Who am I? It’s a question that mankind has grappled with since the dawn of time. Many people look for their identity in their career, their relationships, or their possessions. But as a believer in Christ, I have found the ultimate answer to this question. I am a child of God, loved and cherished by Him. In this post, I want to share 43 scriptures that articulate who I am in Christ. 1. I am forgiven. “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” - Ephesians 1:7 (NKJV) 2. I am chosen. “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” - 1 Peter 2:9 (NKJV) 3. I am accepted. “To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.” - Ephesians 1:6 (NKJV) 4. I am loved. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” - John 3:16 (NKJV) 5. I am a new creation. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” - 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) 6. I am a joint heir with Christ. “and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.” - Romans 8:17 (NKJV) 7. I am blessed. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” - Ephesians 1:3 (NKJV) 8. I am justified. “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” - Romans 5:1 (NKJV) 9. I am sanctified. “And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” - 1 Corinthians 6:11 (NKJV) 10. I am an ambassador for Christ. “Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.” - 2 Corinthians 5:20 (NKJV) 11. I am complete in Christ. “and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.” - Colossians 2:10 (NKJV) 12. I am dead to sin. “Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 6:11 (NKJV) 13. I am alive to God. “For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection.” - Romans 6:5 (NKJV) 14. I am seated with Christ in heavenly places. “and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” - Ephesians 2:6 (NKJV) 15. I am an overcomer. “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith.” - 1 John 5:4 (NKJV) 16. I am a conqueror. “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” - Romans 8:37 (NKJV) 17. I am a temple of the Holy Spirit. “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” - 1 Corinthians 3:16 (NKJV) 18. I am part of the body of Christ. “For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.” - 1 Corinthians 12:12 (NKJV) 19. I am a royal priesthood. “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” - 1 Peter 2:9 (NKJV) 20. I am a holy nation. “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” - 1 Peter 2:9 (NKJV) 21. I am a conqueror. “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:38-39 (NKJV) 22. I am empowered by the Holy Spirit. “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” - Acts 1:8 (NKJV) 23. I am a light in the darkness. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” - Matthew 5:16 (NKJV) 24. I am called. “But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct.” - 1 Peter 1:15 (NKJV) 25. I am free. “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” - John 8:36 (NKJV) 26. I am more than a conqueror. “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” - Romans 8:37 (NKJV) 27. I am an heir of God. “and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.” - Romans 8:17 (NKJV) 28. I am a citizen of heaven. “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” - Philippians 3:20 (NKJV) 29. I am a friend of God. “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” - John 15:14 (NKJV) 30. I am a co-laborer with Christ. “For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.” - 1 Corinthians 3:9 (NKJV) 31. I am a branch of the true vine. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” - John 15:5 (NKJV) 32. I am a vessel of honor. “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.” - 2 Timothy 2:20-21 (NKJV) 33. I am an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony. “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” - Revelation 12:11 (NKJV) 34. I am a disciple of Christ. “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, ‘If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.’” - John 8:31 (NKJV) 35. I am a saint. “To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” - Colossians 1:2 (NKJV) 36. I am a witness for Christ. “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” - Acts 1:8 (NKJV) 37. I am an heir of eternal life. “in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.” - Titus 1:2 (NKJV) 38. I am an instrument of righteousness. “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.” - Romans 6:12-13 (NKJV) 39. I am a partaker of His divine nature. “by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” - 2 Peter 1:4 (NKJV) 40. I am a peacemaker. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” - Matthew 5:9 (NKJV) 41. I am a bearer of fruit. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” - John 15:5 (NKJV) 42. I am a conqueror through Him who loves me. “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” - Romans 8:37 (NKJV) 43. I am a child of God. “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.” - 1 John 3:1 (NKJV) As I reflect on these scriptures, I am humbled and filled with gratitude for the identity that I have in Christ. My hope is that these verses will serve as a reminder to all who read them of the incomparable love and worth that we have in Him.
