Recorded BY & IN The Book of Life
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Are you recorded in the Book of Life?
Revelation 20:12 - And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. (Bold added for emphasis)
The day we accept and confess Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, God takes our names and records them in the Book of Life. I always imagine a grand, celestial scene in which a beautiful Finger is dipped into a jar. Instead of ink, the jar would be filled with the Blood of Jesus Christ. Elegantly, without a drop wasted, the Finger moves to a large, fairly worn Book. In the most beautiful penmanship, the names of the beloved, adopted children of the Father's is written. Every "T" crossed, every "I" dotted. No detail is forgotten. The full name is recorded, no matter how long.
At times, the Spirit of God moves us to moments of self-reflection. We ask, How am I really doing? When we search ourselves in earnest, our sins from very great to extremely minute, are revealed to us. Even though we know that it is by faith that we are saved and not by works (Gal. 2:16), we also understand that faith without works is dead (James 2:17). Meaning that your works should be a reflection of your faith.
When we think and act on faith, we are being spirit-minded. We depend less on what we see, and we cling to the promises of God. We begin to see things not as they are, but as they should be. With this, our attitude and actions in the natural become instruments of warfare. Depending on what we give glory to in the natural, it is reflected in the spiritual. The more our hearts and deeds work for the glory of God, the more we destroy the works and plans of Satan in the spiritual. Every natural work has its respective spiritual consequence(s) and vice-versa. It is extremely important to realize that.
Numerous examples in the Bible show that the natural can be used to understand the spiritual. Jesus taught many spiritual concepts through parables. All natural things have a spiritual counterpart. As an example, let's take contention between two people. In the spirit, there are demonic hosts instigating. However, the outcome of the contention is dependant on the two parties. These individuals have the option of being peacemakers (glory to God), or they could just feed into negat
