Positional Truths

Provided by Ron Sorg

Here is a list of positional truths that apply to us who are saved in this Dispensation of Grace:

• Christ in you:
  • The hope of glory
    • (Colossians 1:27 KJV) To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
• You Are:
  • Crucified with Christ
    • (Galatians 2:20 KJV) I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
  • Buried with Christ
    • (Colossians 2:12 KJV) Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
  • Risen with Christ
    • (Colossians 2:12 KJV) Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
  • Alive with Christ
    • (Colossians 2:13 KJV) And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
  • Ascended and seated with Christ
    • (Ephesians 2:6 KJV) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
  • Joint-heir with Christ
    • (Romans 8:17 KJV) And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
  • Indwelt by the Father
    • (Ephesians 4:6 KJV) One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
  • Indwelt by the Son
    • (Colossians 1:27 KJV) To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • Indwelt by the Holy Spirit
    • (1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
  • A saint and beloved of God
    • (Romans 1:7 KJV) To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Dead to sin
    • (Romans 6:2 KJV) God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
    • (Romans 6:11 KJV) Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Under Grace
    • (Romans 6:14 KJV) For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
  • Eternal
    • (Romans 6:23 KJV) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Free from condemnation
    • (Romans 8:1 KJV) There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
    • (Romans 8:34 KJV) Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
  • A son of God
    • (Romans 8:14 KJV) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
  • Foreknown
    • (Romans 8:29 KJV) For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
  • Predestined, called, justified, and glorified
    • (Romans 8:30 KJV) Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
  • Free from sin
    • (Romans 6:22 KJV) But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
  • More than a conqueror
    • (Romans 8:37 KJV) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
  • In Fellowship
    • (1 Corinthians 1:9 KJV) God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • The temple of God
    • (1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
  • Washed and sanctified
    • (1 Corinthians 6:11 KJV) And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  • A members of His body
    • (1 Corinthians 12:27 KJV) Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
  • Victorious
    • (1 Corinthians 15:57 KJV) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Triumphant
    • (2 Corinthians 2:14 KJV) Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
  • A new creature, reconciled, an ambassador
    • (2 Corinthians 5:17-20 KJV) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. {18} And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; {19} To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. {20} Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
  • The righteousness of God
    • (2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV) For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
  • Rich
    • (2 Corinthians 8:9 KJV) For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
  • Redeemed from the curse of the law
    • (Galatians 3:13 KJV) Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
  • Adopted, free and called unto liberty
    • (Galatians 4:5 KJV) To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
    • (Galatians 5:1 KJV) Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
    • (Galatians 5:13 KJV) For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
  • Blessed
    • (Ephesians 1:3 KJV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
  • Chosen, holy, without blame and accepted
    • (Ephesians 1:4 KJV) According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
    • (Ephesians 1:6 KJV) To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
  • Sealed
    • (Ephesians 1:13 KJV) In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
    • (Ephesians 4:30 KJV) And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
  • Saved by grace
    • (Ephesians 2:8 KJV) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
  • His workmanship and a fellowcitizen
    • (Ephesians 2:10 KJV) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
    • (Ephesians 2:19 KJV) Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
  • Delivered from the power of darkness
    • (Colossians 1:13 KJV) Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
  • Translated into the kingdom of His Son
    • (Colossians 1:13 KJV) Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
  • Complete and circumcised without hands
    • (Colossians 2:10-11 KJV) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: {11} In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
  • Forgiven all trespasses
    • (Ephesians 1:7 KJV) In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
    • (Ephesians 4:32 KJV) And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (Colossians 2:13 KJV) And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
  • Elect
    • (Colossians 3:12 KJV) Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
  • Delivered from the wrath to come
    • (1 Thessalonians 1:10 KJV) And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
  • Not appointed to wrath
    • (1 Thessalonians 5:9 KJV) For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Saved
    • (2 Timothy 1:9 KJV) Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
• You Have:
  • Peace with God
    • (Romans 5:1 KJV) Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Now received the atonement
    • (Romans 5:11 KJV) And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
  • The mind of Christ
    • (1 Corinthians 2:16 KJV) For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
  • All spiritual blessings
    • (Ephesians 1:3 KJV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
  • Obtained an inheritance
    • (Ephesians 1:11 KJV) In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
  • Hope laid up in heaven
    • (Colossians 1:5 KJV) For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
  • An holy calling
    • (1 Timothy 1:9 KJV) Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
  • All things
    • (1 Corinthians 3:21-23 KJV) Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; {22} Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; {23} And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
• You shall be:
  • Confirmed unto the end
    • (1 Corinthians 1:8 KJV) Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Christ is:
  • Your wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption
    • (1 Corinthians 1:30 KJV) But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
  • Your victory
    • (1 Corinthians 15:57 KJV) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Your peace
    • (Ephesians 2:14 KJV) For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
  • Your hope
    • (Colossians 1:27 KJV) To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
  • Your completion
    • (Colossians 2:10 KJV) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: