The Spiritual Side of Trading
Your Identity
In life you have certain advantages available to you. As a trader, I have drawn on these truths for many years. I know my identity, and it has helped me to become a better trader. I personally identify with every one of the 42 items listed in the table below.
You have the opportunity to find your own identity. Once you have found it, you will never want to let it go. According to scripture you are, if you choose, all of the things written in the table below.
The Bible clearly states that humans are made a little lower than the angels. However, that doesn't mean we have to stay that way. Only human beings are created in the image of God. Accepting what the Bible says will reveal to anyone their true identity. You can be royalty, a child of God, a person with more power than has been given to any angel.
You are, or can be:
| The salt of the Earth | Matt 5:13 |
| The light of the world | Matt 5:14 |
| Dead to sin | Rom 1:12; 1 Pet 2:24 |
| A saint | Rom 1:7, 1 Cor 1:2, Phil 1:1 |
| No longer a slave to sin | Rom 6:6 |
| A servant of righteousness | Rom 6:18 |
| Free from condemnation | Rom 8:1 |
| A son of God | Rom 8:14-15, Gal 3:26 |
| A co-heir with Christ | Rom 8:17 |
| More than a conqueror | Rom 8:37 |
| A child of God | John 1:12, 1 Pet 1:23 |
| Set free | John 8:31-32 |
| Loved by Jesus | John 15:9 |
| A friend of Jesus Christ | John 15:15 |
Chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit |
John 15:16 |
| Loved by the Father | John 16:27 |
| His | John 17:9 |
| Holy and blameless | Eph 1:4; 1 Pet 1:1 |
| Blessed with every spiritual blessing | Eph 1:3 |
| Forgiven of all my sins and washed clean | Eph 1:7, Heb 9:14, Col 1:14 |
| Seated with Christ in heaven | Eph 2:6 |
| A holy temple | Eph 2:21; 1 Cor 6:19 |
| A dwelling for the Holy Spirit | Eph 2:22 |
| Righteous and holy | Eph 4:24 |
| A child of the Light | Eph 5:8 |
| Victorious | 1 John 5:4 |
| Blameless | 1 Cor 1:8 |
| The Temple of the Holy Spirit | 1 Cor 6:19 |
| A new creation | 2 Cor 5:17 |
| Reconciled to God | 2 Cor 5:18 |
| The righteousness of God | 2 Cor 5:21 |
| God's coworker | 2 Cor 6:1 |
| A citizen of heaven | Phi 3:20 |
| Delivered from darkness and translated into God's kingdom | Col 1:13 |
| Firmly rooted, built up, established in the faith | Col 2:7 |
| Complete in Christ | Col 2:10 |
| Chosen of God, holy, and dearly loved | Col 3:12 |
| Redeemed from the curse of the law | 1 Pet 1:18,19; Gal 3:13 |
| A royal priest | 1 Pet 2:9 |
| Blessed | Deut 28:1-14, Gal 3:9 |
| Victorious |
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