Chifukwa Iye Anafa ndipo Anaukanso:

1. Chophimbacho chimachotsedwa mwa Khristu. 2 Akorinto 3:14 - “…kufikira lero chophimba chomwecho chikhalabe pakuwerengedwa kwa pangano lakale; sichinachotsedwa;

2. Tayandikitsidwa mwa Khristu. Aefeso 2:13 - "Koma tsopano mwa Khristu Yesu, inu amene munali kutali kale, akuyandikilani mwa mwazi wa Kristu."

3. Tinapulumutsidwa mwa Khristu. 2 Timoteo 2:10 - "Chifukwa chake ndipirira zonse, chifukwa cha osankhika, kuti iwonso akalandire chipulumutso cha mwa Khristu Yesu, ndi ulemerero wosatha."

4. Tinaomboledwa mwa Khristu. Aroma 3:23-24 “…………………………………………………………………………………

5. Ndife omasulidwa ku chilamulo mwa Khristu. Aroma 7:4 - “Chotero, abale anga, inunso munafa ku chilamulo mwa thupi la Kristu, kuti mukhale a wina, iye amene anaukitsidwa kwa akufa, kuti ife tiberekere Mulungu zipatso. 

6. Timapangidwa amoyo kwa Mulungu mwa Khristu. Aroma 6:11 - “… mudziyese inu nokha akufa ku uchimo, koma amoyo kwa Mulungu mwa Kristu Yesu.

7. Tili ndi moyo wosatha mwa Khristu. Aroma 5:21 - "Monga uchimo unachita ufumu mu imfa, momwemonso chisomo chikachite ufumu mwa chilungamo kutengera moyo wosatha mwa Yesu Khristu Ambuye wathu." 

8. Timapulumutsidwa ku uchimo mwa Khristu. Aroma 8:1 - “Chifukwa chake tsopano palibe kutsutsika kwa iwo amene ali mwa Khristu Yesu, amene sayenda monga mwa thupi, koma monga mwa Mzimu. 

9. Timayanjanitsidwa mwa Khristu. Aroma 5:11 - "Sizitero kokha, komanso tikondwera mwa Mulungu mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, amene talandira tsopano chiyanjanitso." 

10. Timavula umunthu wauchimo mwa Khristu. Akol. 2:11 - “Mwa Iye inunso munadulidwa, mkuchotsa thupi la uchimo, osati ndi mdulidwe wochitidwa ndi manja a anthu, koma ndi mdulidwe wa Kristu.

11. Takhululukidwa mwa Khristu. Aefeso 1:6-7 “….Mwa Iye tili ndi maomboledwe mwa mwazi wake, chikhululukiro cha machimo, monga mwa kulemera kwa chisomo cha Mulungu. 

12. Tapatsidwa chisomo mwa Khristu. 1 Akor. 1:4—“Ndiyamika Mulungu nthawi zonse chifukwa cha inu, chifukwa cha chisomo chake chopatsidwa kwa inu mwa Khristu Yesu.”

13. Timayesedwa olungama mwa Khristu. 1 Akorinto 6:11 “…munasambitsidwa, munayeretsedwa, munayesedwa olungama m’dzina la Ambuye Yesu Khristu, ndi mwa Mzimu wa Mulungu wathu. 

14 Timavomerezedwa ndi Mulungu mwa Khristu. 1 Petro 2:5 - "Inunso, monga miyala yamoyo, mumangidwa kukhala nyumba yauzimu, kuti mukhale ansembe oyera mtima, akupereka nsembe zauzimu zolandirika kwa Mulungu mwa Yesu Kristu."

15. Timapembedzedwa mwa Khristu ndi mwa Khristu. Aroma 8:34: “…Kristu Yesu, amene anafa, koposa pamenepo, amene anaukitsidwa kwa akufa, ali kudzanja lamanja la Mulungu, ndipo akutipemphereranso ife.

16. Tipezedwa mwa Khristu. Phil. 3:8, “…ndichiyesa zonse chitayiko; kuti ndipindule Kristu, ndi kupezeka mwa Iye…”

17. Tinapangidwa chilungamo cha Mulungu mwa Khristu. Phil. 3:9 “…osakhala nacho chilungamo changa m’chilamulo, koma chimene chidzera mwa chikhulupiriro mwa Khristu, chilungamo chochokera kwa Mulungu, chochokera mwa chikhulupiriro.

18. Tayitanidwa mwa Khristu. 1 Akor. 7:22 - “Pakuti iye amene anali kapolo pamene anaitanidwa ndi Ambuye ali mfulu wa Ambuye; momwemonso iye amene anaitanidwa ali mfulu, ali kapolo wa Kristu.”

19. Tidasankhidwa ndi Mulungu mwa Khristu. Aefeso 1: 4-5 - "Pakuti adatisankha ife mwa Iye lisanalengedwe dziko lapansi kuti tikhale oyera ndi opanda chilema pamaso pake."

20. Tinakhazikitsidwa mwa Khristu. 2                             “Koma Mulungu ndiye amatilimbitsa ife ndi inu mwa Khristu.”

21. Ndife osindikizidwa mwa Khristu. Aefeso 1:13 - "…Pakuti mudakhulupirira, mudasindikizidwa mwa Iye ndi chisindikizo, Mzimu Woyera wolonjezedwayo." 

22. Tayeretsedwa mwa Khristu. 1                           kwa iwo opatulidwa mwa Khristu Yesu naitanidwa kukhala oyera, pamodzi ndi onse amene paliponse akuitana pa dzina la Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu. 

