Things That Are Instantaneously True of Every Believer
Elect and called of God (1 Thes. 1:4; 5:24).
Redeemed by God through the blood of His Son (Col. 1:14).
Reconciled to God by the death of His Son (2 Cor. 5:19).
Sheltered eternally under the propitiation made in the blood of Christ (1 John 2:2).
Forgiven all trespasses, past, present, and future (Col. 2:13).
Condemned no more forever (Rom. 8:1).
Justified freely by His grace (Rom. 3:24).
Sanctified positionally, or set apart unto God in Christ (1 Cor. 1:30).
Perfected for ever (Heb. 10:14).
Made meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light (Col. 1:12).
Made accepted in the Beloved (Eph. 1:6).
Made the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. 5:21).
Made nigh to God in Christ Jesus (Eph. 2:13).
A child and son of God (John 1:12; 1 John 3:3).
Free from the law and dead to the law (Rom. 7:4, 6).
Delivered from the power of darkness (Col. 1:13).
Translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son (Col. 1:13).
Founded on the Rock Christ Jesus (1 Cor. 3:11).
God’s gift to Christ (John 17:11, 12, 20; 10:29).
Circumcised in Christ (Col. 2:11).
An holy priest, chosen and peculiar (1 Pet. 2:5, 9).
Object of divine love, grace, power, faithfulness, peace, consolation (Eph. 2:4, 8; 1:9; Heb. 13:5; Col. 3:15; 2 Thes. 2:16).
Object of Christ’s intercession (Heb. 7:25).
His inheritance (Eph. 1:18).
Seated in the heavenly in Christ (Eph. 2:6).
A citizen of heaven (Phil. 3:20 R. V.).
Of the family and household of God (Eph. 2:19; 3:15).
Light in the Lord (Eph. 5:8).
In God, in Christ, and in the Spirit (1 Thes. 1:1; John 14:20; Rom. 8:9).
Possessed with the first fruits of the Spirit.
Born (John 3:6), baptized (1 Cor. 12:13),
indwelt (1 Cor. 6:19), and sealed (Eph. 4:30).
Glorified (Rom. 8:30).
Complete in Him (Col, 2:10).
Possessing every spiritual blessing (Eph. 1:3).
In addition to this list, every believer in Christ has also been graced with at least one spiritual gift to be used for the edification of the Body of Christ unto the glory of God (Rom 12:6-8; 1 Cor 12:7, 11, 18; 14:1; Eph 4:11-16; 1 Pet 4:10-11). These are gifts exercised in the Spirit (hence “spiritual gifts”) and they reflect the Church’s stewardship of the fruit of the Kingdom of God while it is in postponement (Matt 21:43).
