Title
CODE – Week Two – KNOWN 生命密码2 – 认识
Date
07/12/2026
Description
ROMANS 8:31-32
If God has determined to stand with us, who then could ever stand against us? For God has proved his love by giving us his greatest treasure, the gift of his Son. And since God freely offered him up as the sacrifice for us all, he certainly won’t withhold from us anything else he has to give.
罗马书 8:31-32
既是这样，还有什么说的呢？神若帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？神既不惜为我们舍了自己的儿子，岂不也把万事和他一同白白地赐给我们吗？
LUKE 19:9-10
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
路加福音 19:9-10
耶稣说：“今天救恩临到了这家，因为他也是亚伯拉罕的子孙。人子来，为要寻找、拯救失丧的人。”
ROMANS 5:1
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
罗马书 5:1
我们既因信称义，就藉着我们的主耶稣基督得与神相和。
ROMANS 5:5
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
罗马书 5:5
盼望不至于羞耻，因为神的爱藉着所赐给我们的圣灵，已经浇灌在我们心里。
ISAIAH 43:1
Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
以赛亚书 43:1
你不要害怕，因为我救赎了你；我曾提你的名召你，你是属我的。
If God has determined to stand with us, who then could ever stand against us? For God has proved his love by giving us his greatest treasure, the gift of his Son. And since God freely offered him up as the sacrifice for us all, he certainly won’t withhold from us anything else he has to give.
罗马书 8:31-32
既是这样，还有什么说的呢？神若帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？神既不惜为我们舍了自己的儿子，岂不也把万事和他一同白白地赐给我们吗？
LUKE 19:9-10
Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
路加福音 19:9-10
耶稣说：“今天救恩临到了这家，因为他也是亚伯拉罕的子孙。人子来，为要寻找、拯救失丧的人。”
ROMANS 5:1
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
罗马书 5:1
我们既因信称义，就藉着我们的主耶稣基督得与神相和。
ROMANS 5:5
And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
罗马书 5:5
盼望不至于羞耻，因为神的爱藉着所赐给我们的圣灵，已经浇灌在我们心里。
ISAIAH 43:1
Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
以赛亚书 43:1
你不要害怕，因为我救赎了你；我曾提你的名召你，你是属我的。
Creator
Pastor: Mike Koger
Contributor
Hillside United Methodist Church
3737 US 80
Phenix City AL 36870
United States
3737 US 80
Phenix City AL 36870
United States
Transcription
CODE – Week Two – KNOWN 认识
Luke 19:5,9,10
Last week I did something that felt almost impossible. I deleted Instagram off my phone. For some of you, that might sound like no big deal. But for me... my thumb still finds that empty spot on my home screen out of habit.
I'll go to check something — anything — and just stare at the blank space where the app used to be.
That's how much of a grip it had on me.
Because it wasn't just stealing my time. It was quietly planting ideas and images in my mind that I never asked for — a steady hum of comparison, distraction, and noise I didn't even realize I was carrying around with me all day.
Now, I got some good productivity tips and health info along the way, I'll admit that.
But mixed in with all of it was a constant stream of bad news and disturbing glimpses of everything wrong with this current age we live in. And it left me with a question I couldn't shake.
Last week we asked, "Who wrote the code you're living by?"
This week, it's this: Whose voice has our attention?
What we focus on expands. What we feed our hearts determines what we start to see in the world around us.
God wants to direct our steps — but we have to be sensitive enough to hear His voice.
He is seeking us today.Before we can fully comprehend God’s CODE, we must first understand God's Heart. He sees us completely—our failures and wanderings—yet responds with healing, comfort, and grace.
The Code is not God's way of keeping you out; it's God's way of bringing you home.
Remember last week we said, GOD wants the best for our lives. ( )
Romans 8:31, 32: So, what does all this mean? If God has determined to stand with us, tell me, who then could ever stand against us? For God has proved his love by giving us his greatest treasure, the gift of his Son. And since God freely offered him up as the sacrifice for us all, he certainly won’t withhold from us anything else he has to give.
It’s all about growing in our understanding and experience of the heart of Our Father
Last week we asked, 'Who wrote the code you're living by?'
This week we meet a man whose entire life had been written by another code.
Success. Wealth. Status. Power.
He climbed a tree thinking he was looking for Jesus...
...only to discover Jesus had been looking for him all along.
“Wee Little Man”
Luke 19:1-10
Zaccheus was NOT a popular man in the community
The lesson is – even the little (rejected) person matters to God. (verse 3)
The crowd overlooked him... Jesus didn't.
“People want to be seen”
GOD sees you where you are. (verse 5)
Jesus stopped beneath the tree.
