Week 1 | Identity – How You See Yourself
Ephesians 1:17
“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:” Ephesians 2:12 (KJV) “That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.”
Ephesians 2:12 KJV
“That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.”
Ephesians 2:1–3 NLT
1 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.
2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.
3 All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.
Romans 5:6–10 KJV
Sinners, enemies “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly… But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us… When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son…”
Romans 1:7
“To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints…”
Ephesians 1:1
“To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus…”
Colossians 1:2
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae…”
Corinthians 1:2 NIV
“To the church of God in Corinth, sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be his holy people…”
Romans 7:8 NKJV
“But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire.
Romans 7:15–16 ESV
5 “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.”
16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good.
2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Colossians 2:10 KJV
“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.”
1 Corinthians 1:30 KJV
“But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.”
Ephesians 2:10–13 KJV
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Romans 8:13 ESV
“For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.”
Galatians 5:16 KJV
“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
Week 2 | Identity With Christ
2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV
“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
Isaiah 53:5 NKJV
“But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.”
Galatians 3:13 NKJV
“Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’),”
Isaiah 53:4 NKJV
4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows;
Hebrews 2:9 KJV
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.”
Matthew 27:46 KJV
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Matthew 12:40 KJV
“For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”
Isaiah 53:10–12 ESV
10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief;
when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Galatians 2:20 ESV
“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.”
Romans 6:6 ESV
“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 6:3–4 ESV
“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death…”
Colossians 3:3 ESV
“For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
2 Timothy 2:11 ESV
“The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him.”
Romans 6:4 ESV
“We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.”
Colossians 2:12 ESV
“…having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.”
Ephesians 2:4–6 ESV
“But God… made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 2:6 ESV
“…and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”
Colossians 3:1 ESV
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.”
Acts 7:55–56 ESV
But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
Luke 10:19 KJV
“Behold, I give unto you power (authority) to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power (strength) of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Mark 16:17 KJV
“And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
1 John 4:4 KJV
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
Isaiah 53: 4
Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
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But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
Luke 10:17-19 NKJV
17 “Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”
18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
Ephesians 1:19-23 NKJV
19 “and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.”