 All right, good morning, everyone. And good morning to our online students as well. Welcome. Welcome. Thank you for joining us. All right, so today we're going to be doing the other course that has been assigned to me, which is our identity, right? And the course notes are available on Google Classrooms, so on the stream. So if you'd like, you can, again, just download them and track along even as we are studying. And throughout this course, we'll be talking about our identity in Christ, right? Now, our identity is very important, right? Yes, we have a natural identity, and our natural identity is who we are. We are Indian. We are from a certain place, certain culture. But what is our identity in Christ Jesus, right? So that is what we're going to be talking about. And we have about 13 sections. This entire course is broken up into 13 sections. So we will go through it one by one, each section at a time, and see as much as we can cover. Also, again, if you have questions, and you can feel free to just raise your hands, ask questions. Those who are online, you can post your questions, you can unmute. So don't stop yourself from asking questions, right? It's always good to ask. If you don't understand something, you want me to repeat something, it's fine, right? But it would be good to learn together, right? Hopefully, the notes for us will be available by next week. And then you can. So for today, let's get into the introduction on our identity, right? Now, what is the first thing that comes to your mind when we say identity? Many things, right? Many of us may think of many things. Some of us may say, OK, I'm a doctor. I'm an engineer. I'm a student. I'm a pastor. I'm a teacher. Sometimes we identify ourselves with what we do, right? Or I am from this state. I am from this background. Or sometimes it's the language that we speak. I'm a Hindi speaking. I'm a Marathi speaking. I'm an English speaking. Canada speaking, right? So we can base our identity, our natural identity, on many things, right? It can be gender specific. It can be for a girl or for a boy. But we can very easily identify. Our identity is very easy, easily said, right? But the Lord Jesus, in all through the scriptures, we see that the Lord Jesus calls us His children. He says, I am the shepherd. You are the sheep, right? In many places, in the Old Testament, all through the Old Testament, He says, you are my children. I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. So after the cross, when you and I have become believers, what is our new identity? Now let me give you this illustration. Picture this young boy, right? He's living in the slums. He's living in the slums. He's used to this rough life, right? But a rich man comes along and says, OK, I am going to adopt this boy, right? He has no parents. He has nobody. He's been living in the slums, right? So the rich man says, I will adopt this boy. So he takes this boy, takes him to his big house, a big mansion, and keeps him there. Now two things can happen. One, this young boy can continue to act as if he's living in the slum. Or he can continue, he can change his identity and look at himself as, hey, now I cannot act like that. I cannot act like how I used to act or behave when I was in the slum. Why? Because his identity has changed, right? I think he was in the slum running around, doing all wrong things, right? Living a very dirty life. But now when he's come to this rich man's house, he has to learn. He has to learn how to live. Maybe he has to learn how to sit on a table and eat his food, learn how to dress well, learn how to talk politely. And this is what happened for you and I. As believers, we were in sin. We were in bondage. The devil was holding us captive. But after the cross, when we believe in Jesus, right? Let's read 2 Corinthians 5.17. Let's read that verse. 2 Corinthians 5.17. 2 Corinthians 5.17. Go ahead, anybody can read. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. All things have passed away. We hope all things have come, become new. Yeah. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he's a new creation. All things have passed away. All things become new. Now this work, this verse talks about creation. God created us in a certain way. He created Adam and Eve. But because of sin, they fell. But now he's saying, if anyone is in Christ Jesus, he's a new creation. The old things have passed away. We have a new identity. Now, it doesn't mean that we get wings and start flying. It doesn't mean that suddenly everyone will say, oh, you're very good. No. It doesn't mean we will look very gracious. We may look the same. Nothing in our physical appearance may change. But in our inner being, in our spirit, we are a new creation. Old things have passed away. All the apostle says, no, sin, I am dead to sin. I'm dead to sin. Because he says, I'm crucified with Christ. Even if temptation comes, I'm dead to it because I'm a new creation. Let me give you another example. A picture of this alcoholic, somebody who is always drinking, drinking, drinking, drinking. And this person has passed away. He has died. And he's there on the dead bed. Imagine you take the best alcohol bottles, best in the world. And you keep it next to him. He's never even seen this in his life. The best alcohol in the world. We keep it next to him. Will he drink it? Will he be able to drink? Why? He's dead. So it's not going to affect him. You get the best, whether it's the most expensive. It doesn't affect him because he's dead. So the same way when the enemy brings temptation, when sin comes our way, as God's children, we are dead to sin. Of course, we have to fight that battle. God