He didn't say, 'Hey, tax collector...'
He didn't say, 'Hey, sinner...'
He didn't say, 'Hey, you...'
He said, 'Zacchaeus.'
Week Two: The One who rewrites your code already knows your name.
Before Zacchaeus ever came down from the tree...
before he gave anything back...
before his life changed...
before he made things right...
Jesus called him by name.
The world says... 'Prove your worth, and then you'll matter.'
Jesus says... 'You matter, and that's why I've come for you.'"
"You're valuable because I know your name."
When Jesus says, "Zacchaeus," He isn't just identifying him.
He's inviting him. The name becomes an invitation.
When Jesus walked into a room, prostitutes felt safe enough to cry at his feet, while religious leaders plotted his death.
That's not normal love. That's dangerous love.
We've heard it a thousand times. “Jesus loves you.”
But what does that actually mean?
Because if we're honest, those three words have become so familiar that they've seemingly lost their impact on so many.
HERE is the Love of Christ:
Jesus didn't love people from a distance. He touched the untouchable.
(even the tax collector)
vs 5: When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”
WHY?
vs 9: Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house…”
An encounter with the true Jesus changes everything. (verse 9)
He gave him dignity before he gave him direction. He let him know he was KNOWN.
Joseph Prince: “In Luke 19:2–10, where you find Jesus meeting and ministering to Zacchaeus, notice that not a single commandment was given. Yet when the love and grace of our Lord Jesus touched his heart, the once-covetous tax collector wanted to give half of his wealth to the poor and repay fourfold every person he had stolen from. The love of money died when the love of Jesus came. This is what happens to people who encounter the Lord Jesus and His grace.”
Why does this change us? “Perfect love drives out fear.”
We need an “encounter with the Lord Jesus and His grace.”
We need to have a revelation of the Love Jesus has for us today
Here's what we sometimes miss:
Jesus' love is so powerful... that it confronts the lies we've believed about ourselves.
Jesus didn't simply come to forgive your past.
He came to interrupt the code you've been living by.
Jesus gave Zacchaeus dignity before he gave him direction.
He let him know he was KNOWN.
Our faith in the true love of the true Jesus – our true savior – becomes the CODE that is the antidote to this form of miserable existence:
Romans 5:1: Our faith in Jesus transfers God's righteousness to us and he now declares us flawless in his eyes. This means we can now enjoy true and lasting peace with God, all because of what our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, has done for us.
Romans 5:1 (AMP) Therefore, since we have been justified [that is, acquitted of sin, declared blameless before God] by faith, [let us grasp the fact that] we have peace with God [and the joy of reconciliation with Him] through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).
To understand The CODE we need a true revelation of the Love of Christ within our hearts.
God sees you today. You are KNOWN.
Psalm 33:18: Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love…
God sees you today. God hears you today. You are KNOWN.
Psalm 34:4 (David) “Listen to my testimony: I cried to God in my distress and He answered me. He freed me from all my fears!”
Maybe you've spent years trying to prove your value.
Maybe you've climbed your own tree.
Maybe you've hidden behind success... or failure... or religion... or shame...
Today...
Jesus stops.
Looks up.
Calls your name.
Then... “You're valuable... because I know your name.”
Remember you are known
Isaiah 43:1: Do not be afraid, I have rescued you to belong to me. I have called you by your name, so now you are mine.
Zacchaeus' code said: You're valuable because of what you possess.
Jesus rewrote the code: You're valuable because I know your name.
“The Son of Man has come to seek out and to give life to those who are lost.”
The Son of Man has come to seek...
...you.
Luke 19:5,9,10
Last week I did something that felt almost impossible. I deleted Instagram off my phone. For some of you, that might sound like no big deal. But for me... my thumb still finds that empty spot on my home screen out of habit.
I'll go to check something — anything — and just stare at the blank space where the app used to be.
That's how much of a grip it had on me.
Because it wasn't just stealing my time. It was quietly planting ideas and images in my mind that I never asked for — a steady hum of comparison, distraction, and noise I didn't even realize I was carrying around with me all day.
Now, I got some good productivity tips and health info along the way, I'll admit that.
But mixed in with all of it was a constant stream of bad news and disturbing glimpses of everything wrong with this current age we live in. And it left me with a question I couldn't shake.
Last week we asked, "Who wrote the code you're living by?"
This week, it's this: Whose voice has our attention?
What we focus on expands. What we feed our hearts determines what we start to see in the world around us.
God wants to direct our steps — but we have to be sensitive enough to hear His voice.
He is seeking us today.Before we can fully comprehend God’s CODE, we must first understand God's Heart. He sees us completely—our failures and wanderings—yet responds with healing, comfort, and grace.
