with Christ is already in us. So we the spiritual are some of the spiritual traits that reflect who we became in our spiritual birth. We can't earn them, we can't buy them any more than a person born in the United States can earn or by the right or freedoms enjoyed as an American citizen. They are guaranteed to a person by the US Constitution simply because he or she was born in the United States. Similarly, these traits are guaranteed to you and me by the word of God simply because we were born into God's holy family by faith in Jesus Christ. So let me jump into this, and I'm just gonna go with as much as I can forever how long I want to get on this. I don't know when it's going to end, but I will just want to go through this. So sit back and enjoy this, these scriptures, and allow these scriptures to penetrate you in a way like unlike ever before. Okay. Who am I? I am the salt of the earth. Matthew 5.13. I am the light of the world, Matthew 5, 14. I am a child of God. John 1 12. I am part of the true vine, a channel of Christ's life. That's John 15, verse 1 and verse 5. I am Christ's friend. John 15 and 15. I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear his fruit. John 15 16. I am a slave of righteousness. Romans 6 18. I am enslaved to God. Romans 6 22. I am a son of God. God is spiritually my father. Romans 8 14 through 15. Galatians 3 26 and Galatians 4 and 6. I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing in his inheritance with him. I am a temple, a dwelling place of God. His spirit and his life dwell in me. First Corinthians 3, 16 and 6 19. I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with him. Let me read that again. I am united to the Lord and I am one spirit with him. 1 Corinthians 6 17. I am a member of Christ's body. 1 Corinthians 12 27 and Ephesians 5 30. I am a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5 17. I want to read that one again. I am a new creation. No matter what I was before I became to Christ, before I came to Christ, I am no longer that. I am a new creation in Christ. Yeah, say it again. I am a new creation. I am a new creation. All things are passed away. I am new. I am a new creation. I am reconciled to God and I am a minister of reconciliation. I am reconciled to God. Reconciled means that our account has been balanced. So I am no longer in the red with God. I am living in the black because of what Christ did for me. I am reconciled to God and I am a minister of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5, 18 and 19. I am a son or daughter of God and one in Christ. Galatians 3, 26, 28. I am an heir of God since I am a son or a daughter of God. Galatians 4, 6 through 7. I am a saint. Not an aint. I'm a saint. And a saint means that I have been set apart by God our Father and no one else. And no one else. I am a saint. I am God's workmanship, his handiwork, born anew in Christ to do his work. Ephesians 2 and 10. Let me just grab a hold of this one. I am God's workmanship. So God, the creator of heaven and earth, the creator of this amazing universe, is my craftsman. He designed me, he created me, he formed me. So everything that I have, all that I'm made up of, he signed off and said, It is good. I am fellow citizen with the rest of God's family. I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's family. Ephesians 2 and 19. I am a prisoner of Christ. Ephesians 3 and 1 and 4 and 1. Let me say that. I want to emphasize this. I am a prisoner. Lock me up. Lord, I submit. I surrender. Lock me up with the chains of your love. Put me in the strait jacket of your peace and of your joy. I am your prisoner, Lord. I am your prisoner. I am righteous and holy. Ephesians 4, 24. I am righteous and holy. I am set apart by God Himself. I am a citizen of heaven, seated in heaven right now in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2 and 6 and Philippians 3 and 2. I want to read it again. I am a citizen of heaven. Although I live on this earth, I am a citizen of heaven. I am a citizen of heaven. I am hidden in Christ in God. Colossians 3 and 3. I am hidden in Christ. Therefore, you don't see me, you see Christ in and through me. I am an expression of the life of Christ because he is in my life. Colossians 3 and 4. I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved. Colossians 3 12, 1 Thessalonians 1 and 4. I am a son or a daughter of light and not of darkness. But in your spirit, in your spirit, man, deep within you, within that transformation, you know that you are a partaker in the greater plan that God has for this universe and its people. I share in his life. I am privileged and I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession. 1 Peter 2, 9 and 10. I want to read this again because in the day and times that we are living in today, everyone is talking about privileged. But I want to declare to you, listening, that from the foundations of the earth, God has declared us to be privileged. I am privileged. I am an alien and a stranger in this world or on this earth. I am an enemy of the devil. And you can do nothing to make them truer. You can, however, make these traits more meaningful and productive in your life by simply choosing to believe what God has said about you. You will not be prideful if you do. Let me say that again. You will not be prideful if you do. But you will likely be defeated if you don't. And if you're getting hijacked by the judge or the enemy if he's trying to hijack you, just hit play. And every single time those negative thoughts or emotions or feelings come up, just hit play. And allow the presence of God that's anointed in this episode to overpower you with his love. And I pray that God continually gives you and grants you his peace and his joy. In Jesus' name.