The Lamb's Book of Life
Your name was entered into the Lambs Book of Life when you were saved by the Blood of Jesus through faith and were born again.
Many believe that 'Once saved always saved'. I have witnessed many heated debates over this statement. In this article we'll explore God's Word to see if this true or not.
(Disclaimer) I present this statement for discussion. The answer will come you through your hearing heart and the Holy Spirit as He speaks to you personally.
I believe it is obvious to anyone with their eyes open to look around and realize that we have reached the end of the age with Jesus's return very soon. Use this post as a checklist for self examination to ensure you are ready. Time is short do it today.
I believe it is obvious to anyone with their eyes open to look around and realize that we have reached the end of the age with Jesus's return very soon. Use this post as a checklist for self examination to ensure you are ready. Time is short do it today.
I can't speak to the condition of your heart, that is only known by you and our Lord, therefore this is a self evaluation exercise to ensure your sought after eternal destination is the one of your choosing based on your personal relationship with our Savior, as confirmed by the Holy Scripture. I will raise a few questions to assist you in your self evaluation but only God's Word will provide the answer to you through the Holy Spirit. Each of us must resolve this question personally.
All Scripture presented here is from either the KJV or the NKJV of the Bible. (Highlight by me is for emphasis only)
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Compromise defined by Webster:
If you compromise your faith to befriend the world or to co-exist with the world what happens to your Spiritual Light? It goes dark. In James 4 we see what Spiritual adultery results in.
James 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
Matthew 13:38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.
Compromise is blending qualities of two different things, i.e. good and evil.
Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words; Yet you say, “In what way have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil Is good in the sight of the Lord, And He delights in them,” Or, “Where is the God of justice?”
3 John 1:11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.
We all have issues with the flesh until death of the flesh sets us free, it's what we do about it that counts.
What would be possible grounds for a name to be blotted out of the Book of Life?
- Do you walk in the flesh? 'or'
- Do you abide in Him and walk in the Spirit?
- Do you support the world views and/or our Lords views?
- Do your activities build your spirit or do they gratify the flesh?
- Would you want to be doing your current activities if you knew the Lord was coming back now?
- Do you compromise your beliefs to go along with your peers?
Compromise defined by Webster:
- a concession to something derogatory or prejudicial <a compromise of principles>
- something intermediate between or blending qualities of two different things
If you compromise your faith to befriend the world or to co-exist with the world what happens to your Spiritual Light? It goes dark. In James 4 we see what Spiritual adultery results in.
James 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
Matthew 13:38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.
Compromise is blending qualities of two different things, i.e. good and evil.
Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words; Yet you say, “In what way have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil Is good in the sight of the Lord, And He delights in them,” Or, “Where is the God of justice?”
3 John 1:11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.
We all have issues with the flesh until death of the flesh sets us free, it's what we do about it that counts.
- Do you ask yourself what would Jesus do? (or) Do you engage in the activity without giving it a thought?
- When you fall and fulfill the desires of your flesh do you seek the Lord and repent, asking for His forgiveness? (or) Do you just continue on letting the failures accumulate?
What would be possible grounds for a name to be blotted out of the Book of Life?
- Idol worship - do you have any idols? An idol could be anything that takes a priority in your life. An idol signifies a creation of the fancy, an idea of the mind.
- Intentional sin - do you do things continuously that you know are not of God?
- Is it okay to worship together with others who believe in different gods, (little 'g')
Exodus 32:30 Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
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.
Revelation 3:5 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.
The problem
Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
Mark 14:38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
The solution: (Walking, Abiding, Praying, and Resisting)
Galatians 5:16 [ Walking in the Spirit ] I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Walking in the Spirit requires abiding in Him
John 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
When you pray
Matthew 6:5 [ The Model Prayer ] “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Mark 11:25 [ Forgiveness and Prayer ] “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Matthew 6:8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
9 In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Luke 22:40 When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Jesus prayed for you
Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”
Jesus's advice
James 4:7 [ Humility Cures Worldliness ] Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 5:5 [ Submit to God, Resist the Devil ] Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
Example of Compromise (Copeland's light has grown dark) How can he partner with one who invokes Lucifer?
Hebrews 3:12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;
Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
Mark 14:38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
The solution: (Walking, Abiding, Praying, and Resisting)
Galatians 5:16 [ Walking in the Spirit ] I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Walking in the Spirit requires abiding in Him
John 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
When you pray
Matthew 6:5 [ The Model Prayer ] “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.
Mark 11:25 [ Forgiveness and Prayer ] “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Matthew 6:8 “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
9 In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Luke 22:40 When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Jesus prayed for you
Luke 22:32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”
Jesus's advice
James 4:7 [ Humility Cures Worldliness ] Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
1 Peter 5:5 [ Submit to God, Resist the Devil ] Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
Example of Compromise (Copeland's light has grown dark) How can he partner with one who invokes Lucifer?
Hebrews 3:12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;
The Pope is bringing all faiths together, this is a picture of the event that brought Kenneth Copeland and his Charismatic union into the fold.
The Compromise
- The Pope has invoked Lucifer as the father of Jesus Christ
- Copeland is a proclaimed born again Spirit filled believer
God provides everything you need to ensure your name remains written in the Lambs Book of Life.
- He gives you the Holy Spirit as your witness when you are born again
- He gives you the gift of faith
- He gives you forgiveness when you repent after falling to the desires of the flesh
- He prays for you
- He teaches you how to pray
- He teaches you how to abide in Him
- He teaches you how to make the Devil flee
- He teaches you how to test the spirits
- He teaches you that there is no common ground between good and evil
He also has given you freewill which allows you to make your own choices and that is the only area that can lead you to compromise your position in His Book. Don't do it, be an overcomer and persevere to the end in Him!
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