The Code is not God's way of keeping you out; it's God's way of bringing you home.
Remember last week we said, GOD wants the best for our lives. ( )
Romans 8:31, 32: So, what does all this mean? If God has determined to stand with us, tell me, who then could ever stand against us? For God has proved his love by giving us his greatest treasure, the gift of his Son. And since God freely offered him up as the sacrifice for us all, he certainly won’t withhold from us anything else he has to give.
It’s all about growing in our understanding and experience of the heart of Our Father
Last week we asked, 'Who wrote the code you're living by?'
This week we meet a man whose entire life had been written by another code.
Success. Wealth. Status. Power.
He climbed a tree thinking he was looking for Jesus...
...only to discover Jesus had been looking for him all along.
“Wee Little Man”
Luke 19:1-10
Zaccheus was NOT a popular man in the community
The lesson is – even the little (rejected) person matters to God. (verse 3)
The crowd overlooked him... Jesus didn't.
“People want to be seen”
GOD sees you where you are. (verse 5)
Jesus stopped beneath the tree.
He didn't say, 'Hey, tax collector...'
He didn't say, 'Hey, sinner...'
He didn't say, 'Hey, you...'
He said, 'Zacchaeus.'
Week Two: The One who rewrites your code already knows your name.
Before Zacchaeus ever came down from the tree...
before he gave anything back...
before his life changed...
before he made things right...
Jesus called him by name.
The world says... 'Prove your worth, and then you'll matter.'
Jesus says... 'You matter, and that's why I've come for you.'"
"You're valuable because I know your name."
When Jesus says, "Zacchaeus," He isn't just identifying him.
He's inviting him. The name becomes an invitation.
When Jesus walked into a room, prostitutes felt safe enough to cry at his feet, while religious leaders plotted his death.
That's not normal love. That's dangerous love.
We've heard it a thousand times. “Jesus loves you.”
But what does that actually mean?
Because if we're honest, those three words have become so familiar that they've seemingly lost their impact on so many.
HERE is the Love of Christ:
Jesus didn't love people from a distance. He touched the untouchable.
(even the tax collector)
vs 5: When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”
WHY?
vs 9: Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house…”
An encounter with the true Jesus changes everything. (verse 9)
He gave him dignity before he gave him direction. He let him know he was KNOWN.
Joseph Prince: “In Luke 19:2–10, where you find Jesus meeting and ministering to Zacchaeus, notice that not a single commandment was given. Yet when the love and grace of our Lord Jesus touched his heart, the once-covetous tax collector wanted to give half of his wealth to the poor and repay fourfold every person he had stolen from. The love of money died when the love of Jesus came. This is what happens to people who encounter the Lord Jesus and His grace.”
Why does this change us? “Perfect love drives out fear.”
We need an “encounter with the Lord Jesus and His grace.”
We need to have a revelation of the Love Jesus has for us today
Here's what we sometimes miss:
Jesus' love is so powerful... that it confronts the lies we've believed about ourselves.
Jesus didn't simply come to forgive your past.
He came to interrupt the code you've been living by.
Jesus gave Zacchaeus dignity before he gave him direction.
He let him know he was KNOWN.
Our faith in the true love of the true Jesus – our true savior – becomes the CODE that is the antidote to this form of miserable existence:
Romans 5:1: Our faith in Jesus transfers God's righteousness to us and he now declares us flawless in his eyes. This means we can now enjoy true and lasting peace with God, all because of what our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, has done for us.
Romans 5:1 (AMP) Therefore, since we have been justified [that is, acquitted of sin, declared blameless before God] by faith, [let us grasp the fact that] we have peace with God [and the joy of reconciliation with Him] through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).
To understand The CODE we need a true revelation of the Love of Christ within our hearts.
God sees you today. You are KNOWN.
Psalm 33:18: Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love…
God sees you today. God hears you today. You are KNOWN.
Psalm 34:4 (David) “Listen to my testimony: I cried to God in my distress and He answered me. He freed me from all my fears!”
Maybe you've spent years trying to prove your value.
Maybe you've climbed your own tree.
Maybe you've hidden behind success... or failure... or religion... or shame...
Today...
Jesus stops.
Looks up.
Calls your name.
Then... “You're valuable... because I know your name.”
Remember you are known
Isaiah 43:1: Do not be afraid, I have rescued you to belong to me. I have called you by your name, so now you are mine.
Zacchaeus' code said: You're valuable because of what you possess.
Jesus rewrote the code: You're valuable because I know your name.
“The Son of Man has come to seek out and to give life to those who are lost.”
The Son of Man has come to seek...
...you.