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Hillside United Methodist Church

05/08/2022 Church service

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IDENTITY THEFT
Ephesians 2:1 - 10

My credit card company recently called me to inform me someone in Atlanta tried to charge over $70 using my card # at a liquor store.

“No. That definitely wasn’t ME!”

Although they declined the attempted charge, I still had to have a new card issued (which took a week,) but no real harm was done. It could have been so much worse.

Have you ever been the victim of Identity Theft? Maybe it was something as simple as someone creating a fake Facebook account with your name and photo…
…or maybe someone got ahold of your credit card information and cleaned out your bank account!

Paul wrote to the church in Galatia:
So answer me this: Did the Holy Spirit come to you as a reward for keeping all the Jewish laws? No, you received him as a gift because you believed in the Messiah. Your new life in the Anointed One began with the Holy Spirit giving you a new birth. Why then would you so foolishly turn from living in the Spirit by trying to finish by your own works?”
Paul emphasizes again and again that we are made right with God through “believing what you have heard.”
This message must be shared with everyone, telling people:
1. Jesus Saves
2. God is a God of reconciliation
To those who are close to God – and to those who are far away.
…To the lost and to the redeemed.
Even as Christians, we need to remember we are justified – made right – by faith.
Gal 3:2: “Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?”
“Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ.”
We must recognize that our salvation means we have already passed from death to life. Old things are passed away. The old man is dead.
We need this revelation of our relationship with God.
Without it, we cannot successfully share our faith with anyone else.

? Are you struggling with your identity in Christ today?
Maybe the deceiving voices of the enemy – or even your own subconscious mind – have achieved, in you, some level of “identity theft” right now.

vs 27: For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ.
So we are In Christ and we are With Christ

Maxwell Maltz: “Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity.
You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.”


The phrase "the disciple whom Jesus loved" or, in John 20:2; "the disciple beloved of Jesus", is used six times in the Gospel of John

(Joseph Prince) “I used to think that of all the disciples Jesus loved, John was most loved by the Lord because the Bible calls him “the disciple whom Jesus loved.”
Then one day, I discovered that the phrase, “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” only appears in John’s Gospel. In other words, it was John who called himself the disciple whom Jesus loved!
Was John being arrogant? Did Jesus love him more than the rest?
No, Jesus loved all 12 disciples the same, but John knew it and he personalized and practiced Jesus’ love for him.
My friend, that’s what you ought to do too.

Don’t just say, “Yes, yes, Jesus loves everybody.”
Say, “Jesus loves ME!”
Say, “I am the student whom Jesus loves,” or “I am the mom whom Jesus loves!”

Every day, personalize, practice and rest in Jesus’ love for you. Expect good things to happen to you when you believe that Jesus loves YOU in an intimate and personal way!”

“For the Holy Spirit speaks to us and tells our spirit that we are children of God.“

Romans 8:16,17: For the Holy Spirit makes God’s fatherhood real to us as he whispers into our innermost being, “You are God’s beloved child!”
And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures, for indeed, we are heirs of God himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that he is and all that he has. We will experience being co-glorified with him provided that we accept his sufferings as our own
“You are God’s beloved child!”
God loves us. God loves YOU.
God is for us. God is for YOU. (He is on your side)
YOU are the disciple Jesus loves
“Yes, Jesus loves ME.”
Romans 5:1,2: Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have also obtained access through him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
The only way we can share this message of God’s grace with others is to understand and experience it for ourselves.
If your identity has been tampered with – it’s time to get it back.
satan is the accuser of the brethren.
“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
To flee means to run away with fear.
I have been called – or emailed - more than once to inform me someone has tried to steal my identity.
Holy Spirit may be calling you, today, to tell you the enemy has tried to steal your identity.
Your right-standing with God. Your Divine destiny in Christ.
Do not be dismayed. Do not be discouraged.
A new beginning In Christ is as close as your next breath.
God’s grace has you – and will God’s grace can keep you.
Psalm 30:5 – “his favor is for a lifetime”
“His grace lasts a lifetime.”
“Thank you for yesterday. Thank you for today. Thank you for another new beginning In Christ.”
Recognize what Jesus has done for you so that you can be restored to where you should be in your relationship with your Creator.
“He restores my soul.”
“Jesus was broken, so that I could be whole.”
John knew Jesus loved him and he personalized and practiced Jesus’ love for him.
“You loved me and gave yourself for me.”
Because we know we are loved by our Creator, we can now go running back to Him.
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God”

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Hillside United Methodist Church
3739 US 80
Phenix City  AL  36870
United States
Pastor: Mike J Koger

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