Whose Names Are In The Book Of Life?
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Text - Luke 10.19-20; Philippians 4.3
19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
3 And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Title - Whose Names Are In The Book Of Life?
Key Questions
Key Questions
Is your name in the book of life?
Is it important that my name is in the book of life?
how can I know that my name is in the book of life?
The Book of Life and the Book of the Living
The Book of Life and the Book of the Living
There is a book called “book of the living” but they’re not the same
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous.
also translated “book of life”
notice - the psalmist calls for God to do something against the wicked
what is addressed here is natural life, not eternal life or existence
Moses’ conversation with God when Israel sinned at Mt Sinai
31 Then Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold!
32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin—but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written.”
33 And the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
34 Now therefore, go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit for punishment, I will visit punishment upon them for their sin.”
The same event is recounted by Moses in the book of Deuteronomy
13 “Furthermore the Lord spoke to me, saying, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed they are a stiff-necked people.
14 Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’
15 “So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
This “blotting out of a name” is a metaphor for killing the person
a warning against those who commit sin in their hearts
19 and so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart’—as though the drunkard could be included with the sober.
20 “The Lord would not spare him; for then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the Lord would blot out his name from under heaven.
God’s promise to wipe out Amalek under heaven
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”
What’s the Point?
What’s the Point?
this “book of life” is the record of everyone who lives or comes to existence on earth at any given time.
the names of all 7 billion plus humans alive today are written in God’s book of the living
but this has nothing to do with eternal life
when God says, “i will blot you out of My book” -
it is not dying by natural causes
God is saying, “I will kill you!”
3 When my enemies turn back, They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
4 For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
The Book of Life and the Purpose of God
The Book of Life and the Purpose of God
The “book of life” that speaks of eternal life is mostly referred to in the New Testament.
what is this book for? What does it record?
Why is it important to have your name written in the Book of Life?
The Book of Life is the record of the citizens (dwellers) of heaven (just as the book of the living is a record of earth-dwellers)
before Paul spoke of his fellow workers that their names are in the Book of Life, he first made mention of their “citizenship”
20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
heaven is especially prepared exclusively for its citizens!
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
the holy city, New Jerusalem
TO HAVE YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE MEANS YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN
HEAVEN (GOD’S RULE) HAS JURISDICTION OVER YOUR LIFE - AND THE DEVIL HAS NONE!
YOU HAVE THE PROTECTION OF HEAVEN IN YOUR LIFE!
19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
Jesus is saying - I give you power because that’s what you are supposed to be as citizens of heaven!
Note - it does not mean that Judas Iscariot’s name was in the Book of Life!
in another parable - Jesus said to the same etype of people - “I never knew you”
YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN BY ELECTION
not by your own intention or desire - but God’s
not when you gave your life to Jesus - but BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
YOUR CITIZENSHIP IN HEAVEN IS A PUBLIC RECORD
22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
“registered” - APOGRAPHO, enrolled in the public records; this alludes to Rome’s practice of making public the records of those who are officially “Roman citizens”
It is supposed to be - but GOD SEALED THE BOOK IN SUCH A WAY THAT ONLY THE OVERCOME CAN LOOSE ITS SEAL!
the 7-sealed book - the book of redemption - is the same Book of Life, or the Lamb’s Book of Life!
it is the record of God’s people - the ones that needed redemption
GOD SEALED YOUR NAME IN THE BOOK SO THAT THE DEVIL CANNOT DESTROY YOU
Example - Jesus was hid from King Herod...
IT REMAINS SEALED IN HEAVEN UNTIL REDEMPTION IS COMPLETE - THAT IS, GOD’S PEOPLE ARE SEALED ON EARTH WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT!
TODAY, THE BOOK OF REDEMPTION IS IN CHRIST’S HANDS
IT IS OPEN
ANYONE CAN SEE THE RECORDS,
EVEN SATAN CAN LOOK INTO THE RECORDS, BUT HE CANNOT TOUCH YOU ANYMORE - BECAUSE YOU ARE NOW SEALED ON EARTH!
The Book of Life and the Names written in It
The Book of Life and the Names written in It
So how do I know whether my name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life or not?
You receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is the SEAL OF YOUR INHERITANCE!
You receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, which is the SEAL OF YOUR INHERITANCE!
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
why would God ‘seal” anyone that does not need security or the guarantee of salvation?
on the other hand, if you are one of God’s people whose namea are written in the book of life before the foundation of the world, heaven is OBLIGATED TO PROTECT YOU!
Your life reflects God’s intended purpose when He wrote your name in the Book of Life
Your life reflects God’s intended purpose when He wrote your name in the Book of Life
your life will demonstrate strength and gain victory
5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
you are an OVERCOMER!
you will not bow down to Antichrist power and influence
8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Is your name written in the Book of Life? How do you know?
What does your spirit say?
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
the seal of the Holy Spirit MUST BE a PUBLIC RECORD!
Surrender your life to God, believe His words and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit!
your not is NOT written on the day you surrender your life
you surrender your life to God BECAUSER you now realize that you BELONG TO GOD IN THE FIRST PLACE - your name is Lamb’s Book of Life
What does your action say?
Are you overcoming the world, or are overcome by this world?
IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN -
SHOW IT!
LIVE IT!
PROVE IT WITH YOUR ACTIONS!
SONG - chorus medley
I Will Be an Overcomer
I will triumph in the trials
I will glory in the Cross
I will stand upon the mountain
Walk through the fire untouched
Though the world may rise against me
My strength is in the Lord
I will be an overcomer
For He has overcome the world
In Christ Alone will I Glory
In Christ alone I place my trust
and find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory let it be said of me
My source of strength
My source of hope
Is Christ alone...
The Lion hath Prevailed
Let us worship
for the Lion hath prevailed
The book with our inheritance
Has been open and unveiled
Hallelujah give Him glory
Satan’s plans have failed
Because the Lion has prevailed