Who Am I?

This is the deepest question anyone can ask.

Jesus answered directly:
“If you do not believe that I Am, you will die in your sins.” (John 8:24)

Held in the Empire of Darkness

Not believing in the living Christ, in us, means remaining a slave of the Empire of Darkness, where fear rules, lies imprison and death seems to have the last word (Col 1:13).
It is living under an invisible dominion that keeps people captive, often without their realizing it.

The dark world

The Bible is clear:
“We know that we are of God and that the whole world is under the power of the Evil One” (1 John 5:19).
This means that the world, in its invisible structure of power, is dominated by the evil one. Paul calls this “this dark world” (Eph 6:12).

The clear border

• Whoever has the Spirit of Christ → belongs to Christ.
• Whoever does not → remains captive, a prisoner of the evil one.

There is no middle ground. Either you live in the Kingdom of light, or you are under the yoke of the evil one.

The difference that defines

What sets us apart is not religion, tradition or morality, but only the presence of the Spirit of Christ in us.
It is He who transfers us from the empire of darkness into the Kingdom of the beloved Son (Col 1:13).

This is the dividing line between those who are of God and those who still lie in the evil one: whether or not the Spirit of Christ dwells within us.

The great deception

The problem is that many believe that “God is in control of everything”.
This idea paralyzes, because it makes it seem that everything that happens is God's will.
But the truth is another: God is sovereign, but He has no enemies. The devil is not God's adversary, but our adversary (1 Pet 5:8).
The ones at war are us, not Him.

The blessing already received

While we wait for God to “do” or to “bless,” we forget that we have already been blessed:
“God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Eph 1:3).
In other words: we do not need to ask for what we already have, we need to believe, walk in the Spirit and manifest the Christ in us.

This is the root of the problem: not only that the world lies in the evil one, but that we, deceived, keep waiting for God to do something that He has already done in Christ.

Fear as the enemy's weapon

People are afraid of the devil.
This is the greatest sign of slavery: the enemy rules through the fear of death (Heb 2:14-15). But that power is a lie, because it has already been defeated in Christ.
And now that victory is manifested in us, when love drives out fear: “There is no fear in love; on the contrary, perfect love drives out fear” (1 John 4:18).

The creation that groans

The apostle Paul says that “the whole creation groans, waiting for the revealing of the children of God” (Rom 8:19,22).
The world is not only waiting for the Christ who came in Jesus, but for the Christ who today is manifested in us.
The promise is this: “the creation itself will be set free from slavery to corruption, into the freedom of the glory of the children of God” (Rom 8:21).

The Son of God was manifested

For this the Son of God was manifested: to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8).
But the work did not end with Jesus.
He sent the Holy Spirit so that Christ would be formed in us (Gal 4:19).
Thus, the Son's victory remains alive in those who walk in the Spirit.

Freedom in the Spirit

That is why Paul declares: “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Cor 3:17).
This freedom is the mark of the Kingdom: no more fear, but trust; no more slavery, but sonship; no more darkness, but light.

The freedom of mature sons

Jesus affirmed: “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36).
The Son set us free so that we would live as mature sons, led by the Spirit and sharing in His glory (Rom 8:14,21).
Not merely as dependent spiritual children, but as responsible heirs, manifesting the Father's character in the world.

Stand firm in freedom

Paul wrote: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Do not submit again to a yoke of slavery” (Gal 5:1).
Despite this warning, most have already gone back to living under the yoke of slavery.
They traded the freedom of the Spirit for human traditions, for the fear of the devil, for lifeless religiosity and for trust in their own effort.
It is the same old deception, repeated: the devil always tries to replace life in the Spirit with a system of control.

The Lord is a Warrior and the eternal gates

The Bible declares: “The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name” (Exod 15:3). And also: “The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle” (Ps 24:8).

God never promised the absence of enemies, but He always guaranteed: He is the one who gives the victory.

When Israel reached the border of the Promised Land, the Lord commanded: “Face the enemies, I will fight for you” (Deut 3:22).
But of the twelve spies sent, ten came back full of fear.
Only Joshua and Caleb believed: “If the Lord is pleased with us, He will give us the land” (Num 14:8).

What paralyzed the people was not the giants, but fear.
When the time of conquest came, God said to Joshua: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified or discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” (Josh 1:9).

Psalm 24 declares: “Lift up your heads, O gates; be lifted up, you eternal doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle” (Ps 24:7-8).

We are those eternal gates.

When we lower our heads, dominated by fear, we stay closed.
But when we lift our heads in faith and courage, we open the way for the King of Glory to be manifested.

The Lord wages war in us and through us.
Every mature son is a gate of eternity, through which Christ is revealed to the world, the glory of the King becomes the glory of the children of God.

The gates of hell will not prevail

Jesus also guaranteed: “I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matt 16:18).
Gates represent government and authority. This means that the empire of this dark world cannot resist the advance of Christ formed in us.
We are not the ones cornered against the darkness; it is hell that cannot resist the manifestation of the Spirit.

The answer

So, who am I?

• I am an ordinary human being, but transferred from the Empire of Darkness into the Kingdom of the Son.
• I am a child of God, in whom the Spirit dwells.
• I am a new creation, called to reveal the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

Who am I?
I am the Christ, the one who speaks with you.

That being so, when you believe this, you too can be, and will be, set free from the empire of darkness to live the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

Epilogue

All of this is not just theory or reflection.
Just as you too have probably experienced at some time, or several times, here I record one of the cases in which I lived this truth in practice.

It was a remarkable episode in Rio de Janeiro, when the Lord gave me boldness to face a spiritual situation very clearly.

If you would like to hear this testimony, I share it in detail [at this link].