IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN HEAVEN

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IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN HEAVEN?
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Do You Believe That
You Are Going to Heaven?

• The majority of Americans believe in life after
  death.
• The majority of Americans also believe in Heaven
  and that they will go there.
• Do you believe that YOU are going to Heaven?

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• How can anyone know for sure that he/ she will
  one day be a Citizen of Heaven,
  be included
  among the saved, for all
  eternity!?!

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The Book of Life
Names That Are Written in Heaven.

• Only those people whose names are written in
  the Book of Life will be in Heaven.

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Revelation 2122-24 (NASB)

• 22 And I saw no temple in it (i.e., - the
  heavenly city ML), for the Lord God, the
  Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. 23 And
  the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to
  shine upon it, for the glory of God has illumined
  it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24 And the nations
  shall walk by its light, and the kings of the
  earth shall bring their glory into it

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Revelation 2125-27 (NASB)

• 25 And in the daytime (for there shall be no
  night there) its gates shall never be closed 26
  and they shall bring the glory and the honor of
  the nations into it 27 and nothing unclean and
  no one who practices abomination and lying, shall
  ever come into it, but only those whose names are
  written in the Lamb's book of life.
• Note Lamb Christ (John 129 1 Pet. 119
  Rev. 5).

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The Book of Life Names That Are Written in
Heaven.

• If one truly desires to enter Heaven, then their
  name must be written in the book of life.
• No one shall ever come into the holy city of God,
  but those who have their names written in the
  Book of Life.
• Anyone who does not have their name written in
  the Book of Life on that last day will not go
  to Heaven.
• Rev 2015 (NASB) And if anyone's name was not
  found written in the book of life, he was thrown
  into the lake of fire.

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The Book of Life Names That Are Written in
Heaven.

• From the foundation of the world (Rev. 138), God
  has written a book that contains the names of
  those who will go to Heaven.
• Even Moses understood that God had written a book
  that contained the record of all who would gain
  Eternal Life

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Exodus 3231-33 (NASB)

• 31 Then Moses returned to the LORD, and said,
  "Alas, this people has committed a great sin, and
  they have made a god of gold for themselves. 32
  But now, if Thou wilt, forgive their sin and
  if not, please blot me out from Thy book which
  Thou hast written! 33 And the LORD said to Moses,
  "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him
  out of My book.

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Only the names of the righteous can be in the
Book of Life.

• In ancient times, the names of citizens of the
  state were written in a book or register as a way
  to secure all the privileges of citizenship.
• Similarly, God holds a register or record of
  names of those whose citizenship is in heaven
  (Phil. 320).

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Only those who are right with God have their
names written in the Book of Life.

• Psalm 6928 (NASB) May they be blotted out of
  the book of life, And may they not be recorded
  with the righteous.
• Exodus 3233 (NASB) And the LORD said to Moses,
  "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him
  out of My book. (cf. Ezek. 1820).

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How Is it Even Possible to Have Our Names Written
in Heaven?

• If only the righteous are enrolled in Heaven (Ps.
  6928), how is it possible for anyone to go to
  Heaven?
• Romans 310, 23 (NASB) 10 as it is written,
  "There is none righteous, not even one...
  23 for all have sinned and fall short of
  the glory of God,
• Heaven begins where sin ends.
  -- Thomas Adams (1612-1653)

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Despite popular belief, good morality alone will
save no one!

• 54 of Americans believe that they will earn a
  place in Heaven!
• Yet, even Cornelius, a devout man and one who
  feared God with all his household, who gave alms
  generously to the people, and prayed to God
  always (Acts 102) was not righteous before God
  and needed deliverance (Acts 1048 cf. Acts
  238).

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Thankfully, Jesus, the Son of God made Eternal
Life in Heaven possible!

• Romans 623 (NASB) For the wages of sin is
  death, but the free gift of God is eternal life
  in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Jesus bridged the gap whereby He made
fellowship with God possible through His atoning
blood as given on the cross!

• Colossians 119-20a (NASB) 19 For it was the
  Father's good pleasure for all the fulness to
  dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile all
  things to Himself, having made peace through the
  blood of His cross...
• Ephesians 17 (NASB) In Him we have redemption
  through His blood, the forgiveness of our
  trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
  
• Ephesians 218 (NASB) for through Him we both
  have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

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Jesus Has Prepared the Way for Us
to Enter Heaven!

• John 141-2, 6 (KJV) Let not your heart be
  troubled ye believe in God, believe also in me.
  In my Father's house are many mansions if it
  were not so, I would have told you. I go to
  prepare a place for you... 6 Jesus saith unto
  him, I am the way, the truth, and the life no
  man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• Only through Jesus can anyone have his or her
  name written in Heaven!

