Put On Christ

 Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word.

Re 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

 

It’s judgment Day! No one escapes it! Small and great men will stand before God. The criteria for all men is the same. It comes down to what have you done with Jesus? Joh 12:48 "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words , has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

 

On that day, there will be two sets of books. One set, consisting of many books listing all the deeds (good or bad) the other not a set, just one book, called the Book of life. No deeds in that Book, just the names of those who put their trust in Christ.

 

V15 of Revulsion 20, is blunt, but it’s that cut and dried!  And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

 

Again, I take you back to the parable of the sheep and the goats! Mt 25:31-46

 

The sheep (believers) frantically looking in the books of deeds for the good they have done. “Lord, when did we do these things, it’s not here in the books of deeds!

 

The goats (unbelievers) arguing that they did all these things and more! They were in black and white in the books of deeds for God and all to see. And the sad reality of Isa 64:6 comes to bear: But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags;

 

And deeds, good and bad will serve as a witness against the goats (unbelievers) on that last day. But the sheep (believers) have put on Christ and are judged solely by His righteousness’s. Eph 4:24 reminds us to put off the old man and all his deeds and put on Jesus.  24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. How do we do that? By faith and by baptism.

Ga 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

 

Clothed in His perfect righteousness and His gift of persevering faith, we are ready for that Last Day!

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Todays Living Word.