Identity in Christ: 7 Truths That Will Transform How You Fight Sin
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Jonny Ardavanis
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🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Did you know the Apostle Paul — who wrote half the New Testament — never once called himself a "Christian"? Instead, he used the phrase "in Christ" nearly 200 times. In this episode, we unpack what it means to find your identity in Christ, why so many believers struggle with temptation and insecurity, and how understanding union with Christ is the grip of the entire Christian life.
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We answer 7 key questions about our identity in Christ, including:
• What does it mean to be "in Adam" vs. "in Christ"?
• How do we reckon ourselves dead to sin?
• What happens when we forget who we are in Christ?
• How does our new identity empower us to overcome temptation?
• And what do we say when Satan accuses us?
Whether you're wrestling with habitual sin, struggling with assurance, or just want to go deeper in your walk with God — this episode is for you.
📖 Key Scriptures: Romans 5–6, Colossians 3, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 2:20
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| 0:00.0 | If you were to ask the Apostle Paul, are you religious? He would not respond and say, well, I'm a Christian. He never used that reference a single time in the entirety of the scripture, and he wrote half the New Testament. Okay, so that's fascinating. And so then I'm guessing by implication we're losing something potentially when we respond so quickly. Yes, I'm a Christian. If you were to ask, Paul, are you religious? He would say, well, I am in Christ. That idea of being in Christ appears nearly 200 times. |
| 0:28.3 | And understanding our identity in Christ is the grip of the Christian life. You don't progress |
| 0:34.4 | in your holiness, your sanctification, apart from understanding something very basic |
| 0:40.3 | and yet something that carries profound truth and implications. |
| 0:45.3 | I want to ask seven questions about our union with Christ, |
| 0:48.3 | this idea that we're in Christ. |
| 0:49.3 | And you can respond to the accusations of the devil |
| 0:52.3 | when he says, you don't deserve God's grace and say, what? |
| 0:55.6 | You're right, Satan. |
| 0:57.6 | And you don't know the half of it. |
| 1:04.0 | Hank, how we doing? |
| 1:07.0 | Doing great, Johnny. |
| 1:07.5 | How are you doing? |
| 1:08.7 | Good. |
| 1:09.7 | I just want to, I've told you this before the episode, but I want everyone to listen to next week's introduction. |
| 1:15.7 | Okay. |
| 1:16.0 | Not this episode, but next week's, because I have a reveal. |
| 1:21.2 | I'm so nervous for what you're going to do next week. It's hard for me to describe it. |
| 1:26.5 | I've never asked anybody that listens to dial in to make sure they tune in. But there is something on my heart for next week. Okay, the context is last night Johnny called me, and I couldn't pick up because we were in the middle of community group, and we were walking through a delicate subject. And then when I texted Johnny back and said, |
| 1:44.5 | hey, what's up? I had already moved on to a new friend. And this is honestly payback because when you said that you were going to die in an airplane last week, you didn't even think to text me goodbye. What you missed in that entire anecdote is you can't send text from 70,000 feet. Okay, that's 7,000. |
| 2:00.8 | Now you're lying. |
| 2:02.1 | Well, moving on. |
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