BOOK OF LIFE PART 2

Continued from last week:

Your name can be blotted out. (Rev 3:5)  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT YOU CAN YOURSELF BLOT OUT YOUR NAME.

Rev. 20:12 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.

Spiritualist Symbolic View:   Books is plural; here judging the dead are those who have died to carnality and have the life of Christ in them. Another group   is the group which came out of the Millennium with Life; they passed the test and will be judged according to their works.

Here are the other Scriptures where Book of Life is found:

(Psa 69:28)  Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written with the righteous.

(Php 4:3)  And I also beg you, true yoke-fellow, help those women who labored in the gospel with me and with Clement, and others of my fellow-laborers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

(Rev 3:5)  The one who overcomes, this one will be clothed in white clothing. And I will not blot out his name out of the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

(Rev 13:8)  And all dwelling on the earth will worship it, those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain, from the foundation of the world.

(Rev 17:8)  The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to ascend out of the abyss and go into perdition. And those dwelling on the earth will marvel, those whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

(Rev 20:12)  And I saw the dead, the small and the great, stand before God. And books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

(Rev 20:15)  And if anyone was not found having been written in the Book of Life, he was cast into the Lake of Fire.

(Rev 21:27)  And there shall in no way enter into it anything that defiles, or any making an abomination or a lie; but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

(Rev 22:19)  And if anyone takes away from the Words of the Book of this prophecy, God will take away his part out of the Book of Life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which have been written in this Book.

Symbolically/spiritually the Elect/ Bride, the Mature Ones are sin free and they walk in His presence. They are New Jerusalem, the wife of the Lamb. Their names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Lamb’s Book of Life:

 Spiritually the Lamb’s Book of Life is in our spirit man. You are the Book.

References:

Lamb’s Book of Life- (Php 4:3)  And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life. See alsoRev. 3:5, 13:8, 17:8, 20:212,15, 21:27, 22:19

Volume of the Book-(Psa 40:7)  Then I said, Lo, I come, in the volume of the Book it is written of Me;(Heb 10:7)  Then I said, Lo, I come (in the volume of the Book it is written of Me) to do Your will, O God."

Book that was written all the days of my life-(Psa 139:16)  Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.

Book of Remembrance-(Mal 3:16)  Then those fearing Jehovah spoke together, each man to his neighbor. And Jehovah listened and heard. And a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who feared Jehovah, and for those esteeming His name.

Living Epistles- (2Co 3:2-3)  You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men, it having been made plain that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, not having been written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tablets of stone, but in fleshly tablets of the heart.(Eph 1:11)  in whom also we have been chosen to an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will,

Practical Application: Your spirit (heart) is your BOOK.  Your mouth is your letter opener. What you speak  into yourself opens the VOLUMES of the pages of the soul, pages hidden waiting for you to explore.  Rooms within a MANSION called the KINGDOM OF GOD.

THE HABITATION OF GOD! THE MANSION YOU!! (John 14:2-3) In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, so that where I am, you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.

The Book of Life as we have said before-- God is writing in your book! He is writing it in our hearts. And there is only One who is worthy to take the book and open it and loose the seals thereof, and that is the Lamb in the midst of the throne. The Lamb! Oh, the wonder of it!  The Revelation of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. The book is the book of the life of the Lamb. The opening of the book is the unveiling of the life of the Lamb, the revelation of His life written and engraven in the hearts and minds of those who share His nature. He is the One who is worthy to take each one of us and open us up. And it is only through Jesus Christ our Lord that we can be opened up as the Book of the Life of the Lamb.

THE BOOK OF LIFE PART 1

THE BOOK OF LIFE

Rev. 13:8 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.

THE BOOK OF LIFE OF THE LAMB

A book is a collection of written sheets, bound together along one edge and protected by a cover. In Bible times a book was usually preserved on a scroll, a roll of papyrus, leather, or parchment. "Book" is from the Hebrew "cepher" (Strong's #5612) which means "writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book." Its root "caphar" (Strong's #5608) means "to score with a mark as a tally or record, (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, celebrate." The Greek word for "book" is "biblos," from which we get our word "Bible." Figuratively, to eat the book speaks of partaking of the Word of God. The Book of Life carries the idea of registering citizens; a sealed book is one with its contents unrevealed.

