So once we as believers have settled on our identity in Christ, what happens next? The same question can be asked of someone who has been set free. Pardoned. Spared the punishment they deserved. We think about people who have been set free from prison. Some effectively turn their lives around. Sadly, most continue to do the same things that got them into prison in the first place and will land them a return visit. This is why settling our identity in Christ is critical. It is the foundation that we must have and build upon. We are no longer who we used to be. The power of Christ within us and the new identity we have in Him allows us to walk in a different path. A path of victory.
My friend Dan Downey shares this powerful truth: "I am free from the law of sin and death, and I am under the law of liberty
in Christ Jesus. I'm redeemed from the curse of the law, and no weapon formed
against me can or will prosper. I'm a Blood bought child of the King, Jesus paid
the price for my salvation and for my victory and I will have it. He sent His
Word and healed me, and I receive it, I believe it, it's mine now, I take it by
faith and I'm not letting go of it. According to Jesus' work at Calvary, and
according to the proclamation of the promises that are in the Word, I declare
myself a free man. For the Word says that he who the Son sets free is free
indeed. So I agree with the Word - I'm free from the top of my head to the soles
of my feet. I'm going on with God and I will walk in the blessing of the Word, and I will
fulfill the number of my days, and I will do the works that God has ordained for
me to do. I walk in love, I walk in the power of the Spirit of God, I am
anointed by God to live in victory, and I will have it."
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