So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.”– Acts 28:4
REFERENCE
Acts 28:1-6
The greatest battle you will have to fight is the battle of your identity. If you are not sure who God has made you, you will be a victim of life’s circumstances. Psalm 49:20 says, “A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, is like the beasts that perish.”
Paul escaped being shipwrecked, only to land safely in the island of Malta and be bitten by a viper. So the natives of the island, though not familiar with Paul, reasoned amongst themselves that he was a murderer who needed to atone for his sins at all cost with death. In a way, they were correct, because he ignorantly persecuted and killed Christians in the past.
But, Paul understood that his past was redeemed by the blood of Jesus, so he shook off the serpent and lived! However many Christians do not know their identity in Christ so the devil takes advantage of them; he harasses them and makes them bear unnecessary consequences for their past actions. Although the blood of Jesus has redeemed that past, the devil would still want those who are ignorant to suffer for past mistakes.
In Christ, you are delivered from sin, redeemed from shame, translated from darkness to light and are a partaker of God’s divine nature.
The seven sons of Sceva in Acts 19:14-16, lost to the devil because they had no recognizable identity in Christ. Do you know who you are in Christ? If you do, when next the devil comes and tries to inject his venom into you, shake off the serpent and say “No Satan, I know who I am.”
ADDITIONAL STUDY
II Corinthians 5:17, Philemon 1:6 & Colossians 1:13-14.
PRAYER POINT
Invoke the speaking of the blood of Jesus over your life, and declare that you are no longer permitted to suffer the consequences of your past because you have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; making you are a new creation in Christ.
10 Comments
Elizabeth Aginieyi Tyongi
October 27, 2017, at 1:20 amThank lord for giving me an identity in you, help lord walk in my true identity in Jesus name amen
Victoria Oni
October 27, 2017, at 2:24 amI am what God Says I am!!!
HELEN ADESOLA
October 27, 2017, at 5:22 amThank God I’m free and I’ll never be bound again thank you Lord for deliverance from the curse of the law; from poverty, sickness and sin . Whom the Lord has set free is free indeed. Amen
Feson
October 27, 2017, at 6:42 amI am forever grateful to you for the Calvary. My identity is changed and i now know who I am, delivered, favoured and full of grace.. Hallelujah
Uduak
October 27, 2017, at 7:35 amI thank God for the blood that cleanses me from sin & judgement. I am a free woman…I know who I am.
Sarah Johnson
October 27, 2017, at 8:30 amIt doesn’t matter my past, one thing Iam sure of is that God has given me the right to be His why? Cause I have been bought, washed by the blood of the lamb so I am redeemed,santificed called a royal priesthood. So I know my identity hallelujah.
Dave A. Voice
October 27, 2017, at 12:15 pmI KNOW WHO I AM! I AM NOT DEFINED BY MY PAST, PRESENT, WHAT I HAVE, WHAT I DON’T HAVE, WHAT I HAVE DONE OR WHAT I HAVE NOT DONE.
MY IDENTITY IS IN THE FINISHED WORK OF GRACE….SEALED BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS.
I AM NOT CONFUSED ABOUT MY IDENTITY…
I AM ROYALTY
I AM BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED
I AM ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED
I AM THE BELOVED OF THE FATHER
I AM HEALTHY, STRONG AND WEALTHY
I AM A REFLECTION OF THE GLORY OF GOD, OF THE FACE OF JESUS AND OF THE BEAUTY OF HIS POWER.
I AM THE LIGHT OF MY WORLD….A CITY SET ON A HILL THAT CANNOT BE HIDDEN.
I AM GREATNESS REVEALED IN MAN, IN JESUS NAME – AMEN!
Pastor Wale Afelumo
October 27, 2017, at 9:40 pmAmen
Sapphire
October 27, 2017, at 12:55 pmI’m a new Creation in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah!
keziah Gankon
May 10, 2018, at 6:02 amLord, bless us in Your own beautiful way,and protect us all against evil. Guard our hearts and mind, gladden our souls Lord. Amen.