 what God has done to us through Jesus Christ. As we read in John chapter 3 verse 16, God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son who died for us because He loved us. So that shows the Father's immense unconditional and immeasurable love for us. So how do we understand that? If you understand the truth, when we read the Word it shows like how much God loves each of us that He gave His only Son, Jesus Christ to us. So when we read through the New Testament, we see that more than 130 scriptures which gives us the reference as a believer who we are in Christ. So as we take time, as we study through this course, we will understand our identity in Christ is so much important and who we are in Christ is who we really are. Our identity is in Christ not on our position, not on a self-worth of the self-image, but our identity is who we are in Christ. So we have about 12 sections of this course. We will go step-by-step and then during this course, we will have two assessment that would one would be the mid assessment which would be at the last week of September and the final assessment the last week of November. So we will give you enough of time to go through the notes and study and the grading system would be like you know depend on the score like 91 to 100% you would be graded as grade A plus and then 76 to 90 would be grade A and then following 51 to 75, we will be sharing this all online with the online students and for the offline we will be grading them. We will be sharing the grading system with you as well in your student guidelines and the resources for this course would be the course notes that we would be sharing the hard copy for the on-campus student and for the online students we have already shared the PDF notes on Google Street and along with that we also encourage you to read our APC publication on the father's love. So for on-campus we would be sharing the book with you and for online students I have posted the link to download this PDF copy of this book. So with that we will move on to a introduction of our course. Well as we start the course I would like to start with an illustration of an orphan boy. Just give me a minute please let me share the notes. Yeah introduction of an orphan boy who lives in Islam and often was living in Islam and what would be his day-to-day life. His day-to-day life will be depending on the next meal what he could get his immediate need his mindset is on his immediate need striving hard for his immediate need. So what happens if a rich man comes and adopts this orphan boy and provides him with everything can he still carry that mentality of and provides him with everything you know whatever his needs have been met and even you don't have to worry for his next meal or for his need everything has been provided for him. Now should this boy change his thinking his behavior and adapt to this lifestyle or should he still live in that mentality of the mentality that he had the form of striving for his need risking his life to meet his need. He should change his mind isn't it because everything has been provided now his identity his lifestyle has been changed into something you know because he's been adopted by this wealthy man and his he needs to let go of his previous orphaned slum boy mentality and learn to think that he is a son of a wealthy man. So what will happen if this boy grows grows up that mentality that identity his behavior changes his lifestyle changes the way he thinks about himself changes. Now with that mentality really think that I need to be a blessing for others. Now what he he'll go back to the same place where he came from with his new clothes with a new identity and he can minister to people there he can witness people he can share about how his life has been changed for Becca. When he shares do you think that he will be impacting the people around that place really yes and will he be a blessing to others when others also adapt and change and been adopted to this will their lifestyle change yes just give me a minute okay so he's having a different mentality things change for him so he elevates himself from the hard background from the suffering what he was going through and now he's adapting to a different background and he's being a blessing to others. So in the same way God completes the work and he's inviting us to live in Christ. So when we have accepted Jesus as a Lord and Savior and our identity is in Him. It's one of the revelation that we get from New Testament is that God has brought us into Jesus Christ. We have been we have been there's a prize that has been paid by Jesus and we have been adopted into that so God has planned for each of us there's a will there's a purpose and there's a determination which is incorporated spiritually into us into Christ that he made us spiritually one with Christ and it's been completely and this is changed and this we our identity has been changed when we are in Christ and there's a grace that has been lavished over us so God has done a great work for us and we are born again now and he did all this by the grace and he invites us to live with that mentality. So when we live in that now our identity is changed. How? Who we are in Christ is who we really are. We need to identify ourselves in the relationship that we have with Christ. We should not see our self-image our self-worth but we need to identify ourselves with Christ so how this truth can change in our life. When we have this mindset the how we conduct our self changes a character the way we relate to each other changes now why because we have a new mindset we have a new identity that's what Paul says in New Testament when we receive Jesus has not been saved here all things are passed away and behold we have become new we have become new in Christ Jesus our thoughts have been changed we are not the same person as how we used to be there is no more striving hard to prove ourselves to show our worth our thoughts are