Who I Am In Christ Devotionals

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17 There is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus… Romans 8:1 Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. John 3:18 This devotional blog and podcast is called Who I Am in Christ. And in it I make claims about the Children of God, about Christians.  But not everyone is in Christ. Not everyone enjoys these benefits. Many are lost.  That then begs the question: “What does it take to be in Christ?”  It must be hard right? Yes, it’s so hard that you can’t do it.  But the good news is that the work has already been done. Somebody already did the work.  That’s right. Jesus knew that human beings were a mess, so He made a way for us to be with Him, in Him, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and to join the victorious in the war over death and

  There is no salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12 Time and Time Again Jesus is the only way to salvation. Just Jesus. That's it. So what is this salvation? It is being washed by Jesus, being made acceptable to the Father. It's preparing me for heaven. It's giving me what I need to prevail over sin and darkness in my life. It makes me part of His people, His church. I need not go looking for salvation answers elsewhere. There is no other name... Of course that does not mean that I don't listen to other believers. They have pointed me back to Jesus time and time again. And I can and do learn important things from non-believers. Even things about how to think. Only Jesus It's good men who told me that I mattered to God when I had trouble believing it. They told me that He would heal me in this work of recovery and they told me how He had worked in their lives. They told me that I needed to