has completed the work. And he invites each one of us to live out of that. So one of the most amazing revelations in the New Testament is that now let me give you a picture. The notes are not available on the stream. It's not? OK. It's there on the stream. So Daniel, the notes are on the stream. So just if you go down a little bit, you'll see the notes there. Page 9, God has completed the work. And he invites us to live out of it. When the Lord Jesus died on the cross, what did he do? He broke the veil that was separating between God and man. Now I'm going to paint a picture for you. Everyone has an imagination. I'm going to paint a picture for you. Now, in the Old Testament, remember the High Priest? He can go only once into the Holy of Holies, only once. Once a year. Why? Because that was a holy place. If he has not repented for his sins, he will die. There was separation between God and man. Why? Because of sin. But when Jesus died on the cross, what happened? That veil was torn. So the separation was no more there. In the Old Testament, people did not have this intimacy, this relationship with God like how you and I have. The Holy Spirit would come and go. But in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit resides in us. So the greatest, the most amazing work that the Lord Jesus did on the cross is he invited us into his presence. God has done such a great work that when we are born again, we are born again by his grace. In the Old Testament, you have to cut the bull. You have to cut a goat. You have to take that goat. You have to take the blood. You have to go to the temple and then offer the sacrifice that is pain offering, guilt offering, sin offering, all kinds of offering. But now in the New Testament, after Jesus died on the cross, he's inviting all of us. We don't have to take a bull or a goat and go into his presence. We can go by race. Amen? We don't have to be afraid and go like what happened in the Old Testament. People used to be afraid. The Israelites would be afraid. Oh, what if God does not forgive me? What if God is angry with me? But in the New Testament, we go with boldness. Why? Because it's not our works. It's the grace of God. So how important it is for you and I to understand this? Many times we want to pray. We sit to pray. What happens? The devil will come. You did this mistake. He'll make a list. One, two, three, four, five mistakes you have made and now you want to pray. And how do we feel? We feel guilty. Oh, I did so many things wrong. Will God answer me? What does it say? We are not going by our own works. We're going by the blood of Jesus. So it is grace. We don't have to put up a show. We don't have to become somebody else to go into God's presence. We can go just the way we are. Is it good or is it bad? Is it a good thing? Is it good that we can go into His presence just by God's grace? We don't have to read the whole Bible 100 times and say, OK, God, I read the whole Bible. We don't have to say I finished my BTH, DTH. All of that is important. But we're not going with the certificate. We're going by grace. Not our works, but His grace. So our identity is changed. Who you are because of whose you are. Let me repeat that. Whoever you are, it is because of whose you are. Remember the example of the orphan boy? When he's living in the slum, he'll behave like somebody who's living in the slum. They speak bad language, may dress up the wrong way. He may not talk politely. He's behaving like that. That's not his fault. He doesn't know. But when he comes to this rich man's house, what happens? Everything changes. The way he talks, the way he dresses up, his manners, everything changes. So you and I, as children of God, we must understand that we are God's children and we are identifying with who He is. So how much we should live a life, right? That is honorable to Him. We need to know our identity and our inheritance in Christ and live that out. Who you are in Christ is who you really are. I'm going to repeat this. Who you are in Christ is who you really are. So each one of us, our identity is not... Yes, we have a natural identity. We may be from a city. We may be from a town. We may be from a village. We may be able to speak Hindi. We may be able to speak English. All of that is in the natural. But who you really are, your inside being, who you really are, is who you are in Christ. That's who you are. You are saved, you are healed, you are delivered, you are redeemed, you are God's child, you belong to God's kingdom. You are saved by the blood of Jesus. God calls you, He says in Ephesians chapter 1, He says, you are seated with me in heavenly places. So right now you are seated in APC Bible College, online students may be seated at home or wherever. But in the spiritual realm, we are seated with Him, with Jesus in heavenly places. So when the devil looks at us, he's not looking at us as all these people, nothing. No, he knows the believers. They believe in Jesus. He knows the power that we have. Now, he knows the power. We know the power that we have. But the thing is, we must be willing to use that power. That's when we live out of our identity in Christ. So how will this identity in Christ change our way of living? How will this truth change the way of living? Will it change or no? It will change. Now, before becoming believers, we may have been fearful, we have been doubtful, we may feel like, hey, I'm not good enough. But after becoming believers, suddenly the fear has gone. No fear. Maybe before, we were feeling depressed, getting angry every time, pride or jealousy or the lust of the flesh. But after becoming believers, everything is gone. We don't feel