A selection of key New Testament teachings regarding your position and identity as a born-again Christian

Romans

Chapter 1:

I am one of the chosen ones.
I am a saint.
I am one of God's beloved.

Chapter 5:

I am justified by faith.
I am at peace with God.
I have God's love in my heart.
I have the Holy Spirit.
I am justified by his blood and am now saved from wrath.
I was reconciled to God through the death of His Son.
Because I have been reconciled, I am saved through his life.
I have received the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
I am in control of my life.

Chapter 6:

I have died to sin.
I was baptized on the day of his death.
I was buried with him through baptism into death.
I walk in the newness of life.
I am deeply connected to the nature of his death.
I, too, will be united with his resurrection.
My old self was crucified with Christ so that the body of sin might be done away with, and I might no longer be a slave to sin.

I am free from sin because I have died.
I will live with Christ because I have also died with him.
I consider myself dead to sin, but alive to God.
I am no longer under the power of sin, because I am no longer under the law but under grace.

I am obedient to the one to whom I submit myself.
I was a slave to sin, but I have become obedient from the heart.
I have been set free from sin and have become a slave to righteousness.
I have been set free from sin and have become a slave to God; therefore, I bear fruit in holiness, and my ultimate goal is eternal life.

Chapter 7:

I have been set free from the law through the body of Christ, so that I may belong to Jesus and bear fruit for God.

I have been set free from the law, since I have died to what held me captive, so that I may serve the new law of the Spirit and not the old law of the letter.

I now serve God's law with my mind, but I serve the law of sin with my flesh.

Chapter 8:

I am no longer under condemnation.
Through the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, I am set free from the law of sin and death.

I am in the Spirit because God's Spirit dwells in me.
I have a body that is dead because of sin, but a spirit of life because of righteousness.

I have a spirit within me that will bring my mortal body to life.
I have received a spirit of sonship, in which I cry out, “Abba, Father!”
I am a child of God.
I am an heir of God and a co-heir with Christ.
I have been saved by hope.
I know that all things work together for good for those who love God.
I am known, predestined, called, justified, and glorified.
God gives me everything as a gift.
Through the One who loved me, I am more than a conqueror in all things.
Nothing and no one can separate me from the love of God.

1 Corinthians

Chapter 1:

I have been enriched in every way—in all wisdom and knowledge.

I am not lacking in any spiritual gift.

God will sustain me to the very end.

I have wisdom, justice, holiness, and salvation.

I have the Spirit of God within me so that I may recognize the gifts God has given me.

I have Christ's mind.

I am God's temple, and the Spirit of God dwells within me.

I have been cleansed, sanctified, and justified.

I can do anything, but not everything is useful to me.

I am a member of Christ.

I am one with God.

I was bought for a price.

I have a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, a message in tongues, or an interpretation when I meet with the others.

I've won.

2 Corinthians

Chapter 1:

God comforts me in all my troubles.

I am steadfast and anointed.

I am sealed, and I have the pledge of the Spirit in my heart.

I stand firm through faith.

I can recognize satan's thoughts.

I am constantly led in a triumphal procession, and the fragrance of his knowledge is revealed through me in every place.

I am the fragrance of Christ to those who are being saved and to those who are perishing.

Chapter 3:

I am a letter from Christ, written by the Spirit of Christ.

I've been trained.

I have been made fit to be a servant of the new covenant.

I gaze upon the glory of the Lord with my face unveiled, and in this way I am transformed into that same image, from glory to glory.

I do not grow weary because I have this ministry, because I have found mercy.

Chapter 4:

I have the radiance of Christ in my heart.

I have a treasure in an earthen vessel.

I am pressed, but not crushed; I see no way out, but I am not without hope; I am persecuted, but not forsaken; I am struck down, but not destroyed.

I am constantly being handed over to death so that the life of Jesus may be revealed in my body.

I have the spirit of faith.

I do not grow weary, because my inner self is renewed day by day.

Chapter 5:

I have a home with God in heaven.

I'm always in good spirits.

I walk by faith, not by sight.

I have the love of Christ within me, which compels me.

I am a new creation; the old has passed away, and the new has come.

I am reconciled with God.

I have received the ministry of reconciliation.

I am a messenger in Christ's stead.

I am the righteousness of God, because God made Jesus sin for me.

Chapter 6:

I am a temple of the living God

I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy despite all our hardships.

Chapter 10:

I am saved because I confess Jesus as Lord and believe in my heart that God raised him from the dead.

I will not be put to shame because I believe in him.

I am saved because I called on the name of the Lord.

Chapter 14:

I live and die for the Lord.

Galatians

Chapter 2:

I have freedom.

I am justified in Christ.

Through the law I died to the law, so that I might live for God.

I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.

Chapter 3:

I have been redeemed from the curse of the law.

