STUDIES FROM BRETHREN IN CHRIST

6/30/2019 ~ Book of Life

⚿   BookOfLifeAM.mp3 (43m 13s)   BookOfLife.pptx Darkness cannot forget what it is not. Depth has a quality of knowing. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, ... ~ Psalms 139:16 The Bible confirms that at the point of conception a heavenly soul is created. Laws of man do not supersede the announced ordinances of God. The Book of God includes life in His light. ... Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh. ~ Ecclesiastes 12:12 Knowledge cannot replace the wisdom of God that transcends knowledge itself. Some choose to see God while others deny His power and grace of salvation. While God has knowledge of souls, souls do not necessarily have knowledge of God. It is in this creation, where choice is given, that God examines the merits of hearts. Without God there would be no knowledge. "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase." ~ Daniel 12:4 And the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book." ~ Exodus 32:33 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. ~ Romans 6:23 God watches all, and as such, our actions will reveal the destiny we choose, either in Him or not. ... God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ... ~ 1st Timothy 2:3-7 The heavenly cause is to stay in Heaven God our Savior     ⮡  Desires all men to be saved         ⮡  Come to the knowledge of the truth The question will always remain, do we come to God or a substitute? His truth is plain in His call to come, and through His son, Christ Jesus our savior God incarnate. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. ~ 2nd Timothy 2:15 The word of truth is written for man to know how to approach that which has been denied, a return to His eternal kingdom of life. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. ... ~ 1st Corinthians 3:7-9 Each of us is a worker. The fruits of which are shown by our labors. Where one labors for good, another schemes for evil. As it is God’s kingdom, the field will be purged of the weeds that have no root in Him. Power belongs to the Lord, not men. ... 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. ~ Philippians 4:3 Certainly women are called as equally to be servants and laborers in His kingdom. A good name is better than precious ointment, And the day of death than the day of one's birth; ~ Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold. ~ Proverbs 22:1 "... do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven." ~ Luke 10:19-20 Many gifts and talents have been spread about His kingdom of life throughout time. More important than rejoicing in one's own talents is rejoicing in the forgiveness and grace He offers to all, especially made available to ourselves. "He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; ..." ~ Revelation 3:5 To be in the Book of Life one must overcome the practicing of those things He has commanded not to practice. The reward is greater than the passing sinful practice, and so many cannot muster the strength to overcome the weakness they cannot defeat. "... who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name ..." ~ Revelation 2:17 "... To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God." ~ Revelation 2:7 God has promised that those who overcome will partake in the eternal life giving fruit of His giving. "... whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God." ~ Luke 12:5-9 Heaven or Hell is declared by actions Confess Me Before men, him the Son of Man also will Confess before the Angels of God He who Denies Me Before men will be Denied before the Angels of God Many hearts perceive their destination of choice. Both those descending and ascending have an inkling of the path they reach out for. ... 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. ~ Revelation 21:27 Lamb's Book of Life does not include evil A lie Defiles      Abomination      Darkness will have no entrance through the gate of eternal light. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written with the righteous. ~ Psalms 69:28 God retrieves those who live nobly in Him Righteous written in the Living Book Only the righteous will appear in His Book of the Living. By righteous it is a call to His ways, and not the pompous elite that only find favor with themselves. But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company ... ~ Hebrews 12:22-24 Heaven is a destination To Mount Zion To the Living God    ⮡  the heavenly Jerusalem To an innumerable company of angels To the general assembly of the firstborn                  ⮡  who are registed in heaven To God the Judge of all To the spirits of just men made perfect To Jesus the Mediator For all those who desire to arrive in heaven, Jesus is the only master and mediator between God and men. ... above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ... ~ Philippians 2:9-11 It is God’s own proclamation that all will return to Him through Jesus, either knowingly of unknowingly. Quite a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God without knowledge of Him. ... "As I live, says the Lord, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God." ~ Romans 14:11 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb ... ~ Revelation 13:8 Those not written in the Book of life have denied where He calls us out, to be in Him, rather choosing to worship creations of man’s imagination. ... And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life ... ~ Revelation 17:8 There is an abstraction of where those that are not are. Nothing good comes to those dealt to this eternal damnation. ... books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, ... ~ Revelation 20:12 Terminal time will come as time’s gravity runs out. The well will be purged of all those who have not made it to His fountain of life. Salvation is a work of character and willingness to share in His truth and spirit. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. ~ Daniel 12:2 Heaven and hell are real with the latter most dreadful. "... those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation." ~ John 5:28-29 Life or Death is in the Breath Done good   Resurrection   of Life Done evil Resurrection of Condemnation A divide between good and bad is an eventuality for all He calls forth. ... judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. ~ Revelation 20:13-14 Let no one fool you that works are not an essential part of our eternal judgment. It is awareness of this judgment, of our works, that makes men of higher integrity under accountability. No one is impervious to God’s own wave of truth. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. ~ Revelation 20:15 Destruction is an inevitable consequence, for the casting off of God, in the lustful preferences of man. "... at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book." ~ Daniel 12:1 "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt." ~ Daniel 12:2 Deliverance cannot be done alone as it is a gift of God, so observance in His call is vital for salvation. Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates ... ~ Revelation 22:14-15 The despicable will fall from His presence   Outside:               ● Dogs               ● Sorcerers               ● Sexually Immoral               ● Murderers               ● Idolaters               ● Whoever practices a lie   Those whose works are of the darkness, which He has clearly defined in His goodness, will not find His blessings. You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book? ~ Psalms 56:8 In life we weep for the children where the heartless devour spirit. Do not let your sorrows defeat your courage to remain faithful. The Greatest Gain in Life is Forever ● It is sin that blots one’s name out of God’s book ● God wants all to be saved & come to know truth ● God’s workers are His field and holy building ● Workers of gospel have names in the Book of Life ● Rejoice name written in heaven over given talents ● One must overcome to eat of the tree of life ● All abominable that defiles or lies not in Book/Life ● Sacrifice of Jesus brings us directly to God ● All will confess and bow to Jesus Christ ● All are judged by what is written in the Book of Life ● The good receive life where evil gets condemnation ● Anyone not in the Book of Life cast in Lake of Fire ● Obedience blesses with the right to the tree of life Joy is where life flourishes in His presence Darkness has an ugly gut wrenching blast.