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The Father's Menu

Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Saturday, April 8, 2023

YOUR NEW IDENTITY

The death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus gave you a new identity and all you need do to accept that new identity is to accept Him and build a lasting deep relationship with Him. Knowing our authority and dominion in Christ Jesus makes us aware of whom we are in Him. Embracing the authority that is in Jesus reveals to us what our identity is in Him. Our identity in Christ is a function of our relationship with Him. Your identity in Christ is not based on education, economic worth, or social status, but your relationship with Him. Daniel 11:32 “And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits.”

Staying with scriptures, you will see who Christ has made you to become, never ever let the narrative of Satan thrive! Don’t accept Satan’s narrative of who you are. Although Satan tries to redefine your identity, but it is what God says and what the word of God says about you that counts. Don’t even allow the world or the society define who you are. In our new identity we have victory over the devil, sicknesses, diseases, hell, poverty, and all the things contrary to God’s word.

Knowing your identity in Christ affects the way you think and behave. Conversely, if you don’t know who you are in Christ, it will affect your thinking and behavior. Paul in Gal.4: 1-7 wrote to remind the Galatians that they were no longer slaves, but sons in Christ Jesus. As sons, their position and authority were different from slaves. A slave has a different mindset and status from a son. A son is an heir to the throne. Gideon’s attitude changed once the angel of God called him “a mighty man of valour” and urged him to go in his strength (Judges 6: 14). Before then, he thought he was a weakling. He lived in fear of the Midianites. But the angel made him realize that his ‘little’ strength amounted to much in God, therefore, when you understand who and whose you are, you have nothing to be fearful about in this world!

Confession:

I am now a new creature; I am seated at his right hand in the heavenly places, I am called to reign in life; I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me. I am blessed and highly favored!

Further Reading:

Ephesians 2:5-6 “Even when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, he united us into the very life of Christ and saved us by his wonderful grace! He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ!”

Romans 5:17 “For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!”

Read through the Bible in 1 year: Deuteronomy 32:28-52 Luke 12:35-59 Psalm 78:56-64 Proverbs 12:24

Read through the Bible in 2 years: Hos 5.8-7.16 & Ps 91