changed the way we lead our life has changed the way we handle different person has changed how how did this change come into us how did this change come into us is it something automatic we receive Jesus switch on just put on that switch things change the mindset changes is it something that's that simple that easy or is it a process it's a process do you think that involves our decision isn't it we need to decide we need to decide okay I choose to lead my life that pleases God there are certain things that we may have to unlearn that which the world thought is till date now when we receive Jesus has a lot in saviour when our identity is in Jesus now our thoughts are changing the way we lead our life changes no more we lead our life pleasing to others we lead our life looking at Christ are we pleasing yes yes yeah yes baptism is yeah we have a question here from our on-campus student could you repeat that question sure yes yes yes that's one of the confirmation but again yeah that is one of the confirmation that you decide okay following your decision that is there but it is a daily process the living that identity in Christ is a process where initial of the days every minute will be a challenge that you need to please God in every decision you're not going to be angry you're not going to be upset you're not going to you know behave the way you used to behave before things are changing slowly within you and yeah so who you are in Christ is who you really are and we learn to place our self image and a self worth not based on our achievements or not on what other people say about us because you know people saying may change if you please them they'll give the flattery but the just the minute you know it changes you know what happens right it won't be the same so people's words or people say also maybe you don't place your identity identity on what people say about you but on the simple fact of who you are in Christ well it will change the way you also relate to God so your relationship with God also changes in this journey you see yourself not setting certain time to pray to talk to God but then it becomes your lifestyle you begin your day with God and you end your day with God whole day like has how you have a close or a best friend with you and how you converse with that friend in the same way you'll start conversing with God you'll start sharing everything with God something that is pleasant you will take it to God first something the challenge that you face in your life in your daily daily moments you will say God come into this situation and help me get through it so you'll base everything with God we see a new fellowship been developed with God and you will enter into the presence of God not based on the work that we do but based on who we are in Christ so this will help us to face our challenges in our daily life so the Christ who is in you just like how John 15 we read like as how you abide in the money abides and you ask anything what you need it the same way Christ who's in you is much greater than the things that are so when you have Christ in you and you are in them and you're going to win any situation any circumstance any circumstance that you may be facing God and you are the majority so this should be in our mind this that we should know that we have God in me and I'm and God and I can do much more than what is expected the any challenges that you face ahead you need to know that you are more than an overcome this journey I'm not joining alone but I have God who's in me journeying in and through me how do you know that he has promised us for I will never leave you nor say I am with you don't base your identity on your position today you may be a company CEO or a director of a company tomorrow you may lose that job what will happen how where is your identity will you say I'm a CEO of so-and-so company will you say I'm a director of so-and-so company so when you place your identity on God and say that I am the child of the most I got can that identity change in your ups and downs that will be the same no matter you're doing well in your life or not this identity will be the same so again and again throughout this course we will be repeating this phrasing who you are in Christ is who really because this is what we want to you know bring it to our to up into our mindset know that your identity is not on your education is not on your on your position that you acquire in your life but your identity in Christ is based on who you are in Jesus Christ okay so when we have this as a mindset it changes our lifestyle it helps us overcome a sin and Romans chapter 6 verse 14 says for sin shall not have dominion over you roman 6 14 says for sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under law but under grace we are under grace that means what sin will no longer have dominion over each of us because we do not have to be in bondage to sin we have been made we have been set free set free through Christ through the work that Jesus did on the cross so this will also change the way we face demons or the demonic power in our life we may face such challenges in our life but when you come across certain challenges or you know the demons or demonic power when we encounter such situation in our life we will handle it with much more confidence when we know that we are in Christ there is nothing to fear that's what in the book of Timothy says we do not have the spirit of fear but out of power love and a sound mind we have been set free we do not have the spirit of fear we need to know that when we have the spirit of fear we give the we lay the foundation for the enemy to work in us but when we have faith we give the foundation for God to work in and through us I'm sure in the faith class you would have studied on that and you will be studying more on that so what we need to do we need to replace fear with faith for God to move in and through us so when we set a mind that who we are in Christ the minute we know that Christ is with us so when we encounter demon or demonic power we can handle that with much stronger confidence knowing that we are not alone and Christ is with us and he will fight our battle he will help us to be make an overcome so this way it will change the way we also relate to people the way we relate to people changes why because we are a changed person when we look at another person although that person may not be very great in the natural look or maybe in the education but how you relate to that person is not on the position that person is in but you relate to that person as a as a brother in Christ as a sister in Christ and you'll see to it how we can help each other to bring up each other there is no competition in Christ there is no partiality in Christ we are here to help each other and build each other because we are one in Christ so the way we treat the other person changes now how because Christ has asked us to respect each other respect each other live in peace with each other our relationship matters we will try to honor each other because this is what Christ has asked us to be we are we are trying to live our life with the mentality of Christ likeness we're trying to lead our life the image of Christ so our thoughts have been changed the way we uh actions have been changed the way we lead our life the way we treat others are changed now because our mindset is changed so we try not to compete with each other but to collaborate with each other and teach each other help each other and journey together as one body in Christ so there is no when we are in Christ there is no insecurity we need to overcome that we are secured in Christ our promotion comes from Christ our identity is in Christ so we don't have to play any kind of wrong politics in the ministry just allow everyone to grow and you grow we will also be reading in we will also be studying the leader should cast a good leader raises great leaders we should not have any insecurity with others if somebody is doing much better we need to appreciate wow appreciate that person and allow him to grow we should always have this mind this mindset and heart like we need to raise leaders who are much better than us then there is no place for security at the same time yes we also need to learn and upscale ourselves but in the process of doing that we should not allow any kind of sinful nature to grip cripple into us like jealousy pride last self image but have the Christ mentality have the Christ likeness so we need to read we need to start living a life just like Jesus again it is a process we are not perfect I think this process is lifelong life we need to take the help the Holy Spirit to lead our life in that way to lead our life just like the way Jesus lived what would life look like if we truly walked in that identity that inheritance the way we have and Christ so every step that we lead life we need to think like what Jesus w w JD have you heard it before w w JD what's that so every situation when we ask what would Jesus do it becomes much easier to handle that situation what would Jesus do the situation how do I handle it better it takes time we do make mistakes we are not perfect but every time when you analyze yourself I'm sure we will try to be a better person better person that we were yesterday when we look back at our own self what would Jesus do in this situation I think that will help us to do the things that would please God and we will see our self change and this change will not be from outside but this change will be from inside and again as I said it is a process and it will be for our good so yes so this is the reason why God has placed us in Jesus Christ so that we can lead our life in the way Jesus did so the insight in this book is intentionally presented okay with a small session so that we may understand it's easy for us to understand and relate ourselves with Christ and see how better we can grow to lead our life in Christ okay so is there any questions or is there anyone who would like to share any insights just taking the online class okay is there anyone in the class that you would like to share your insight of who you are in Christ online students as well as offline so yes as we journey together we will go take it a little slow so that it's good for us to understand and apply it in our life so this class is more something that we learn to apply in our life and try to be more like Jesus and have this mentality of Christ saying that our identity is in Christ who we are this who we really in Christ so with that I would encourage one person from our offline class to pray and one person from our online class to pray can I request one student from our offline to raise your voice and pray I have shown you would like to pray yeah heavenly father thank you very much for gathering all of us today this class thank you very much i've understood your word and he is my daughter's class any father please i wish to understand more what you're learning father to keep you are learning father and please help us to know who we are in you any father she's saying pray can I request one student from the online to raise your voice and pray yes please krisha you can unmute okay okay krisha I think we're not able to hear you that's okay I'll just pray and end the session with the word of prayer heavenly father we come into your presence with heart of thanks and praise Lord we thank you for the work that Jesus did on the cross for each of us and Lord we pray that I submit each student in your hand and we pray that our identity will be placed in Christ and help us Lord to have this mindset in us as we journey together studying who we are in Christ is who we are we'll have this identity we have this mindset like Christ life as a father Lord I pray that you will enable us to live a life that pleases you in Christ Jesus name we pray amen thank you for joining in to our session today thank you and god bless