23. Timapeza chiyero mwa Khristu. 1 Akorinto 1:30 “Ndi chifukwa cha Iyeyo kuti muli mwa Khristu Yesu, amene wakhala nzeru zathu zochokera kwa Mulungu… chilungamo, chiyeretso ndi chiwombolo.”

24 Tikukhala m'malo akumwamba mwa Khristu. Aef. 2:6-7 - “Ndipo Mulungu anatiukitsa ife pamodzi ndi Kristu, natikhazika pamodzi ndi Iye m’zakumwamba mwa Kristu Yesu.

25. Timalemekezedwa mwa Khristu. 2 Atesalonika 1:12 - "Tikupemphera kuti dzina la Ambuye wathu Yesu lilemekezedwe mwa inu, ndi inu mwa Iye, monga mwa chisomo cha Mulungu wathu ndi Ambuye Yesu Khristu."

26. Timalandira chigonjetso cha imfa mwa Khristu.  1 Akor. 15:57 “…Koma ayamikike Mulungu, amene atipatsa ife chigonjetso mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu.

27. Sitirinso akapolo a uchimo. Aroma 6:22 - “Koma tsopano munamasulidwa ku uchimo, ndipo mwakhala akapolo a Mulungu, ndipo phindu limene mumakolola limatsogolera ku chiyero, ndipo zotsatira zake ndi moyo wosatha.”

28. Machimo athu sawerengedwanso kwa ife; Aroma 4:8 - “Wodala munthu amene Yehova sadzamuwerengera tchimo lake nthawi zonse.

29. Tili ndi mtendere ndi Mulungu. Aroma 5:1 - “Chifukwa chake, popeza tayesedwa olungama ndi chikhulupiriro, tikhala ndi mtendere ndi Mulungu mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu.

30. Tili ndi mtendere wa Yesu. “Mtendere ndikusiyirani inu, mtendere wanga ndikupatsani…” (Yohane 14:27)

31. Tili ndi kubadwa mwatsopano ndi chiyembekezo cha cholowa chosatha. 1 Petro 1:3-5; “…Iye watipatsa ife kubadwa kwatsopano kulowa m’chiyembekezo chamoyo mwa kuuka kwa Yesu Kristu kwa akufa, ndi kulowa m’cholowa chosawonongeka, kapena kupasula, kapena kufota, chosungidwira inu m’Mwamba;

32. Ife tapatsidwa chikhalidwe cha Umulungu. 2 Pet. 1:4: “Iye anatipatsa ife malonjezano ake aakulu ndi a mtengo wake ndithu, kuti mwa iwo mukakhale oyanjana nawo umulungu.

Because He Died and Rose Again:

1. The veil is removed in Christ. 2 Corinthians 3:14 - "…to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away."

2. We are brought near in Christ. Ephesians 2:13 - "But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.”

3. We are saved in Christ. 2 Timothy 2:10 - "Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory."

4. We are redeemed in Christ. Romans 3:23-24 - "….for we are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."

5. We are freed from the Law in Christ. Romans 7:4 - "So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God." 

6. We are made alive to God in Christ. Romans 6:11 - "…count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus."

7. We have eternal life in Christ. Romans 5:21 - "…just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." 

8. We are rescued from sin in Christ. Romans 8:1 - "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” 

9. We are reconciled in Christ. Romans 5:11 - "Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we have now received reconciliation." 

10. We put off the sinful nature in Christ. Col. 2:11 - "In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ."

11. We are forgiven in Christ. Ephesians 1:6-7 - "….In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.” 

12. We are given grace in Christ. 1 Cor. 1:4 - "I always thank God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus.”

13. We are justified in Christ. 1 Corinthians 6:11 - "…you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." 

14. We are made acceptable to God in Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 - "You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."

15. We are interceded for in and by Christ. Romans 8:34 – “…Christ Jesus, who died -- more than that, who was raised to life -- is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us."

16. We are found in Christ. Phil. 3:8 - "…I consider everything a loss… that I may gain Christ and be found in Him…."

17. We are made the righteousness of God in Christ. Phil. 3:9  "…..not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ -- the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith."

18. We are called in Christ. 1 Cor. 7:22 - "For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord's freed man; similarly, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ's slave."

19. We are chosen by God in Christ. Ephesians 1:4-5 - "For he chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight…"

20. We are established in Christ. 2 Cor.1:21 - "Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ…"

21. We are sealed in Christ. Ephesians 1:13 - "…Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit." 

22. We are sanctified in Christ. 1 Cor.1:2 - "…to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ --" 

23. We achieve holiness in Christ. 1 Cor.1:30 - "It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become our wisdom from God…righteousness, holiness and redemption."

24. We are seated in heavenly places in Christ. Eph. 2:6-7 - "And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus."

25. We are glorified in Christ. 2 Thessalonians 1:12 - "We pray that the Name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ."

26. We receive victory over death in Christ.  1 Cor. 15:57 - "…But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

27. We are no longer slaves to sin.  Romans 6:22 - “But now you have been set free from sin and have becomes slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.”

28. Our sins are no longer counted against us. Rom.4:8 - “Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”

29. We have peace with God. Romans 5:1 - “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

30. We have Jesus’ peace. John 14:27 - “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you…”

31. We have a new birth and a hope of an eternal inheritance. 1 Peter 1:3-5 - “…He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade, kept in heaven for you…”

32. We have been given the divine nature (disposition). 2 Pet. 1:4 - “…He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature…”

E. Weeks ©CDMI