There may be a literal  tangible book, the Book of Life of the Lamb, however, symbolically the Book is a people with the Lamb's nature (Rev. 14:1-5; 21:27).  In other words believers are the Book. Paul wrote that the general assembly and Church of the firstborn are registered in Heaven (Heb. 12:23). Christians are living epistles, known and read of all men, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God (2 Cor. 3:1-3). The revelation of Jesus Christ is being written in the hearts of a people commissioned to go throughout the earth (Rev. 1:11)--"the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (see Phil. 4;3; Rev. 3:5; 13:8; 17:8; 21:27).

Another interpretation is that the Book of Life  is about Christ, the One “who is our life” (Col. 3:4). This “Lamb’s book of (zoe) life” (Rev. 21:27), is about Him, and His intention to perform His purposes through us His people, His Word made flesh.

Many believe that carnal Christians do not have their names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life because they do not have His nature.

(Rom 8:6)  For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

(Mat 6:24)  No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Here is another opinion:  Your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life of the Lamb from the foundations of the earth.  It is a book of  your destiny. Ps. 139:14-16.

(Psa 139:14)  I will praise You; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are marvelous and my soul knows it very well. My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret and skillfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written, the days they were formed, and not one was among them.

(Psa 40:7-8)  Then I said, Lo, I come, in the volume of the Book it is written of Me; I delight to do Your will, O My God; and Your Law is within My heart.

Your name can be blotted out. (Rev 3:5)  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Unity in the Body-Being One

Many talk about unity in the Body of Christ. Here is what Scripture says:

1. John the Baptist was the voice of "one" (not two)(Matt. 3:3; Mk. 
1:3).

2. Husband and wife are to be "one flesh" (Matt. 10:7-9; Eph. 5:31).

3. Jesus prayed that we all might become "one" (Jn. 17:11,21-23). That prayer has been answered.

4. The disciples continued in "one accord" (Acts 1:14; 2:46; 4:24; 
5:12).

5. The early Church was of "one heart" with all things common (Acts 
4:32).

6. The Samaritans heard Philips's preaching with "one accord" (Acts 
8:6).

7. God has made of "one" blood all nations ("ethnos") of men (Acts 
17:26).

8. We are to glorify God with "one mind and one mouth" (Rom. 15:6).

9. He or she that is joined to the Lord is "one spirit" (1 Cor. 6:17).

10. We being many are "one bread, and one body" (1 Cor. 10:17).

11. God has set every "one" of the members in the Body (1 Cor. 12:18).

12. If "one" suffers or is honored, all suffer and rejoice with him (1 
Cor. 12:26).

13. We are all "one" in Christ Jesus (Gal. 3:28).

14. Jesus, our Peace, has made Jew and Gentile both "one" (Eph. 2:14).

15. The Church, the Body of Christ, is "one new man" (Eph. 2:15).

16. There is "one body" of Christ with "one Lord" and "one faith" (Eph. 
4:4-5).

17. We are to be of "one accord" and "one mind" (Phil. 2:2; 1 Pet. 
3:8).

18. He who sanctifies and we who are sanctified are "all of one" (Heb. 
2:11).

19. "One" offering perfected forever those who are sanctified (Heb. 
10:14).

20. We seek "one" continuing city (an abiding remnant)(Heb. 13:14).

21. "One" sat upon the throne in the Most Holy Place (Rev. 4:2).

22. Each of the twelve gates of the City was made of "one" pearl (Rev. 
21:21).

23. New wine found in the cluster. 65:8aThus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: 

24.We as the Body have the mind (one mind) of Christ 1Co 2:16)  For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.

25. This is an on-going process in the soulish realm. We are one in spirit.(Eph 4:13)  Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:


We are already One in Christ; just got to act like it.

HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF?

Psa 139:14-16)  I will praise You; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are marvelous and my soul knows it very well. My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret and skillfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth.  Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written, the days they were formed, and not one was among them.

Jeremiah 1:5- BEFORE I formed you in the belly, I KNEW you and BEFORE you came forth out of the womb I SANCTIFIED you , and ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.--

Psalm 51:5- Behold I was shapen IN iniquity and IN sin did my mother conceive me. Which is true?

We were known of the Father and sanctified (set apart) by the Father before we came into this realm. 

Once we discover our true identity, the environment of what we are born IN and shapen BY loses it's power over us. It's not that we are innately corrupt,our spirit (the real you) is of the Father. We are unawakened to who we really are, and our thinking becomes a part of a world of darkness and deception,thus creating corrupt actions. ( quote from Michael Scott Jr.)

 Eph. 5:14- Awake thou that sleeps and arise from the dead(corrupt thinking) and Christ shall give thee Light.

