King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: Book of Your Life
Date: Tuesday May 01, 2012
Today's Chapters: 1 Chronicles 9-10

Hello My Friend,

One day Jesus will return and when He does He will sit upon His throne and every person will stand before Him to be judged. There will be no jury, no lawyer, and no prosecutor. The book of your life will be opened, an overview of all the good, the bad, and the ugly things will be instantly replayed. However, there is another book that will determine whether we are acquitted or punished for eternity, that book is the Book of Life. No matter what we have done, good or bad, it is the Book of Life that will determine if we are saved from judgment. What is in the Book of Life? The names of every person who not only believes that Jesus died, was buried, and resurrected, but that He and He alone is the only one who saved them from judgment, by asking Him to save them. Anyone's name not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the lake of fire, to burn for eternity.

“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” - Revelation 20:11-15. Oh, and those bad and ugly things that were once written in your book will be edited out because Christ's blood has washed all those away. “Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.” - James 5:19,20.

After Nebuchadnezzar took the remaining Jews to Babylon for seventy years they lived amongst the Babylonians and really had no idea where they came from. The Chronicle books were written to give an account of the history of the Israelites so they could find out what tribe they actually came from and see how they were actually taken into captivity. “So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;” - 1 Chronicles 9:1-3.

Names are very important to God, He wants to make sure everyone knows where they come from and how special they are to Him,especially those who will be a part of His Kingdom. “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.” - 1 Peter 2:9,10.

Chapter ten begins with the end of the reign of King Saul, God reminds us of the reasons why he was stripped of the crown and died such a painful death. “And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.” - 1 Chronicles 10:2-4,13,14.

If you read the Book of 2 Samuel it explains this in more detail, Saul, after Samuel died went to a fortune teller to bring up Samuel's spirit. While the woman really did not have the ability to summon a spirit, God allowed it for the purpose of showing Saul his fate, Samuel's response, “Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me:” - 2 Samuel 28:19a. While Saul's wickedness cost him the throne and some suffering for his sin it still did not cost him his life.

This is a reminder to all who are saved, once saved always saved, even if you turn your back on God in the latter part of your earthly life it does not forfeit your name in the Book of Life. It is your faith and trust in Jesus Christ that saved you, not your works. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” - Ephesians 2:8-10.

While our works do not get us to heaven, they do determine the rewards we will receive in heaven. I always say, if I am scrubbing floors in heaven at least it's better than burning in hell, but imagine the gifts we receive simply by living the morally, godly lives that God would rather see us living. “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.” - Matthew 16:26,27.

What about the people of the Old Testament? They also lived by the same faith, only their hope was in His coming. The people of the Old Testament knew just much about Jesus as we do, even His coming back to judge the world (found in Daniel), they too will be judged. “Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.” - Romans 2:9-13.

Today's Psalm: 1:5 - “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.”

Today's Proverb: 8:20 - “I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:”

Today's Prayer: God, Thank You for giving us a way to escape the dreaded judgment placed on every person who is born. We do not have to be good to be saved, we just have to believe that only Your Son can save us. It is so amazing and simple that all we need to do is receive Christ to be saved, yet so many people are still trying to work their way to be saved. Of course, you love the good that we do and will even bless us for it here on earth and even more in heaven, but you love more than anything that we solely believe in and are trusting only Your Son to save us. Thank You Jesus! I praise You in Jesus' name. Amen.

Enjoy the rest of your day/night.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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