Is Your Name Written in Heaven?

(Luke 10:17-20 KJV) And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. {18} And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. {19} Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. {20} Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Our subject today is: Is Your Name Written In Heaven? How do you know if your name is written in Heaven? Study with us this morning and you will see that according to God's Word you can have your name written in Heaven. When you are born of God, The Lord writes your name in His book. No man can put your name in Heaven and no man can take your name out of the Lord's book. It is you alone that has control over whether you get your name written in Heaven or not.

In Luke Chapter 10 we read where Jesus had sent seventy of his followers out to preach the Gospel. They were to heal the sick and they were to inform the people that the Kingdom of God is come very near to them. Now in our text we have read that the seventy returned with joy and they were rejoicing that the devils were subject to them. Jesus informed them that yes, he knows that would be the case for when living the way God wants gives you great power over Satan. Now Jesus used this event to teach us a very significant lesson and that is that the number one reason for any Christian to rejoice is that your name is written in Heaven.

It only makes sense to us that if the seventy had their names written in heaven than it must be possible for anyone to have his name also written in heaven. And since this is possible, then how does it happen? Let us study in the scripture for the answer.

We read in (Heb 12:18-29 KJV) For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, {19} And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: {20} (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: {21} And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) {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, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, {24} And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. {25} See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: {26} Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. {27} And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. {28} Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: {29} For our God is a consuming fire.

So we see that the experience of salvation has brought us to mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the church and the church is written in heaven. God has recorded all those that have repented of sin and become part of the church. The Bible tells us in Psalms:

(Psa 87 KJV) {5} And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. {6} The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. {7} As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

Yes, the Lord counts and writes up the people. He records the names of those that are born again; born of the spirit of God. When you repent of your sin and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord, He records your name in his book of life. And as long as you serve Him and do your best to please Him, your name will stay in His book. If you allow Satan to deceive you into believing that you must commit sin and follow him, then the Lord will blot your name out of His book. We read in:

(Exo 32:32-33 KJV) Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. {33} And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

Here we have Moses talking to God trying to convince God to forgive the sin of the children of Israel. Moses is telling God that if He will not forgive Israel then to blot his name out of His book. God clearly let us know that He will blot out the ones that sin against Him. Those that do not sin, their names remain in God's book. This is great news! My name is in the Book of Life. Praise God! And I intend to do my best to live the way God wants me to so that my name remains in the Book of life. How about you?

We read of others whose names are in the book of life:

(Phil 4:3 KJV) And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

(Rev 3:5 KJV) He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

So we see that it is he that overcomes that has his name in the book of life. Praise God you can be one of the overcomers today. Jesus has paid the price for your sin and He will give you the power to overcome sin. As He told us in our text:

(Luke 10:19 KJV) Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Yes He gives us power over all the power of the enemy. The devil can't make you do any sin when Jesus' power is operating in your life. Take Jesus as your Lord and tell sin and the devil good-bye. A lot of people think that they have to commit sin because they have tried to quit and couldn't. You need the power of God in your life to overcome sin. That power only comes from the Lord, Jesus Christ. If you will turn your life over to Him as Lord, He will give you His power and then all things become possible. The apostle Paul said it this way:

(Phil 4:13 KJV) I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

If your name is not in the book of life, you will end up worshipping the beast:

(Rev 13:8 KJV) And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Yes, only those that have Jesus as their Lord, those that have their names written in the book of life know what they worship. Many people today do not know what they worship; they are like the woman that Jesus talked to at the well:

(John 4:21-24 KJV) Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. {22} Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. {23} But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. {24} God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Yes, many are like this poor woman. They worship, but they don't have any power to break free from sin. They don't know what they worship. Their worship is beast worship. They are bound to live after the animal part of man yielding to their passions and lusts lacking control over their flesh and mind. If you dear listener are snared in this trap, then this message is good news for you. You can be free from the dominion of sin by taking Jesus as your Lord and allowing His power to operate in your life. Your name can be written in the book of life along with the name of the millions of overcomer's that have lived down through the ages of time.

If you refuse Jesus as your Lord, then you have only the same eternal damnation to look forward to as do all that worship the beast.

(Rev 17:8 KJV) The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

(Rev 20:10-15 KJV) And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. {11} 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. {12} 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. {13} 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. {14} And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. {15} And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

And so we see the final end of the devil, the beast, and all that worship the beast, yes, all whose name are not written in the book of life. All who were deceived by the devil, all that believed the lies of the devil, all that did not know what they worshipped, all that lived after the beast of the flesh will end up in the same place - the lake of fire. Friend, you don't have to go there. Jesus made a way for you to be saved today. Listen to Him and get your name recorded in the Lamb's book of life.

The only way to have your name in the Lamb's book of life is to repent from sin and serve the Lord. In Revelation chapter 21, John is telling us about the city of God; he says:

(Rev 21:27 KJV) And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

John is letting us know that we will enter the city of God and keep our name in the book of life only by living a holy life. God will not allow anyone to defile His city nor will He allow anyone to bring any abomination into it. Nor will he allow those that have lived a lie to be part of it. Only those who have kept their names in the book of life are and will be a part of the city of God. If any tries to add his ideas to God's word his life will reap the plagues that are in the Bible. If any tries to take away part of God's word, his name will be removed from the book of life.

(Rev 22:19 KJV) And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Is your name written in heaven? Have you been born again? The Lord, Himself writes the names in the book of life. He keeps the record book. He records the birth of every one that is born of the spirit. Whoever sins against God has his name blotted out of the book of life. They that overcome are in the book of life. They obey and serve the Lord; they have gained the victory over the flesh. They are living holy lives through the power of their Lord, Jesus. When the roll is called up yonder, will you hear your name?