all of these urges. Why? Because it changes the way we look at life. As believers, it changes. So how will this change? One, it will change our self-image, our self-image. What we think about our self? Sometimes we may think, oh, I don't know anything. I don't know how to sing. I don't know any instruments. I'm not good in studies. You may think of all these things. But when we know who we are in Christ, when we know what our identity is, it will change the way we think. Suddenly we'll say, hey, I'm God's child. I don't know how to sing. I don't know how to play instruments. I don't know how to do well in my studies, whatever. All of that is there, but still I'm God's child. So the way you look at yourself is different. Amen? All of us are. It will change. Nobody has to tell you, hey, you are God's child. You know it. It's there inside you. And you'll be able to walk with that identity. Walk in boldness. Two, it will change the way you relate to God. Now, as God's children, in the Old Testament, as they said, people were fearful to go to God. But now, as believers, you know that He's your Father. He loves you. So the way you relate to Him will change. Let me give you an example. In the natural, a father or parents. So for example, a son or a daughter says, I want a cycle. And the parents will say, not now, next year. Does it mean that the parents don't love the children? They will still love the children. Not the right time right now. For example, a son does something wrong. A child does something wrong. Now, he's scared to go tell his father. But he knows he has to go and tell. So he goes and he tells his father. His father gets upset and says, see, this is your punishment. Next two months, you can't go out to play. Now, will the son run away or will he come back home? He will come back home. Because he knows that's my house. And he knows, even though my parents may be strict, they're correcting me. My parents love me. The same way, when we relate to God. God is not somebody who is a magician. Whatever we ask, it just happened. That's not how God works. God has a way in which he works. But the way we relate to God will change. We call him, he's my father. He's my helper. God loves me. I know that we may be going through a difficult situation or a difficult season in our life. We can still say, I know that God loves me. So what am I doing? The way I relate to God has changed. Now, if you look at people who don't know about the Lord Jesus, the way they relate to God is different. Sometimes there are people who don't believe in God. They relate to themselves. They feel that they are right always. But you and I, as God's children, changes the way we relate to him. We don't have to be fearful. We don't have to feel condemned. We don't have to feel like, OK, God is not going to listen to my prayers. What we don't have to feel, you know, sometimes we do the same sin again and again and again. And then we go back and we say, God, sorry, sorry, once more, it's happened like this. So sorry, I shouldn't have done this. You don't have to feel that way. You can go back to God with a humble heart and he is a God who loves us. He's a God who forgives us. So the way we relate to him changes. It will change the way we face our challenges and difficulties in life. So if you see a difficult situation, say you see a big mountain in front of you. When I say mountain, I mean a difficult situation. You can declare God's word. God is bigger than the situation. The God that I serve who's my father is bigger than this. So he gives us the boldness. Now, God does not say I will not bring troubles. God does not say there will not be any challenges or difficulties. It'll be there, right? How many of you have not gone through any difficulty, no challenges in life? Everything was nice. From the time you were a youth till now, everything is right. Anyone is there? Everyone has their problems. But the way we look at that problem is will change because we are God's children. Let me give you an example. There's a believer, there's an unbeliever, right? Exams are coming. Say it's a 10 standard board exam, but important exam. Right now, this boy won't say, oh man, 10 standard board exam. I'm fearful, I don't know what I'll write. No, what if I fail? What if I don't do well? What about my future? Where will I get a job? He's thinking about all those things. And fear is settling in. A believer, he will also have that feeling. Oh man, 10 standard exam, I have to do well. But when fear comes, what will a believer do? He'll say, hey, I don't have the spirit of fear. God is with me. I will do my best. I'll prepare, I'll study. God will help me to do well. So there's freedom. Same situation, both are facing the same mountain. But the way they look at the mountain is very different. Understood, right? So like that, there'll be many situations. Oh, who will provide for me? When will I, you know, pay my fees? When will I do this? When will I grow up? When will, but here a believer say, hey, God is with me. God will help me. Same situation, two different views. So as believers, the way we look at life will change. It will change. And you will notice it, right? Because when we were unbelievers, we are thinking of all the worldly things. Every time we want to do this, this suddenly become believers. Everyone are, you know, your friends and your family is thinking, hey, how this boy became so good? How is he getting up? You know, he's praying, he's not using bad words. He's, he's, you know, reading his Bible. He's being so polite. What does this change? People will notice, right? It will change the way you face demons and demonic powers, right? Now