(Eph 5:14)  Therefore he says, "Awake, sleeping ones! And arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light."

How Do You Identify Yourself?

What you identify with, you are putting your hope, faith, trust and your confidence in.

BODY

Body minded (“The Mind Set On The Flesh”)

SOUL

Soul minded (I Am how I feel and think)

I identify myself with my personality--I am my personality type, I am even tempered, I am short fused, I am shy, I am fiery, I am quiet, I am talkative. I am my personality.

I am my possessions, my money, my things, and my family bloodline. I am my status in life. I am successful, or I am a failure. My car, my house, or boat or my job security makes me who I am.

My security and identity comes from where I attend church. —I say, I am charismatic, I am a Baptist, I am from the Vineyard, I am a Presbyterian, a Catholic, or I am non-denominational. Therefore, I am my Spiritual affiliation.

I am what I accomplish and perform spiritually, or I am my ministry. I get inner brownie points from doing good works. I identity myself with my good works, I even boast about them.

We identify myself with my relationships—my husband, my wife, or my children. What I could not accomplish myself, I will do it through my children. I have validity because my husband is successful, or I am not valid because my wife is fat and not so beautiful. My children are smart, so I identity myself as a good parent. My children have embarrassed me, so therefore I am not a good parent. My security and confidence is drawn from my family life.

I even identify myself with my sins—I am Gay, I am an alcoholic, I am an addict, I am a liar, I am a lustful, I am hateful, or “I am a carnal person sold under sin,” as Paul says. Truth: We may commit sins, and we must not be in denial, but my sins are not who I am. They might be what I am doing but they are not who I am.

I am my profession; what I do for a living is who I am. I am a teacher, I am a judge, I am a doctor, I am an electrician, I am a stay-at-home mother, I am a janitor, I am a computer expert, I am an unemployed failure, I am a school drop out, I am a Harvard graduate, I am a nurse, I am a pilot, etc. I draw my identity from my work place, or from my nationality—I am a Ford worker, I am an American, I live in a mobile home, or I live in a large house.

Truth: No matter what you do or where you live, these criteria DO NOT DEFINE WHO YOU ARE. When we live by this false identity and draw our security from this realm, we are always needy, always dissatisfied, and self-centered, because nothing is ever enough to satisfy us. We are left with an insatiable hunger, …ever looking for fullness, and completeness, but never finding it.

SPIRIT

Spirit minded (focus on Who I am in Spirit).

True: In our Spirits, Christians are joined to Christ, who is our life and the very power source that we live by. We are Christ in our human forms and that is my (our) true Spiritual identity. I am the actual body of Christ and my spirit is married to HIS Spirit so we are one. This oneness is somewhat like a piece of iron lit on fire. The iron and the fire share their essences with each other and become one. The fire so interpenetrates the iron that the iron almost disappears, yet the fire has no form without the iron, and the iron has no reality without the fire. This is true inter-dependency, and oneness.

When I identify myself as a human spirit joined to, and indwelt with the Holy Spirit, I can dare claim all that Jesus is as me. “I am peace, because the Prince of Peace lives in me.” “I am righteous, because HIS righteous is MY righteousness.” “I am power because the resurrection power of the universe lives my life.” I am holy, because the Holy Spirit is my life.” “I am love, because, Jesus my life’s source is a lover poured out to others.” “I am a co-heir with Jesus, because I have inherited Him and all that he is. I am the bride, for He is my new husband.” “I am accepted in the beloved, I am chosen, I am justified, I am sanctified, I am glorified, I am a New Creation, I am a king and a priest, I have royal blood, I am a true Israelite, a Jew, I am a priest after the order of Melchizedek” who has no beginning and no end. I am eternal.

I have access and rights to the Throne Room “I can ask anything in His name and He will give it to me and it shall be done.” “I can say unto any mountain in my life, ‘Be Thou Removed,’ and it shall obey me.” I am now one with God who creatively “calls the things that are not as though they were.” All power in heaven and earth has been given unto me, for “I live by the faith of the Son of God.”

My soul and body are anointed by the Holy Spirit and express the fruit of the Holy Spirit. My precious humanity is rightly used in righteousness. My humanity comes alive eternally and is rightly accepted and appreciated. I have no condemnation. “I have overcome the evil one” and “the evil one touches me not.” I have special Spiritual gifts, and I have all power, authority, and dominion in heaven and earth, and “I have all sufficiency for all things.” AMEN