70 benefits of Christmas for you
- Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- Dec 22, 2021
- 10 min read
3) You have been Crucified with Christ
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20
4) You are a child of God
· But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, John 1:12
· For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. Galatians 3:26
· See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1
· The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, Romans 8:16
· He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, Ephesians 1:5
5) You are God’s Workmanship
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10
6) You are the friend of Jesus Christ
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15
7) Your life is hidden in Christ
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:3
8) You are God’s Heir
And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. Romans 8:17
9) You are the body of Christ
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27
10) You have a new self
And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:24
11) You are no longer under any condemnation
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1
12) Your body is God’s temple
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
13) You are a prophet
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5
14) You are a branch of the eternal vine
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5
15) You are God’s image
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27
16) You are a citizen of Heaven
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, Philippians 3:20
17) You are redeemed, and your sins have been forgiven
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, Ephesians 1:7
18) You have every spiritual blessing
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, Ephesians 1:3
19) You are chosen by God to bear fruit
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. John 15:16
20) You are filled with Christ
And you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. Colossians 2:10
21) You are more than conquerors
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Romans 8:37
22) You have a spirit of Power and Love
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7
23) You are an ambassador of God
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20
24) You are seated in Heavenly places with Christ
And raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, Ephesians 2:6
25) Your old self has been crucified
We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. Romans 6:6
26) You have access to God
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. Ephesians 3:12
27) You are no longer conformed to this world
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2
28) Your life is hidden in Christ
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:1-3
29) You are Holy and blameless
Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love. Ephesians 1:4
30) You are the righteousness of God
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21
31) You are God’s chosen one
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, Colossians 3:12
32) You are one spirit with Christ
But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. 1 Corinthians 6:17
33) God will supply all your needs
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
34) All things work together for your good
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
35) You have been chosen by God to make known is Glory
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27
36) You are an instrument through God’s fragrance is spread
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 2 Corinthians 2:14
37) You are no longer a slave
So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God. Galatians 4:7
38) You are the light of the world
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14
39) You have access to grace
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
40) You are fearfully and wonderfully made
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:14
41) You are filled with Christ
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. Colossians 2:9-10
42) You are rooted and built in Christ
Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Colossians 2:7
43) You can do all things
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
44) You are saved
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, Ephesians 2:8
45) You have been welcomed by Christ
Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. Romans 15:7
46) You have been raised with Christ
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Colossians 3:1-4
47) You have the mind of Christ
“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16
48) You are near to Christ
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13
49) You have an inheritance in Christ
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, Ephesians 1:11
50) You have been redeemed from the curse of the law
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— Galatians 3:13
51) You can call God Aba Father
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:14-15
52) You are Saved
Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, 2 Timothy 1:9
53) You have eternal life
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
54) Your body is God’s temple
· Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 1 Corinthians 6:19
· Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16
55) You are in Christ
And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 1 Corinthians 1:30
56) You have the gift of righteousness
For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. Romans 5:17
58) You are a child of light
For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light Ephesians 5:8
59) You have peace with God
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1
60) You are born again
Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 1 Peter 1:23
61) You are a saint
· Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 1:1
· To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father Colossians 1:2
· To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: 1 Corinthians 1:2
61) You have been set free
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death Romans 8:2
62) You are one body with Christ
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
63) You have been made alive with Christ
· But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— Ephesians 2:4-5
· In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. Ephesians 2:22
64) You have the fruit of the Spirit
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
65) You are a slave to righteousness
And, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. Romans 6:18
66) You are not subject to racism
· There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28
· For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:27-28
67) You are a member of God’s household
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, Ephesians 2:19
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 1 Thessalonians 1:4
68) You have been bought at a price
For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:20
69 ) You will not labor in vain
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58
70) You have been raised with Christ
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Colossians 3:1
Merry Christmas
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