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GOD’S RECORD BOOKS
Yes, God has record books in
heaven in which the names of every human being can be found. The very
moment you were born, God placed a soul into your body, and you became
a 'living soul'. Also at that time, your name was written down in a
book called the BOOK OF LIFE.
Moses apparently understood
that names could be blotted out of the Book of Life, because while he
was on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments and the dietary and
social laws by which the Children of Israel were to live, the people
asked Aaron to make a golden calf for them to worship. God became very
angry and was ready to destroy them, but Moses pleaded with the Lord
to forgive their sin: "Oh Lord, these people have sinned a great sin
by making a god of gold to worship. If You will not forgive their sin,
I pray that You will blot my name out of the book which You have
written." (Exodus 32: 1-32) God's answer to Moses was: "Whosoever has
sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book." (Exodus 32:33)
What would be that
unpardonable sin? It is the sin of rejecting the work of Jesus Christ
dying on the cross for you, for me, and for the sins of the whole
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God gives each one of us a certain number of years to
live on this earth. There has always been a time called
'God-consciousness' when a person realizes that there must be a
creator. At that time he may decide he wants to know God or just
reject the idea. Even if the individual is negative toward God, He is
always gracious and will provide Gospel information during that
person's lifetime, thereby giving him another opportunity to change
his attitude (repent) and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and have
eternal life.
The idea of 'being good' has
been taught to us from childhood and throughout our adult life as
well. We certainly should be moral and kind to our friends and
neighbors, but that will not give anyone a ticket into heaven. Only
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ dying on the cross as your substitute
will assure you of salvation and eternal life. If a person dies
without having believed in Christ, he will be raised from the dead at
the end of time and will stand before the Lord with unbelievers of all
the ages to be judged at the Great White Throne for their human good
deeds ... NOT THEIR SINS! All sin was judged on the cross!
"And I saw a great white
throne, and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the
heavens fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw
the dead, small and great, stand before God, and the 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. And death and hell were cast into the
lake of fire. This is the second death. And whoever was not found
written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. "
(Revelation 20:11-15)
Provision has been made for
everyone's name to be in the Book of Life; however, if an individual
dies without believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, his name will be
blotted out of the Book of Life and written down in the Books of
Works. God will show the unbeliever that ONLY the work of Christ dying
on the cross for the sins of the world is acceptable ... the
unbeliever's human good works will be evaluated and burned, and he
will be cast into the Lake of Fire with the devil and his angels and
be tormented day and night throughout eternity. (Revelation 20:
10)
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