What is my Identity in Christ? + Free Printable

Are you wondering what Jesus Christ has to say about your identity?

Everywhere you look there is pressure to discover your identity. The world continues to pressure us to figure out who we are, yet everywhere you turn is a different answer for what is right and what is wrong. So where do we find the truth of who we are?

We find the answer in the Bible which is the manual for our lives and is filled with the truth from God. If you’ve ever wondered to yourself “what is my identity in Christ?’’ you are in the right place and will find answers in this post. 

The Truth of our Identity Comes from our Creator

Personal identity is one of the most important aspects to comprehend about ourselves. Knowing who we are, what makes us angry, and what truly makes us happy are important things to identify because they influence everything else. 

We are so quick to identify our identity with our roles in life or our personality traits. All of these things are a part of who you are, but your core identity, your identity in Christ, is unchangeable. We find our true identity in our Creator. 

God created us on purpose and for a purpose. He alone has the authority to speak into our identities. God’s Word is filled with his affirmation and approval of our worth and value. God’s Word contains the powerful truth about who we are in Christ, which we should read and meditate in our everyday life.

21 Bible verses on our identity in Christ 

“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” – John 1:12 ESV

The status of our relationship with God is changed when we accept Jesus as our Lord. As all devoted parents welcome their children, He welcomes us into His presence. He loves us. He guides us toward what is ultimately best for us. 

As God’s children our confidence, hope, and peace of mind are strengthened by the knowledge that we can approach Him in the same way that a child approaches his or her father.

“So, God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God, he created them; male and female he created them” – Genesis 1:27 NLT

This verse serves as a reminder of our spiritual identity, our special relationship with God, and the specific purpose that every person is created with. He is our source and creator and we can better appreciate our purpose and obligations as people made in God’s image. 

“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you” – John 15:16 NIV

Many chosen individuals don’t realize their purpose, believing they’re chosen to escape death and hell. God has a bigger purpose than saving individuals. Every believer is chosen by Jesus to carry out His work in this world, bearing eternal fruit. Their work is to continue until every person is saved.

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago” – Ephesians 2:10 NLT 

This bible verse speaks of the beauty of our new identity in Christ. You have gifts from God to serve His purposes. You have significant value that cannot be replaced. 

We were created to carry out good works in this world. Finding one’s “calling” or one’s “purpose” is something that so many Christians struggle with but it all starts with our relationship with the Jesus.

As we know him, love him and the people in our lives, the specific purpose fo which we were created for will be revealed.

“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing – John 15:5 NLT

Love, joy, peace, patience, longsuffering, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are the fruit of the Spirit that develop in our lives just as apples do on an apple tree’s branches. 

We are fed by something bigger than ourselves because we are branches of the tree or “vine”. We develop qualities and traits that attract people to us and to Him as a result of Jesus’ work within us.

“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others” – Romans 12:4–5 NIV

You are distinguished as a member of the body and serve a particular function among believers.

Your true identity includes being a member of this family and you play a specific role that no one else can fulfill. Never doubt that because God’s power lives is you as his child. 

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”– 1 Peter 2:9 NKJV 

What a wonderful, empowering and encouraging scripture about your identity in Christ. God has chosen you, loved you, made you holy and you are a royal. You are so special that the Son Of God came to serve you and reconcile you with the Father in heaven. 

When you hold on to what God says about you, you’ll have confidence in your identity and what you can do and have as a child of God. 

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” – 1 John 1:9 NIV

If we will confess our sins to Him, He is faithful to forgive us regardless of what we have done or mistakes we have made. Our past does not have to define us or bind us. We will be made clean when we accept our redemption and acknowledge our mistakes.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV

We are redeemed when we repent of our sins and invite Jesus into our hearts. He renews us, making us new. The old version of ourselves has died, and a new version is being created. 

When we are in Christ, the old things in our lives are washed away: our old habits, sins, and mistakes. We have the power in Him to work toward healing and overcome temptations.

“The LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you” –  Jeremiah 31:3 ESV

God has always loved you with an everlasting, unchanging, unfailing love. He knows and loves you regardless of what you have done. He assures us of his goodness and faithfulness and will save us. 

We might be going through a difficult time that feels like it will never end, just as Israel spent years in captivity. However, know that God is with you and that your suffering has a reason.

