In Scripture, believers are given a profound identity rooted in their relationship with Jesus Christ. As 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Ephesians 2:10 teach, those who have put their faith in Christ are new creations, created to do good works that reflect God's character. According to 1 Peter 2:9, they are also a chosen people, a royal priesthood, called to proclaim God's excellencies. Through faith in Christ, as seen in John 1:12 and assured in Romans 8:1, believers are freed from condemnation and empowered to live as children of God, with all the privileges and responsibilities that entails.
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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.