IS MY NAME WRITTEN IN HEAVEN?
Luke 10:17-20 (761)
Introduction
A. Jesus talked with seventy men who had returned from a mission He had
given them. Luke 10:1-2 (761)
B. They were impressed that demons were subject to them in the Lord’s
name. (The authority of Christ)
1. Let’s read Luke 10:10-17
2. Jesus pointed out to His disciples that the authority they had received
wasn’t the most important thing. v20
C. If our names are written in heaven, they must be recorded in the Lamb’s
Book of Life. Revelation 3:4-5 (906)
D. Let’s consider three features of the Book of Life.
I. Background:
A. There are those who believe that the concepts of the Jews’ citizens
registration record was used by Jesus to present His Book of Life.
1. Nehemiah registered all those in Jerusalem when he
returned. Nehemiah 7:4-5,64 (396)
2. Zerubbabel had a public record of those who returned with him.
3. The authorites removed a name at death.
4. It’s possible that Jesus used the concepts of the Jewish registers to
present His book of Life.
II. Understanding
A. The Book of life has existed from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 17:8 (914)
B. It contains the names of those who will be in eternity with God.
Revelation 3:5 (906)
C. It will be used by Jesus at The Great White Judgment. Rev. 20:11,15
III. Names
A. Christ determines whose names are in the Book of Life.
because the book belongs to Him. John 1:29 (779); Rev. 21:27 (917)
B. Christ adds the names of the redeemed. Revelation 3:5
Closing: The names of those who have rejected the gospel of Christ are not
____________________ in the Book of Life. Revelation 21:27 (917).