“And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail” – Isaiah 58:11 ESV

God will lead us to the places He has commanded us to go. God will equip us for the work He has called us to do.

This Bible verse from the book of Isaiah in the Bible serves as a reminder of God’s promise to meet our needs and keep us growing like a well-watered garden. 

A relationship with Christ and pursuing His will in our lives will bring us true fulfillment in this life. Knowing that we don’t have to go through life alone gives us a great deal of comfort. He is always with us, guiding and strengthening us.

“So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir” –  Galatians 4:7 NIV

We become a child of God once we commit our lives to Christ and accept the gift of redemption. We are received into His Kingdom and made heirs to heaven.

In Christ, we are no longer enslaved by the sin that held us captive, and we have the option to live in true and everlasting freedom.

Whatever time it takes for healing, Christ gives us the strength to overcome the things that used to bind us.

We are no longer held captive by feelings, temptation, fear, depression, or anxiety. His love makes is God’s children who are loved, secure and confident in their identity.

“For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength” – Philippians 4:13 NLT

This section of Paul’s letter was written to encourage the Philippians to endure suffering and persecution and to continue spreading the Good News in the face of great opposition. 

Christ gives us the strength to accomplish all things, but we must first strive to complete all tasks in accordance with His will.

While this does not imply that we are free to do as we please, it does imply that we will be empowered by Christ to persevere in the work to which He has called us.

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies” –  1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV

The Holy Spirit is one of God’s most precious gifts to His children. He resides in our bodies when we choose to follow Christ.

He guides us, convicts us of sin, helps us understand and apply the Word of God, and communicates our prayers to our Heavenly Father from within.  

By taking good care of our bodies, which are considered to be God’s temples, we have the chance to glorify Him. He is glorified when we look after ourselves. 

“My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” – Galations 2:20 NLT

Our identity in Christ is the result of our total commitment. We are no longer free to take control again whenever it suits us. He is in control of our lives, not for better or worse, but for better and best.

“Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience” – Colossians 3:12 NLT

We’re understandably held to a higher standard in how we treat people because we’re a part of God’s family. We have the chance to show others a little of Christ’s kindness, patience, and mercy. 

We may be able to assist others in discovering their own identity in Christ if we humbly acknowledge that Christ is the One who makes those qualities possible in our lives.

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him” –  1 John 3:1 NIV

Your true identity is as a child of God. This verse in the Bible is taken from a chapter that cautions us not to give in to the temptation to sin and turn away from God.

You can overcome sin by remembering that God only wants the best for His children. He provides you with more than the world ever could. His love is sufficient for you.

“And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord” –  Romans 8:38–39 NLT

We all want to be loved, and Satan will do everything he can to keep us from feeling that way.  The more unloved we feel, the more we dislike ourselves, struggle to love others. Remember that God loves you always. 

It gives us great confidence, encouragement and comfort to know that there is nothing that will ever separate us from God’s love that we find in his Son Jesus. He has given us his amazing unconditional love. 

“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 ESV

We have been given every spiritual blessing in Christ, and His spiritual enrichment has already been poured out on us in abundance by our heavenly Father – all we have to do is tap into it. 

We give the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the honor and respect He rightfully deserves when we praise Him. We praise Him for Who He is and what He has done for His children.

“For this is how God loved the world; He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life” – John 3:16 NLT

Jesus does not need to judge you or your choices. When He died on the cross, the price had already been paid.

Forgiveness is just waiting for you to accept it. No matter what we have done in our lives, the Son of God has granted us forgiveness through his death and resurrection. 

God’s grace and unconditional love allows us to experience eternal life one day in his presence when we choose to believe in him, his power, and his promises.

“Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes. Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings” – Psalm 17:7-8 NIV

King David composed this psalm while fleeing from Saul for his life. He feared he would die as he wrote this if God didn’t save him. 

In this verse, he begs for the kind of protection that only God can provide, reminding us that just as a mother bird covers her young under her wings, so does God cover us. He has a cherished kind of love for us.

The world is always changing its opinion on who we should be and how we should live, but we don’t have to continue to change who we are to fit in with what the world says we should be in the moment. 

We can stand firm in our identity because the Bible will never change. God will never change and neither will his love for us.

Because of who we are in Christ, we have a heavenly Father, a big, loving family, and the knowledge that we live in another kingdom and not this one.