Kingdom Bound
Children Ministry
Bible Study Texts
Topic Eternity
Subtopic - The Book of Life
(Lesson Suitable for 7 - 12 years old)
I welcome you to today's Bible study session. I am so glad to have you here. I Hope you and your family are well.
I pray that the Lord will grant you understanding of this topic in Jesus name. Amen.
Last time, we started a discussion on ETERNITY
What is Eternity?
Eternity is a mark of endlessness, meaning no beginning and no ending. Eternity is more than a billion years! Eternity simply means forever.
Synonyms of Eternity are:
· forever,
· Infinity,
· unending
· perpetuity
· permanent
· everlasting.
We discussed that our God is eternal, everlasting, endless and infinite. He has no beginning or end. He is ageless and he lives forever.
We also learnt that God wants His children to live with Him in Eternity. He made this possible by sending His Son Jesus to the world to die for our sins and save us. And anyone who believes Jesus will have Eternal Life.
Let us read John 3 v 16 (NIV) again.
For God so loved the world, that he gave His one and only son – Jesus – that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have ETERNAL LIFE.
In this series of Eternity, we are discussing the following:
- Rapture
- Heaven and Hell
- The Judgment day
- The Book of Life
We have discussed Rapture.
Today we will discuss The Book of Life
The Book Of Life
Objective
At the end of Today’s Bible Study, I will understand that only children of God will have their names written in the Book of life.
I will also understand that anyone whose name is not in the book of life will not live with God in heaven, but will be thrown in Hell fire
Introduction
The book of life is God’s book. It is a book where God writes names of those who will live with Him in heaven forever.
It may also be called
The Book of the living (Rev 20 v 15 GNT)
The Book of heaven (Luke 10 v 20 GNT)
Illustration
Do you recall that when you go to school every day, your teacher brings out a book or a list of pupil’s names in the class. She calls out each name to confirm attendance and eligibility of pupils staying in such class. And each of you would answer, or acknowledge your presence, either by raising your hand or nodding or answering
Can you tell me if your teacher has a register?
Is it a book, list, or s/he calls it from her computer?
Does he/she call out names?
What time of the day?
How do you answer?
When I was your age…I‘d say ‘present ma’!
Is it possible that someone may be allowed to sit in your class, whose name is not in your teacher’s register?
No!
Discussion
Today I want to tell you boys and girls, that God has a similar register, where He writes names of believers. It is called the book of life!
Luke 10 v 20b says…..be happy because your names are written in the book of heaven
The BOOK OF LIFE is God’s register, where he writes names of those who
· Have made a confession of salvation with their mouth
· have accepted Jesus as their Lord,
· have embraced the gift of salvation
· are living a righteous life by faith
Revelation 21 v 27 (adapted)
….and nothing unclean, and no one who lies, shall ever come into heaven, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s BOOK OF LIFE.
As a matter of fact, Revelation 20 v 15 says -
And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Would you like to live with Jesus in eternity? Do you desire to go to Heaven and not hell?
If your answer is yes, then your name has to be in the book of life.
More Questions and answers:
1. Who writes these names in the book of life?
· Answer: GOD
2. Can God later remove someone’s name from the book of life?
· Yes. Because if do you not remain in Christ, you will be like the branch that’s removed from the tree and thrown in the fire! Read John 15 to understand this.
Any one who also habitually, continually and intentionally sins, will have their names removed from the book of life. See someone's name below, cleaned out from the book of life. See example below
3. What will happen to those whose names are not in the book of life
· They will be thrown into the lake of fire (Hell) rev 20 v 15
Conclusion
So I ask you today, when God checks his book of life, will he find your name there?
The answer can be Yes, only if you give your life to Jesus and live a righteous life by faith. You are not too small to profess Jesus is Lord, as long you can differentiate your left from right.
If you wish to give your life to Jesus today, or you had done so before but would like to re-affirm it today, say this prayer after me.
Lord Jesus, I confess my sins to you today. I was born into sin, but through you, I believe I can have eternal life. I pray that you come into my heart today. I accept you as my Lord and my Saviour. I give you my life, take over my will, and my everything. Now, I am a child of God, I am born again, I am righteous. Holyspirit come into my life, and help me grow as a child of God
Amen.
Next time we meet we will discuss the Judgement day
God bless you
Song of the day
Jesus lamb of God