I am always
sad when I hear a Christian say, “I am just an imperfect sinner saved by
grace.”
As if that
is all we are.
True, we ARE
sinners, and true, we are saved by God’s grace, but the saving means so very
much more. We need to know our identity in Christ.
One of the
most exciting things about being a Christian is knowing God sees us with no flaw
or imperfection because we are seen by Him through the lens of His perfect Son (Col
2:10, 2 Cor 5:21). That is given to us as a gift through the death and resurrection
of Christ. That fact underlies our identity, or our
position in Christ’s family.
What IS our
position in Christ? Christian friends, we are heirs of God and joint-heirs with
Christ (Rom 8:17). HEIRS! The Bible says we are seated with God in heaven at
the Father’s right hand. (Heb 10:12).
Heirs of the
Creator of the Universe, with all the rights and privileges that go along with
being His heirs. We are royalty in the kingdom of heaven!!! Jesus’ brothers and sisters!
Just sinners
saved by grace?
Oh, so very
much more than this. In many places the Bible says:
We are
saved.
We are new
creations.
We are
rescued.
We are
redeemed.
We are
blessed.
We are
favored
We are delivered.
We shouldn’t
diminish or be modest about who we are in Christ. I believe the Lord wants us
to celebrate our identity in Him.
John tells
us that Christ is in us and we are in Him and He is in the Father (John 17:21).
An intertwined family, with God the Father our Papa, our Abba (Gal 4:6).
I want to be
a believer who calls myself not just a saved sinner, but as GOD sees me: (Psalm
5:12)
…..a richly blessed and highly favored daughter of the King!