WE ARE SAVED (NOT LOST)
Matthew 1:21 (NASB)
21 She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.
Matthew 18:11 (NASB)
11 For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.
Luke 19:10 (NASB)
10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
John 3:17 (NASB)
17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
John 10:9 (NASB)
9 I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
Acts 4:12 (NIV)
12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.
Romans 5:10 (NIV)
10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
Ephesians 2:5 (NIV)
5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
1 Timothy 1:15 (NIV)
15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.
2 Timothy 1:9 (NIV)
9 He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
THIS IS WHO GOD SAYS WE ARE
IN HIS WORD!!!!!
WE ARE SIGNIFICANT (NOT INSIGNIFICANT)
Salt and Light
Matthew 5:13-14 (NIV)
13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
14 You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.
Children of God
John 1:12 (NIV)
12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…
1 John 3:1-3 (NIV)
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[awe shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
Branches/Chosen
John 15: 1 (NIV)
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener… (Keep reading…see verse 5)
John 15:5 (NIV)
5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:16 (NIV)
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
Witnesses
Acts 1:8 (NIV)
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
God’s Temple/Temple of God
1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV)
16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
Body of Christ
1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV)
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
A New Creation/Reconciled To Christ/Ministry of Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 (NIV)
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:[a the old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
Co-Workers
2 Corinthians 6:1 (NIV)
As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
Holy People/Saints (KJV)/Faithful
Ephesians 1:1 (NIV)
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God’s holy people in Ephesus,[a the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Raised Up/Made To Sit Together In Heavenly Places
Ephesians 2:6 (KJV)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
His Workmanship
Ephesians 2:10 (KJV)
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Our Citizenship Is In Heaven
Philippians 3:20 (NASB)
20 For our [acitizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
THIS IS WHO GOD SAYS WE ARE
IN HIS WORD!!!!!
WE ARE SECURE (NOT INSECURE)
John 1:12 (KJV)
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Romans 8:28 (KJV)
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:35-39(KJV)
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:1 (KJV)
8 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Ephesians 1:13-14 (NASB)
13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14 who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.
Colossians 1:13 (NASB)
13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
Colossians 3:3 (NASB)
3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:13 (KJV)
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)
7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
Hebrews 4:16 (KJV)
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
THIS IS WHO GOD SAYS WE ARE
IN HIS WORD!!!!!
WE ARE ACCEPTED (NOT REJECTED)
John 15:15 (NASB)
15 No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Romans 5:1 (NASB)
5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 6:17 (NASB)
17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
1 Corinthians 6:20 (NASB)
20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV)
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)
21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Ephesians 1:5 (NIV)
5 he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
Ephesians 2:18 (NIV)
18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Ephesians 2:19 (NIV)
19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,
Ephesians 3:12 (NIV)
12 In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
Colossians 1:14 (NASB)
14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 2:10 (NASB)
10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;
THIS IS WHO GOD SAYS WE ARE
IN HIS WORD!!!!!
WE ARE SAVED (NOT LOST)
WE ARE SIGNIFICANT (NOT INSIGNIFICANT)
WE ARE SECURE (NOT INSECURE)
WE ARE ACCEPTED (NOT REJECTED)