70 benefits of Christmas for you
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.