the devil is there. Devil has things that he's doing. Devil is not going to say, OK, now you become believers, I will not disturb you. No, right? Devil will say, as soon as become believer, I need to trouble him even more. What does the Bible say? The devil is like a roaring lion trying to devour. It also says that he's an accuser, right? The Ephesians chapter 6 says he, you know, he has fiery darts that he, you know, he, these bow and arrows, like darts, he aims it at us so that we get discouraged, so that we may fail. But the way we look at demons, the way we look at demonic powers will change as believers. So for example, you and I are believers now. All of us are believers, right? We have this Holy Spirit inside us. Somebody, you know, maybe somebody, you're going for a meeting, prayer meeting, and there's somebody who's possessed by a demon. How will we relate to that? Will we get fearful and run away? Or will we say, hey, I know who's inside me. I know who's that, right? No, when I was very young, I started to travel to many places all across North India, many, many places. We used to do these conferences and pastors meetings. I was very young, maybe 20, 21 years old. And during all I knew, I didn't know too much, but I knew that the Holy Spirit is there with me. And so there was this couple of times when, you know, we were teaching and preaching and all of that. And people who were demon possessed will come and stand. I used to get scared. Because I was very young, right? I didn't understand. So many times I would get that fear. But then I thanked God because the Holy Spirit strengthens us. So there's one time this person came, started shouting and getting angry. He came to hit. And at that moment I said, Lord Jesus, please help me. I need your strength. I can't do this alone. I remember suddenly, like as if, you know, as if I have two lions next to me, like a boldness. If anything comes, these lions will attack. I felt like a boldness. I said, you can't do anything. Inside the fear was little was there. I said, you can't do anything. You cannot even touch me. And it is true. He, that person couldn't even come close, couldn't come close. I said, you can't touch me. You cannot do anything. You're, you're defeated. You're already defeated on the cross. Jesus crushed your head. You're a defeated folk. So, so you cannot do anything to me because the Holy Spirit is inside me. And that day, that demon just went. I didn't really have to pray. I said, in Jesus' name, get out. God. That day I realized the way we look at demonic forces, demonic things that the enemy is doing will change when we know our identity. We should know our identity. If we still feel, okay, I am like a small boy. I don't know anything. You know, I still have to read it. You know, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. If we feel that way, that's what will happen. Who you are in Christ is who you really are. So, if you know your identity, the devil will know that. Right? Then, last one. It will change the way you relate to people. Very important. As believers, it will change the way that you relate to people. They could be believers. They could be unbelievers. In Christ, we are brothers and sisters. Yes? Right? And why do we call each other brother, I brother, I sister? Why do we do that? Are they really your brother and sister? No, right? The way we relate to people changes. We begin to love people. We begin to care for them, help them, support them. And when we look at people who are being, you know, even unbelievers, we look at them and say, hey, I wish I can tell them about Jesus or I wish they can get to know about Jesus. Suddenly, there's love, there's care, there's affection, which is not there before. How did it happen? Because of the Holy Spirit inside us. Remember, you'll also learn about the Holy Spirit. One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the most important is, what does Paul say? He says, you can have all the gifts. You can have Jesus, Corinthians 13. You can have all the gifts, but if you do not have love, there's nothing. So as believers, the way we relate to people changes. Amen? The way we relate to people. Boys are staying with the boys, you know, relate to each other, knowing that you're believers in Christ. Relate to one another. And then you will go back to your hometowns, to people as believers. I remember saying this story once. This happened to me really. I was travelling to a certain place in Bangalore and as I was travelling, I saw one person, one person was driving the car and on the car there was a sticker, Jesus loves you. Big sticker. So he was going and after some time I saw that there was a small accident that happened when the whole traffic was stopped. And I saw this man in the car, he got out and he's using all kinds of bad language. I'm saying, you are this, you did this, shouting at him. Went to hit him in abusive language. I thought to myself, what is this? He's written Jesus loves you, but he is not loving anybody. He's only put that sticker there, Jesus loves you. So I went to him and I told him, please remove that sticker from your car. First thing, he said, why I have a Christian. I said, it doesn't look like it. It's not like this person did a big mistake that you have to go hit him. Okay, it was a small mistake. Sometimes we take things for granted. We say we are believers, but we don't behave like that. That's not right. We must, who we are, lead it in our life. Right? Just like Jesus, each one of us, God wants us to walk in that kind of identity. How did Jesus walk? He walked in love. He walked in power. He walked in authority. He healed people. He