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Heaven is a place prepared only for those who are
prepared for it.

• Matthew 721 (NASB) "Not everyone who says to
  Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of
  heaven but he who does the will of My Father who
  is in heaven.

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How Your Name May Be Written in
Heaven!

• Beyond belief in Jesus (John 141-2), a person
  must obey the Gospel to be saved.
• Belief in Jesus alone is not sufficient for
  salvation (e.g., John 1242-43 James 214-26).
• A person must act on their faith in Jesus by
  obeying the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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How Your Name May Be Written in
Heaven!

• Only by obeying the Gospel may a person receive
  the forgiveness of sins.
• Acts 238 (NKJV) Then Peter said to them,
  "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in
  the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
  sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy
  Spirit.

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How Your Name May Be Written in
Heaven!

• Obeying the Gospel is the only way a person can
  be added to the Lords church.
• Acts 241, 47b (NKJV) 41 Then those who gladly
  received his word were baptized and that day
  about three thousand souls were added to them...
  47 ... And the Lord added to the church daily
  those who were being saved.
• 1 Cor 1213 (NKJV) 13 For by one Spirit we were
  all baptized into one body whether Jews or
  Greeks, whether slaves or free and have all
  been made to drink into one Spirit. (cf. Col.
  118)

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How Your Name May Be Written in
Heaven!

• Only the names of those who belong to the Lords
  church are written in Heaven.
• Heb 1222-23a (KJV) 22 But ye are come unto
  mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God,
  the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable
  company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and
  church of the firstborn, which are written in
  heaven...

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There is No Assurance of
Eternal Salvation in Heaven
Outside the Church!

• No one who has not obeyed the gospel to be added
  to the church has his/ her name written in
  Heaven No one!
• Only the names of Christians are written in the
  Book of Life or enrolled in Heaven (Phil.
  41-3).

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How to Keep Your Name Written in Heaven in the
Book of Life.

• No one should take for granted that his / her
  name is written in Heaven, even after obeying the
  Gospel to become a Christian.
• The moment we take it for granted is the moment
  we start to become indifferent to our spiritual
  growth and begin to neglect the work of God.
• This will then cause God to BLOT our name from
  the Book of Life!

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Revelation 31-3 (NKJV)

• 1 "And to the angel of the church in Sardis
  write, 'These things says He who has the seven
  Spirits of God and the seven stars "I know your
  works, that you have a name that you are alive,
  but you are dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen
  the things which remain, that are ready to die,
  for I have not found your works perfect before
  God. 3 Remember
  therefore how you have received and heard hold
  fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch,
  I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not
  know what hour I will come upon you

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Revelation 34-5 (NKJV)

• 4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have
  not defiled their garments and they shall walk
  with Me in white, for they are worthy. 5 He who
  overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and
  I will not blot out his name from the Book of
  Life but I will confess his name before My
  Father and before His angels.

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To Remain in Gods Book of Life

• We must be all the more diligent to make certain
  about His calling and choosing us so our
  entrance into the eternal kingdom will be given
  (2 Pet. 110-11).
• Our works of faith and worship offered unto God
  must be diligently given, with joy, zeal,
  enthusiasm, love, and 100 commitment for the
  Lord!
• If a person does not enjoy the worship and
  services of the Lord, he no doubt would be out of
  place in heaven. -- A. G. Hobbs, Jr.

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The Best Blessing of All is to Have Ones Name
Written in Heaven!

• Greater than any other gift that could be given
  by God is to have ones name written in Heaven!

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Luke 1017-20 (NKJV)

• 17 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying,
  "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your
  name." 18 And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall
  like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give
  you the authority to trample on serpents and
  scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy,
  and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
  20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this,
  that the spirits are subject to you, but rather
  rejoice because your names are written in
  heaven."

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The Best Blessing of All is to Have Ones Name
Written in Heaven!

• To have your name written in Heaven is worth more
  than earthly wealth or all the riches of the
  world! (Mat. 619-21).

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Matthew 619-21 (NASB)

• 19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon
  earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where
  thieves break in and steal. 20 "But lay up for
  yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither
  moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not
  break in or steal 21 for where your treasure is,
  there will your heart be also.

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How Much Does Heaven Mean to You?

• I would not give one moment of Heaven for all
  the joys and riches of the world, even if it
  lasted for thousands and thousands of years. --
  Martin Luther (1483-1546)
• Mat. 1345-46 (NASB) 45 "Again, the kingdom of
  heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, 46
  and upon finding one pearl of great value, he
  went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
• What are you willing to do to get your name
  written in Heaven?

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• On Judgment Day, Will
  Your Name Be Found
  Written in Heaven?