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Tuesday,
September 30, 2008
A Heavenly Register
Romans 6:8-11 Now if we be dead with
Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: (9) Knowing that Christ
being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over
him. (10) For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he
liveth, he liveth unto God. (11) Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
(KJV)
Do you desire to live in the Spirit? Then
you need to die to this worldly realm and the influences of it. You wonder
at times why you have a hard time believing in the word of God; well it’s
because of unbelief, spending too much time and effort thinking on those
things which are of the world and not giving heed to things above. The more
you become dead to sin, the more the word of God becomes alive and real to
you so that you can stay put in His realm, and not fall for the cheap
imitations of the fallen one.
Luke 10:19-20 Behold, I give unto you
power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the
enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. (20) Notwithstanding in
this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather
rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. (KJV)
Luke 10:20
[Names
are written in heaven] The names of citizens of a city or state were
accustomed to be written in a book or register, from which they were
blotted out when they became unworthy, or forfeited the favor of their
country. That their "names were written in heaven," means that
they were "citizens" of heaven; that they were friends of God and
"approved" by him, and would be permitted to dwell with him. This
was of far more value than all "earthly" honor, power, or wealth,
and "in" this people should rejoice more than in eminent
endowments of influence, learning, talents, or possessions. (from Barnes'
Notes)
It is the grace of God through faith that
allowed you access into His kingdom and not your works that keep your name
written in His heavenly register. Salvation is a gift God gave to mankind
so that they could be partakers of His inheritance again and no longer have
to live in a fallen realm. When you entered into God’s kingdom and agreed
to His terms and conditions your name was then written in the Lamb’s book
of life. However in order stay on good terms with the Lord and keep your
name intact you need to leave your old fallen nature at the door in order
to enter His realm and stay there as well. They that are in the flesh, and
that does include believers, those that revert back cannot please God; and
just like with the example we see above, they can forfeit their favor and
citizenship with God and have their name blotted out. Salvation is a gift,
and should be appreciated and treated as such, not put on shelf and dragged
out once a week or during man’s holidays. Just like the freedom we have in
this country, people died and gave up their lives so that we could have the
freedom that we do. So for those that come here from other countries they
realize that they can become citizens and stay in this country, but if they
break the law they can forfeit their passport and be deported and erased from
the register.
Revelation 3:5-6 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. (6) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches. (KJV)
Strong’s definition for
‘overcome’:
3528
nikao (nik-ah'-o); from 3529; to subdue (literally or figuratively):
KJV-- conquer, overcome, prevail, get the
victory.
The Lord has given us the power to tread
on serpents, which if you remember in the beginning in the book of Genesis
is how the enemy is described. Christ is the power and wisdom of God, which
we as believers have access too, so that we can be overcomers and not
underachievers. We as believers should be triumphing over the enemy,
knowing we have the victory in Christ, and not the other way around like a
bunch of sheep acting like they are headed to the slaughter. As long as you
stay in the Spirit, walking by faith, you will not fall back into the realm
of the flesh which can lead to lust, and when that is conceived can lead to
death, separation from God. That same spiritual pen that wrote your name in
the Lamb’s book of life has an eraser attached to it as well, which is what
the word ‘blot’ means, to erase, smear out, even obliterate. I don’t care
how many sinners’ prayers you have recited, or how many revival services
you attend, unless you know the doctrine of Christ for yourself and become
rooted and grounded in it you will be the one getting tread on like a
doormat, and not the enemy.
Matthew 7:21-23 Not every one that saith
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (22) Many will say to me in
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name
have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? (23) And
then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that
work iniquity. (KJV)
Remember the verse, ‘many are called but
few are chosen’. The few are chosen because they chose to walk in the
Spirit and no longer fulfill the lust of their flesh. Oh yeah people, you
may have made a commitment with the Lord and walked with Him for a season,
but unless you made it a way of life you will find out like the many, that
their name was no longer written in the Lamb’s book of life, but somewhere
along the line they were deceived and forfeited their heavenly inheritance.
Exodus 32:33-34 And the LORD said unto
Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
(34) Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have
spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in
the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. (KJV)
Once again we see God’s people being
blotted out and erased because of sin. And just like we saw with the verses
in Matthew, it involved many. God had a perfect plan for His people to get from
Egypt to the promised land, from bondage into liberty, but along the way
they forgot what was given to them and fell for a cheap imitation. You have
been given access to the kingdom of God through the gift of the sacrifice
of His Son Jesus Christ so that your citizenship could be in heaven and no
longer bound by this fallen realm. Salvation is a gift, and your name was
written in His book; now the question is, have you done what it takes to
keep your name intact, or have you fallen back into the realm of unbelief
and forfeited your inheritance?
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