forgave. That's how he wants us to walk. Right? So let's read John chapter 14 was 19 to 20. John chapter 14, 19 and 20. A little while longer, a little while longer and the world will see me no more. But you will see me because I live, you will live also. At that day, you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. Right? So here the Lord Jesus is foretelling his disciples that a time will come when they will receive a revelation of who the Lord Jesus is. Right? That through the church, he says, verse 20 says, at that day you will know that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. So what does Jesus say? He's foretelling to the disciples. He's saying, just like how I am in the Father and the Father is in me, one day when I finish my work, when I finish the cross, when I go up to heaven, same way, one day you will be in me. He goes on, you know, in the same chapter and verse, John chapter 15 in that next passage, he says, I am the vine. If you remain in me, abide in me and you abide in me, then you will bear fruit. Right? Let's read the vine and the branches. John chapter 15 verse 1 through 5. John 15, 1 through 5. Go ahead, read. I am the true vine and my Father is the vine dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. And every branch that bears fruit, he points that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because which I have spoken to you, abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, bears much fruit, for without me you can do nothing. So the Lord Jesus is using this illustration of the vine and the branches. Now, how many of you have seen the vineyard? How many of you have seen a vineyard, the vine and the branches? Let's take a regular normal plant. Right? Now, you've got the main stem. From the seed, the main stem comes and then you've got the branches. Jesus is saying, I am the vine that is I am that center portion and you are the branches. Now, for example, if we put a seed, an apple seed, what will come from that? Apple will come. Oranges won't come. Oranges come, then something is wrong. Right? You put an apple seed, apple will come. Now, the same way when we are the Lord Jesus is the vine, we are his branches. So if we are part of him what should flow out of us? Part of Jesus his life should flow in and through us because he is the vine. We are the branches. Right? And it says here we are connected to him spiritually and we are spiritually one with him just as the branch is one with the stem. Now, what happens if you go out, you take a plant and then you break the branch off. What will happen? Can you take that branch and go plant it somewhere will it grow? It is disconnected. It is not connected anymore. It is not going to bear fruit. But if you connect it, if you are connected to the stem only then you will bear fruit. So Jesus is using this example he is saying if you and I want to bear fruit we need to abide in him. We need to rest in him. How many of you want to start your own ministry? You want to become pastor, you want to become evangelist or you want to start your own ministry. How many of you? Those online also can share. How many of you want to start your own ministry? You want to be a pastor? One, two pastor, evangelist, yes. Andrew Mercy, yes, so many of us. Now what is the most important thing if you want to start your own ministry as believers, what was we do? Get the certificate remain in him only if you remain in him abide in him you will bear fruit. Otherwise you will not bear fruit. Then he goes on in that same verse he says about fruit your work we shall be known by our fruit what we do that is what we will be known by if we are part of a branch or we are part of a seed where there is only corruption there is anger, there is jealousy, pride that is what we are going to do that is what we are going to be but if we are part of Jesus if he is divine and we are the branches what overflows from us is his life right and we will be fruitful that is what it is very simple I always tell myself am I bearing fruit we should ask ourselves am I bearing fruit in what I am doing if I am not bearing fruit something is wrong you shall be known by your fruit now I want to give you this example as well you put a seed in the ground and you water it next day when you come apple won't be there there is some work you have to do you have to make sure that you water it make sure that it is looked after well and over time the fruit will come so don't sow the seed and say God where is the fruit wait for sometime plan prepare work live a holy life the right time the fruit will come but if you are not abiding in him you will not see fruit right so very important especially those who are pastors those God who has called you for ministry very very very important to stay in his presence to abide in him because we can get busy doing many things I want to start prayer group I want to start sell group I want to start women's fellowship children's ministry all that is good but where is the seed where is the root it is abiding in him only then will be fruitful amen right so always remember that what's in him is in us the life of Christ is in each one of us we are fruit bearing because we manifest Christ's life let's read the next portion Ephesians chapter 1 verse 1 to 14 let's read that Ephesians chapter 1 verse 1 to 14 it's a long passage but let's read that Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God to the saints who are in Ephesians and faithful in Christ Jesus Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ bless be the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and without blame before him in love