Ultimate Identity Theft

I was thinking about Identity Theft... and the impact those words really have on all of mankind. Im not just referring to the Identity Theft that we hear so much about that is related to our money and possessions.  I am referring to two other types of Identity Theft:

1  Character Assassination: This Identity Theft is the kind that most people experience.  It starts when we are young... typically in our early years in school.  It just takes one person to try to reassign you your identity... you know, the kind of kids that called you names, said you were too smart, or not smart enough, you didn't look right, you were not a good athlete, or you were too good of an athlete, you were too rich, you were to poor, you did not fit in... etc.  Usually these things happen to most of us growing up, and names and a 'reidentity process' occurs with the constant bombardment of verbal insults.  Hopefully we are able to shake those monkeys off as we grow up, but still, it is probably true to say that all of us had our share of attacks on who we were... or who we thought we were.

2 Ultimate Identity Theft: The other kind we have ALL suffered, and suffer to this very moment, is what I refer to as 'Ultimate Identity Theft'.  It occured in the Garden of Eden when mankind exchanged his relationship to God and the perfect world that went with that relationship... to a THIEF.  You may make light of the words that the bible says, but they are true, and all of our 'sophistication' and denial of the Truth of God's Word are linked directly to the fall of mankind.  It was the thief in the Garden of Eden that stole our Identity as God's children, and mankind has suffered the consequences since that time.  The word tells us:

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desiered to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.  Genesis 3:6

God made a remedy that returns us to Him, simply by accepting a free gift of pardon through faith in Jesus Christ.  You see, Jesus was God's son, he was born of a virgin, concieved of the Holy Spirit... so He had NO sin.  Only God could create a worthy pardon for our sin... His name is Jesus. 

When you doubt or feel that mankind is getting the best of you with their evil acts, and with their denial of a living God, and their disregard for the truth of Jesus, consider what is written in II Timothy 4: 3-4   For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine but, after their own lusts, shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables.

The world is following fables. We did not come from monkey's. We were made in the image of God and because of that truth, we must seek to read His holy word and follow, believe and accept the pardon of Jesus Christ for we are all sinners in need of redemption... and Jesus Christ is the ONLY redeemer for me.