I'm no longer under the thumb of a taskmaster.

I am a son of God.

I have put on Christ because I was baptized in the name of Jesus.

Chapter 4:

I am a son of God, and that is why God sent His Spirit into my heart, which cries out, “Abba, Father!”

I am no longer a slave, but a son—and therefore also an heir through God.

I have come to know God; or rather, I have been known by God.

Chapter 5:

I have been set free for the sake of freedom.

I have been called to freedom.

I have crucified the flesh along with its passions and desires.

Ephesians

Chapter 1:

I am blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm.

I am the chosen one.

I am predestined to be a child of God through Jesus Christ.

I have been pardoned.

I have salvation through His blood, the forgiveness of my sins.

I have come to understand the mystery of his will.

I have received an inheritance that was predestined for me according to His will.

I have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

I am called to hope.

I am filled with a sense of heritage.

I am filled with a power that is at work within me.

Chapter 2:

I have been raised to life with Christ.

I am saved by grace.

I have been raised with them and am seated with them in the heavenly realm.

I was created by Him to do good works, which God prepared in advance so that I might walk in them.

I, who was once far away, have been brought near through the blood.

I have peace.

I have access to the Father

I am a fellow citizen with the saints and a member of God's household.

I am built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets.

I am being built up to become a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Chapter 3:

I have boldness and access with confidence through my faith in him.

Chapter 4:

I have been given grace in accordance with the measure of Christ's grace.

Chapter 5:

I am light.

Philippians

Chapter 3:

I have the right to be a citizen in heaven.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

All my needs are being met.

Colossians

Chapter 1:

I have a hope that is reserved for me in heaven.

I am strengthened with all power according to the might of his glory.

I have been made fit to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

I have been saved from the power of darkness and brought into the kingdom of the Son of His love.

I have salvation, the forgiveness of sins.

I have been reconciled in his body through his death, so that I may be presented before him holy, blameless, and beyond reproach.

Chapter 2:

I have been brought to a state of abundance.

I'm circumcised.

I have been buried, raised, and made alive because God has forgiven all my sins.

I no longer have any promissory note issued against me.

I have died with Christ to the elements of the world.

Chapter 3:

I have died, and my life is hidden with Christ in God.

I am called to let the peace of Christ reign in my heart.

2 Timothy

Chapter 1:

I have received a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline, not of fear.

I am saved and called to a holy calling.

I'm going to be followed.

Titus

Chapter 2:

I am being taught by grace.

I am abundantly filled with the Holy Spirit.

I am justified by His grace, an heir according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews

Chapter 4:

I am entering a state of calm.

I have a great High Priest who has compassion on my weaknesses.

Chapter 6:

It is not unjust of God to forget my deeds and the love I have shown for His name.

I have a secure and firm anchor for my soul that reaches into the depths of the curtain.

Chapter 9:

I have eternal salvation.

May the blood of Christ cleanse my conscience of dead works, so that I may serve the living God.

Chapter 10:

I am sanctified.

I have the freedom to enter the sanctuary

Chapter 12:

I have not yet fought to the bitter end in the battle against sin.

Chapter 13:

God will not give up on me or abandon me.

1 Peter

Chapter 1:

I have been reborn to a living hope, to an imperishable, undefiled, and unfading inheritance that is reserved in heaven for me.

I rejoice in temptation.

I love Jesus and believe in him.

I rejoice in Jesus with indescribable and glorious joy.

I have not been redeemed with perishable things, such as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish or defect.

Through my obedience to the truth, I have led my soul to genuine
Brotherly love, purified.

I have been reborn from imperishable seed through the living and enduring Word of God.

Chapter 2:

I belong to a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession.

I have died to sin and live for righteousness.

I am healed.

2 Peter

Chapter 1:

I have been given everything I need for life and godliness.

I have been given the greatest and most precious promises so that, through them, I may share in the divine nature.

1 John

Chapter 2:

I have forgiveness of sins.

I have overcome the evil one.

I am strong because the Word of God remains in me, and I have overcome the evil one.

I have the anointing of the Holy One and the knowledge.

I know the truth, and I know that no lie comes from the truth.

I have the anointing within me forever, and I don't need anyone to teach me.

Chapter 3:

I am a child of God.

I do not sin, because His seed remains in me, and I cannot sin because I was born of Him.

I have passed from death to life because I love my brothers.

Chapter 4:

I am from God, and I have overcome the world.

I have come to realize and believe in the love God has for me.

I have confidence on the Day of Judgment, for just as He is, so am I in this world.

I love him because he loved me first.

Chapter 5:

I was born of God, and I love Jesus Christ.

I have faith that has overcome the world.

I have the testimony within me.

I have eternal life.

I do not sin; God protects me, and the Evil One does not touch me.

I have been given understanding so that I may recognize the True One.

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