“Getting in Sync With Your Jesus Identity”

This Your Jesus Identity: Living from Righteousness, Not Striving for Approval

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Unlock Your True Identity in Christ: Stop Striving and Start Living

Understanding your true identity—often referred to as your Jesus Identity—is fundamental to Christian living and freedom. This concept moves beyond mere articulation to practical application. Being “in sync” with your true identity means living in agreement with who you truly are in Christ, not who the world, your past, or even your behaviors dictate you are.

For too long, the idea of “who you are in Christ” has remained theoretical rather than practical. The shift occurs when your thoughts, emotions, and actions flow out of the truth of your completed status in Jesus Christ. You are not becoming your true identity; you already are holy, righteous, and complete in Him.

Key Truths About Your Identity

You must embrace and accept what you already are in Christ.

• You are already complete in Jesus.
• You are already holy in Jesus. Holiness is not a behavior, but a person—Jesus is your holiness.
• You are already righteous in Jesus. When you receive Jesus, you receive righteousness, redemption, and sanctification (holiness).
• You are forgiven.

This realization means you are living from what is already true about you, rather than trying to become something you are not.

The Alignment Principle: Syncing with Finished Works

The pathway to experiencing this reality is alignment. Living in sync with your identity means aligning your life with what is already finished in Christ. Everything concerning salvation and your status is done; it is finished.

Think of this as syncing devices: just as a satellite dish must be aligned to receive a signal, or a phone must sync with a computer to share data, you must align yourself with the finished works of God.

Overcoming the Devil’s Greatest Trick: Shame and Guilt

The devil’s primary tactic is to induce shame and guilt, causing “amnesia concerning who you are”. When trapped by shame and guilt, people forget their true identity and start “playing games” with their identity based on their behavior.

To counteract this, believers must constantly filter every thought and action through their Jesus identity. When a negative thought or emotion arises, the response must be: “That’s not me anymore”. This must be said repeatedly, demonstrating seriousness to the enemy.

Practical Application: Living from Your True Identity

Living from your true identity impacts every area of life: marriage, work, and challenges.

1. Identity in Relationships and Marriage

In tense relationships or disagreements, your response should flow from your true identity, which is rooted in love.

• Respond from Love, Not Pride: When misunderstandings arise (for example, in a marriage), do not respond from pride, insecurity, or the desire to win.
• Clothe Yourself: Since you are already holy and dearly loved, you are instructed to clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience (Colossians 3:12).
• Fullness vs. Lacking: You are not trying to cultivate the fruit of the Spirit; the fruit is already in you because the Holy Ghost dwells within. You approach conflict from a place of fullness.
• Dispersing Offense: When conflicts occur, stop rehearsing and nursing the offense, and instead, disperse it by reminding yourself, “That’s not me anymore”.

If you are dealing with a conflict from your Jesus identity, you stop getting loud, offended, or striving to win the fight, declaring, “That’s not me anymore”. This commitment to filtering decisions through your true identity “drives the devil crazy”.

2. Identity in the Workplace

At work, believers often face pressure, criticism, or feel unseen and undervalued. Your true identity changes your motivation: you are not working for approval; you are working from rest.

• Working Unto the Lord: The direction shifts from working unto men to doing whatever you do “heartily, as unto the Lord” (Colossians 3:23).
• Approval Washed Away: This motivation change eliminates the attempt to seek approval and validation from people.
• Bringing Peace and Wisdom: Since you are already complete in Christ, you bring peace, wisdom, and creativity to the table, rather than operating from stress or striving.

Being delivered from the need for approval requires constantly reminding oneself, “I am no longer the person that needs a person’s approval”. Your focus should be on the fact that you already have God’s approval.

3. Identity in Challenges and Temptations

When facing temptations (like substance abuse, pornography, or unforgiveness) or setbacks, the response is to go back to the truth that “That’s not who I am anymore”.

• Reckoning Yourself Dead to Sin: Romans 6:11 instructs believers to reckon themselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ.
• Christ Lives in You: You must carry the realization that Christ is alive and dwells within you. Even when a temptation or circumstance “feels real,” you must override that feeling with the truth: “I am alive unto God and Christ lives on the inside of me”.

Your true identity is the seat of your power. The enemy has launched an “all-out attack” on the identity of Christian people.