The Real You

Its incredible how good of a job the church has done at wrongly defining the identity of the saved. Now don't get me wrong, I love the church but we are constantly shocked at times by what believers 'believe' about themselves and how they came to certain conclusions about who they are.

Kris Valloton once said, "I have a sense that if you knew who you were, then all the stuff in your life that you struggle with would evaporate. I'm convinced that every single person from a child molester to a murderer, every single crime against mankind is rooted in, You don't know God loves you and you don't know who you are."

We have made the mistake of linking our identity to our behavior instead of linking our Identity to Jesus and then living out of that place.

We were never called to live from the outside in but from the inside out!

Just recently I had someone come to me and they asked me to pray for them to have freedom. As soon as they said it the Lord spoke to me and said 'the truth shall set you free'. The devil was running circles around this person simply because they did not fully know the truth of who they were. I told the person that I would not pray for them for freedom because it's the truth that sets you free. So instead I just spoke the truth of who that person really is and immediately their face started to change from sad to happy to overwhelmingly overjoyed.

He whom the Son sets free is free indeed!!

We are not sinners we are Saints (Eph1:1). We are not not servants, we are Sons (Gal4:5-7). We are not abandoned, we are Accepted (Eph1:6). We no longer have a sin nature, We have Christ's nature (Rom6:6-7, 1John4:17). We are no longer in bondage, we are Free (John8:36, Gal5:1). We are not defeated, we are victorious (1Cor15:57). We are not sick, we are Healed (1Peter2:24). We are not unrighteous, we are Righteous (Rom3:21-22). We are not unjust, we are Justified by Faith (Gal2:16). We are not depressed, we are overwhelmed with Joy (Phil4:4).

Thank You Jesus for the Cross!

Thank You Jesus for Truth!

Thank You Jesus for You!

This is the truth of the Word. This is who we are in the Spirit. This is our identity. The truth of our identity may not match our behavior at the moment but it will as we renew our mind to the reality of who we really are. Amen, Amen and Amen.

The reality of knowing who we are also produces an ability to recognize who we are not and therefore able to guard against the lies of the enemy. The enemy has ground in many christians not because he is powerful and took it, but because we don't know who we really are and have given the ground to him.

Many of us know and can quote John 8:32, "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" but we forget about the verse before which says, "If you continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;" IF YOU CONTINUE IN MY WORD.....then you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. The word is a perfect reflection of who we are in the Spirit.

Let's let the word tell us who we are and then live from that place of identity and freedom.