Feeling Dirty? Remember Who You Are in Christ

If we feel down and dirty, condemned and guilty, then we must renew our minds (Romans 12: 2) to the truth of who we are. We are dead to our former selves, and now made alive in Christ:

"But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

"Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

"And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:" (Ephesians 2: 4-6)

If we need any further confirmation of our new identity in Christ, then look no further:
"And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." (1 Corinthians 3: 23)

and

"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." (Colossians 3: 3)

and

"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." (Ephesians 2: 13)

Above all, if you are feeling dirty or down, condemned or guilty, remember who you are in Christ, and that you will be like Him:

"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

"And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." (1 John 3: 1-3)

You and I, we are children of God through Christ (Galatians 3: 29); nothing can remove us from His hand (Isaiah 49: 16)

Remember that you will be like Jesus in every way. Remembering who you are, that will purify you, cleanse you, remind you of who you really are --- not you errant thoughts, not your aberrant feelings, but:

"As he is, so are we [so are you!] in this world." (1 John 4: 17)