having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory of his grace by which he made as accepted in the beloved in him we have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace which he made to bound towards us in all wisdom and prudence having made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself that in the dispension of the fullness of the times he might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth in him also we have obtained an inheritance being predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of his glory in him you also trusted after you heard the word of truth and the gospel of your salvation in whom also having believed with the Holy Spirit of promise who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchase possession to the praise of his glory amen thank you God right so in these 14 verses the apostle Paul is talking about being in Christ 10 times 10 times look at verse 4 before we go to those 10 verses verse 4 just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world can you believe that now the cross is not you know a plan B it's not like God was now he didn't know what to do oh Adam I told you don't eat the fruit you ate the fruit now what to do now no no no there's not a plan B what does it say God has chosen each one of us before the foundation of the world before Genesis chapter 1 God has chosen us to be in him can you imagine that before God said let there be light before he said you know he made the heavens before the foundations of the world he has called you and me to be in him he has already decided it long back now what is it that we have when we are in Christ Jesus here let's just look at that list verse 3 we are blessed verse 4 chosen we are holy sanctified set apart what is sanctified made holy right next one we are blameless without fault and righteous blameless so when we go to God's presence the Lord just imagine this the father is seated there he got the Lord Jesus standing next to him seated on the right hand of the father and we are going we are standing there now God sees us he does not see us you know we may have many sins inside us but when God sees us he sees Jesus through his son Jesus Christ it's like Jesus will remind the father father I died for this boy I died for this person I shed my blood for him the father will say I forgive you right we are blameless we are covered in love and we are loved by the father verse 5 we are predestined according to his purpose that means God has called us and he has disdained us to have all these blessings in Christ Jesus he is saying it is yours you don't have to work for it all you have to do is believe in faith then verse 5 we are adopted as his children so we have an earthly parents father mother yes but we are adopted as his children whose love is greater our parents love or God's love it's love he says even if your mother and father forsake you I will not forsake you right he says I have written your name in the palm of my hand never forget you your parents your loved ones might forsake you I will never do that that's what we have in him we are people of his praise displaying his glory verse 6 we are accepted in the beloved verse 7 we are redeemed we are forgiven verse 8 we have recipients of his abounding overflowing grace verse 10 we are gathered as one in Christ verse 11 we are given an inheritance what is our inheritance we may ask ourselves I don't have any inheritance right recipients are from a poor background or I don't have anything it does not matter your inheritance is not here on earth your inheritance is in heaven what is it you will be called all of this saved we made the declaration this morning right you are saved, healed, delivered redeemed, blessed, victorious prosperous infant all of these things are there available for you and me we must walk in it right then he says we are seated we are sealed with the Holy Spirit and we have been purchased by a prize we are sealed with the Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit is inside us right what is sealing means it is to make a mark to identify this is mine this word seal has come especially if you look at people who own cattle and farm right they put a seal on their livestock so wherever they go they will know this person is the owner like that God has put a seal over each one of us and that seal is the seal of the Holy Spirit now it's not like somebody has put on seal and said H.S. Holy Spirit no it is an eternal seal it is a stamp inside us so when the devil sees us he sees that seal oh the Holy Spirit is there he knows when the Lord Jesus sees he knows the Holy Spirit is there when people see they will know there is a seal there is a seal there is somebody else he is God's child he is not going to do what everyone else are doing he belongs to another person that's the seal that we carry and finally we are purchased by the blood of Jesus we are purchased it is not like Jesus came and told the devil had a one hour discussion can I take these people if I can you take 70% I will take 30% what did Jesus do on the cross he said 3 things 3 words it is finished that means what I have completed the work I have defeated the devil all you have to do is believe right so we will stop here and then we will pick up from the next class let's just quickly close and prep Father we thank you for this time we thank you for teaching us our identity in you Lord and help us Lord as your children to walk in your identity we thank you we give you all the praise we give you all the glory of God in Jesus name we pray amen amen amen thank you everyone thank you to our online students as well thank you pastor thank you thank you God bless