IN CHRIST ALONE...MY IDENTITY...

I love all the connections I make on FB. I love it most when there are spiritual connections. Last week, my friend and sister-in-Christ, Jennifer, posted as her status,

• "Was just having a random thought: one of the things I love about my church is that I don't know what most of the people I worship with do for a living. 3 or 4 years later, I still find myself saying,"Wow, I didn't know he/she did that!" In "the world" that is probably one of the first things you learn about people. In the church, those things are not so important. What a blessing!"

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I am convinced that when you have a church family who knows the LORD and really grasps what He has done for them, that church family life is remarkably different. At the Pitman church of Christ, we are known for our LOVE and we are transparent enough to say that our identity comes not from what we do or who we are but our identity comes from being IN CHRIST ALONE!!!

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This week, as we CONSIDER HIM on this blog, I am overwhelmed with gratitude that my identity truly is IN CHRIST. Ephesians 1:3 tells us that we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places IN CHRIST. Ephesians chapters one through four tell what this blessed identity looks like:

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• 1:4 I am CHOSEN IN CHRIST.
• 1:6 I am GRACED IN CHRIST.
• 1:7 I am REDEEMED IN CHRIST.
• 1:7 I am FORGIVEN IN CHRIST.
• 1:9 I am PURPOSED by the mystery of His will IN CHRIST.
• 1:11 I have an INHERITANCE IN CHRIST.
• 1:12 I have HOPE IN CHRIST.
• 1:13 I have the GOSPEL of truth IN CHRIST.
• 1:13 I have been SEALED IN CHRIST.
• 1:15 I have FAITH IN CHRIST.
• 1:18-23 I have the working of GOD'S STRENGTH IN CHRIST.
• 2:4-6 I have SALVATION IN CHRIST.
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• 1:10 I have the SUMMING UP OF ALL THINGS IN CHRIST ALONE.

I am so thankful! I know who I am! I know Who I belong to! I know where I am going! My identity is IN CHRIST!!!!

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How does one get IN CHRIST?

• Galatians 3:26-29 says, "You are all sons of God through faith IN Christ Jesus, 27 for all of you who were baptized INTO Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one IN Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

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