“Identity Theft” is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world today. And, sooner or later, it will affect all of us. It can be a minor nuisance, or it can totally devastate one’s life.
Your name represents your authority, and that is what the hackers are trying to steal. They want to use your authority to enter the most secret places and steal from you.
It’s the same way in our spiritual lives. Satan constantly seeks ways to steal our spiritual blessings, peace, and eternal future by stealing our authority.
But Jesus Christ turned the tables on history’s greatest hacker. By taking upon Himself all of the sins of all of the world, and paying the penalty for those sins, Jesus Christ did something totally unexpected.
In “Identity Theft,” someone STEALS another person’s name. But Jesus did the opposite. He gave us an “Identity Gift!” He GIVES us His good name, “the name which is above every name.” (Philippians 2:9)
When we accept Him as our Lord and Savior, God imparts to us the “credit worthiness” of Jesus Christ. And with it, the authority that His name evokes.
That’s why Jesus told His disciples that they would have the power to do even greater things than He did because He was giving them His authority.
But, He said, “Do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.” (Luke 10:20)
2 Corinthians 5:21 explains it perfectly: “God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” (NIV)
And that is His “Identity Gift” to you.
Accept it today.
transmitted by Hal Lindsey – 6/17/2016
