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exhortation.
Friday,
January
7,
2022
The
stately mansion at the Donegal Mills Plantation is on
Trout Run Road near our home and is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. It is now occupied by an
Amish family. I took the photo this morning after our
first significant snow storm of the season.
"The
Book of Life"
Message
summary: Let us faithfully contend for this same
Gospel today by the grace of God as we await that glorious
day when the Book of Life is opened. And let us rejoice
that, all who come to Christ by faith, have their names
written in the Lamb’s Book of Life!
Listen
to this message on your audio player.
“Yes,
and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who
have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel,
along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers,
whose names are in the Book of Life” (Philippians
4:3).
According to
this Wikipedia entry the world's most
visited website is Google, presumably to search for
something since google.com
by itself really doesn't have much content of interest!
What if the
Book of Life was digitized and searchable? You could type
in a name and see if it's in the Book of Life. That would
surely make it a very popular website and since names are
constantly being added as people place their faith in
Christ it would have a lot of repeat traffic as well!
So today let us consider the Book of Life. This book is of utmost importance, far surpassing any other book in human or angelic history. It has never been to a printing company or digitized for the world wide web, though I suppose you could imagine that its contents are in the "cloud".
This book is referred to throughout the Bible beginning in Exodus 32:33 at the time of Moses and in the Psalms (Psalm 69:28) and the Prophets (Daniel 12:1) and today’s Scripture verse from the epistles. But it is especially prominent in the final book of the Bible, "The Revelation".
The "Book of Life". It’s a record of all who have lived by faith in God and trusted Jesus Christ as their Savior. This book is not accessible for human observation; its vast data base is known only to God.
In the daily text the Apostle Paul expresses a simple truth that can be very encouraging to us. Referring to Clement and some other “fellow workers” he expresses confidence that their names are "in the book of life". These followers of Christ had contended at Paul’s side for the cause of the gospel.
Today we, as followers of Christ in our own generation, are also called to spiritually contend for the cause of the Gospel. Like Paul expressed, we are thankful for the many who contend at our side as fellow workers. We contend for the Gospel as we unashamedly stand up for the claims of our Lord Jesus Christ, living to please Him.
Let us faithfully contend for this same Gospel today by the grace of God as we await that glorious day when the Book of Life is opened. And let us rejoice that, all who come to Christ by faith, have their names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life!
So today let us consider the Book of Life. This book is of utmost importance, far surpassing any other book in human or angelic history. It has never been to a printing company or digitized for the world wide web, though I suppose you could imagine that its contents are in the "cloud".
This book is referred to throughout the Bible beginning in Exodus 32:33 at the time of Moses and in the Psalms (Psalm 69:28) and the Prophets (Daniel 12:1) and today’s Scripture verse from the epistles. But it is especially prominent in the final book of the Bible, "The Revelation".
The "Book of Life". It’s a record of all who have lived by faith in God and trusted Jesus Christ as their Savior. This book is not accessible for human observation; its vast data base is known only to God.
In the daily text the Apostle Paul expresses a simple truth that can be very encouraging to us. Referring to Clement and some other “fellow workers” he expresses confidence that their names are "in the book of life". These followers of Christ had contended at Paul’s side for the cause of the gospel.
Today we, as followers of Christ in our own generation, are also called to spiritually contend for the cause of the Gospel. Like Paul expressed, we are thankful for the many who contend at our side as fellow workers. We contend for the Gospel as we unashamedly stand up for the claims of our Lord Jesus Christ, living to please Him.
Let us faithfully contend for this same Gospel today by the grace of God as we await that glorious day when the Book of Life is opened. And let us rejoice that, all who come to Christ by faith, have their names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life!
Be
encouraged today, (Hebrews 3:13)
Stephen
& Brooksyne Weber
Daily prayer:
Jesus, I am greatly humbled and
deeply grateful that my name has gained entry in the
Lamb’s Book of Life! I sometimes find it very hard
to believe that I am there alongside the great
deliverer Moses, the Apostle Paul, former persecutor
of the church, popular evangelists D.L. Moody and
Billy Graham, Fanny Crosby the once blind poet, and
scores of other faithful believers throughout the
generations, including those who willingly laid down
their lives for the cause of Christ. It is only
because of Your redemptive grace that my name has
been added. And it is because of Your sustaining
grace that I will remain faithful until You call me
to my heavenly home to hear my name read from the
Lamb’s book of life! My name being called out for
any earthly acclaim will never compare with the
unstoppable joy that will well up in my heart upon
hearing my name being read from the Lamb's Book of
Life, ushering me into the presence of Jesus and the
portals of heaven. Glory to God! Today's
Suggested
Music and Supplemental Resources
"When
the Roll Is Called Up Yonder" Video
Homecoming Friends
The
Grist Mill at the Donegal Mills Plantation
on Trout Run Road.
Donegal
Creek runs through the Donegal Mills
Plantation property and at one time
powered the Mill. Due to the storm last
night I got a later start in the morning
and the roads were still quite
treacherous.
Farmhouse
on Union School Road
My
kindly neighbor Leon came over this
morning to plow us out. Later in the
morning our mailbox (seen in background)
was knocked over from its post so I have
that chore to complete today!
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