The New Believer

Who You Are In Christ?

What Does God Say About You In Christ?

II Corinthians 5:17

You are a new creation, not the same; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

II Corinthians 5:21

You are the righteousness of God in Him. (You are in right standing with God.)

Galatians 2:20-21

You have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer you who live, but Christ lives in you.

Romans 3:21-28

You are justified by faith – to demonstrate His righteousness.

Romans 5:1-2

You have been justified by faith, and you have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 6:4-11

You walk in newness of life, since your old man was crucified with Him. You are dead to sin and alive to God in Christ.

Romans 6:18-22

You have been set free from sin. You are a slave to righteousness.

Romans 8:1-4

There is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, because the righteous requirement of the law is fulfilled in us.

Romans 8:9-11

You are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, because the Spirit of God dwells in you.

Col. 2:6-15

Walk in Him, abounding with thanksgiving, and you are complete in Him. He has made you alive and together with Him.

Hebrews 9:13-14

Your conscience has been cleansed from dead works. Now you may serve God out of love and thankfulness, not fear and guilt.

Hebrews 10:2, 10, 14, 22

You have no more evil or guilty conscience, or consciousness of sin, since by one offering He has perfected you forever

II Peter 1:2-11

Do not forget that you were cleansed from your old sins.

I Corinthians 15:34

Awake to righteousness and do not sin. You are the righteousness of God in Him!

Acts 3:12

He has made you holy! – As though by our own power or Godliness we had made this man walk?

I Timothy 4:7-8

Exercise yourself toward Godliness. Focus on the Lord through His word.

Relationship and Intimacy with God

His Desire to be Close

His Feelings About You

Ephesians 1:3-6

We are Holy and without blame before Him in love and we are accepted in the beloved.

Ephesians 2:4-10

God, because of His great love with which He loved us, made us alive together with Christ.

Psalm 37:4

Delight yourself in the Lord!

Zephaniah 3:17

He rejoices over you with singing and gladness. He quiets us with His love.

He Becomes Our Father

Romans 8:14-15

We received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father" (Daddy).

I John 3:1-2

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called "Children of God."

Matthew 23:9

Father, He who is in Heaven.

Luke 11:2

Our Father in Heaven.

You Become a Member of the Body of Christ and the Family of God:

Ephesians 3:14-15

For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in Heaven and earth is named.

I Corinthians 12:13

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.

Jesus is Your Betrothed

Romans 7:4

You are dead to the law to be married to Him.

II Corinthians 11:2

Betrothed you to one husband, to Jesus Christ.

The Holy Spirit Is Your Helper

John 14:16

And I will pray to the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.

John 14:17

. . . but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.

John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

To Know Him

Your Primary Goal

Philippians 3:7-10 – To know Him (Jesus).

II Peter 1:5-9 – Knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I Corinthians 2:2 – Not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

Matthew 11:28-30 – Learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

The Character of God

Holiness

I Peter 1:13-16 – Be holy for I am holy.

Psalm 71:22 – Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 39:7 – I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Daniel 7:9 – Ancient of days.

Acts 4:29-31 – Signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your Holy servant, Jesus, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the Word of God with boldness.

Father, Son and Holy Spirit One God with the character of Holiness. Three Persons in one Godhead. You can only approach God because of the blood of Christ, which was His sacrifice for your sins.

Hebrews 10:2, 14, and 22 – You are purified and are made perfect in your conscience. You should have no more consciousness of sin because by one offering, He has perfected you forever.

Draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from an evil (guilty) conscience. Your guilt has been removed forever.

He is the Great Judge

I Samuel 2:10 – The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

Psalm 96:13 – He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth.

James 2:8-13 – For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Galatians 5:1, 13-14 – Love your neighbor as yourself.

John 5:22 – Committed all judgment to the Son.

Acts 10:42 – It is He who was ordained by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

James 2:12 – So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the Law of Liberty.

II Corinthians 5:10 – The judgment seat of Christ. You cannot justify yourself before God. God has judged you righteous. Let us walk in Him.

I John 4:17 – Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment.

God's Mercy

2617 – Kindness, mercy, pity, favor, good deed.

2603 – To bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior, to have pity upon.

Psalm 136 – For His mercy endureth forever.

Hebrews 8:12 – Merciful to their unrighteousness.

Isaiah 54:8-9 – With everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you.

Ephesians 2:4-5 – But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.

Galatians 5:22 – The Fruit of the Spirit – God's characteristics – Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

God is love, in Him there is no unrighteousness.