Is Your Name in the Book?

One of the greatest assurances is knowing that if you are saved by Jesus your name is in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain (Rev 13:8).

There are some key Scriptures that point to this truth. Rev. 17:8 refers to "those whose names have not been written in the book of life from before the foundation of the world". Rev. 20:12, 15 says "if anyone’s name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire". Rev. 21:22-27 is a picture of heaven. When Jesus sent out the 72, in Luke 10:20 they returned rejoicing because even demons were subject to them in Jesus’ name, and Jesus said to not rejoice in the fact that spirits are subject to you, rejoice that your names are written in heaven. In Phil. 4:3 Paul refers to his "fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life".

Basically, God has a book, and it was written before the world was, and it contains all the names of those who He will save. Only God knows whose names are in there. That is up to God. How you and I live doesn’t make it true, it reveals the reality.