7 sunday

RECOGNIZE YOUR NEW IDENTITY

And be renewed in the spirit of your

mind; And that ye put on the new
man, which after God is created
in righteousness and true holiness
(Ephesians 4:23-24).

W hen you were born again, you were

recreated in righteousness and true
holiness. Unlike the unregenerate man, you’re
completely awakened to the fatherhood of God; you’re
alive to Him. 1 John 3:2 says, “Beloved, now are we
the sons of God....” You’re in a sonship relationship
with the Lord; you’re born of Him. That’s the meaning
of 1 John 4:4: “Ye are of God, little children…”; you
hail from Him; your origin is in Him. Hallelujah!
Peter calls us partakers of the divine nature
(associates of the God-kind). You’ve put on the God-
nature, which is renewed in knowledge after the image
of God that created you (Colossians 3:10). This is
your true identity. Walk in this light. You’re not the
same person you were before you were born again.
That’s why the Bible says, “Therefore, if anyone is
in Messaiah, he is a new creation. Old things have
disappeared, and-look!-all things have become new”
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(2 Corinthians 5:17 ISV).
The old sin-nature was supplanted with God’s life
of righteousness. People may still associate you with
some of the wrong things you did before you were
born again, but the truth is the person that did those
things doesn’t exist anymore. What the Bible says
about you now is that you are washed, sanctified,
justified, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and by the
Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:11). Hallelujah!

PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for my new nature and
identity in Christ; I’ve been washed, sanctified,
justified, in the Name of the Lord Jesus, and by
the Holy Spirit. I walk in the reality of the new life
of righteousness, which I’ve received in Christ,
producing fruits and works of righteousness, in Jesus’
Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
Ephesians 4:23-24 AMPC; Romans 6:5-7; Colossians 3:9-10

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Romans 9:30-10:1-21 & Psalms 78

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Ephesians 6:21-24 & Isaiah 58

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