COMPLETE IN CHRIST - OUR TRUE IDENTITY

2011.10.09.OUR TRUE IDENTITY IN CHRIST
William Akehurst
HSWC

Colossians 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

COMPLETE IN CHRIST. What does it mean to be ‘in Christ’?
What is our true identity in Christ? What is it to be complete in HIM?

Lab notes:

WE ARE DECLARED NOT GUILTY OF SIN
Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

NO CONDEMNATION AWAITS US
Romans 8:1-2 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

WE ARE FREE OF THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF SIN AND DEATH
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

WE ARE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THROUGH JESUS
1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

WE ARE PURE AND HOLY
1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

WE WILL RISE AGAIN
1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

WE ARE FREE FROM TRYING TO BE SAVED BY BEING GOOD ENOUGH
2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

WE ARE BRAND NEW PEOPLE INSIDE
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

WE ARE FULL OF GOD’S GOODNESS
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

WE ARE ONE IN CHRIST WITH ALL BELIEVERS
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

WE ARE BLESSED WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN HEAVEN
Ephesians 1:3-7 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

WE ARE HOLY AND FAULTLESS COVERED WITH GOD’S LOVE
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

WE BELONG TO CHRIST
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

OUR SINS ARE TAKEN AWAY AND WE ARE FORGIVEN
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

WE WILL LIVE WITH CHRIST FOREVER, WE ARE GIFTS TO GOD
Ephesians 1:10-11 10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

WE ARE MARKED AS BELONGING TO GOD BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your