Your New Identity In Christ

 
An ugly worm goes through a transformation in a cocoon and emerges a beautiful butterfly. It is now designed to fly. It has new desires and abilities.

  The butterfly is no longer a worm and should not be called a worm. It is no longer something ugly but has been made into something beautiful. We never call a butterfly a converted worm; yet some Christians make the mistake of saying, "I'm just a sinner saved by grace." The believer is rarely called a sinner in Scripture, but a saint, a new creation, complete in Christ!

   A butterfly can act like a worm, but it is inconsistent with what it is. It was designed to fly, not crawl; it is free to soar above the lowly life of a worm. If a butterfly insisted on acting like a worm, the best way to change it would be to hold up a mirror and show it what it really is. When it fully understands what it is, it will act like a butterfly. When we understand who we are in Christ, we will change our way of living. We are going to look into God's Word, which is a mirror, and see how we can be transformed into who we are in Christ: "And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" 2 Corinthians 3:18  The Holy Spirit that dwells within the believer take God's Word and change him more and more into Christ's likeness.

    You are a new creation, when you are born again through Christ. You have a new identity, you are no longer dead sin. You are fresh and living through Christ. Who you were doesn't exist anymore, we have a living new life with Christ. You are a Saint.