REVELATION 20:11-15
Pastor Rick Jackson
There will be at least 3 Books at the Great White Throne
Judgement. There may be more but there will not be less. For our part we will
say three but we’ll explain how there could be more. The first book that the
lost will be judged by is a familiar book to most of us. That book is:
I. THE BIBLE
1. The Bible is the Word of God [Mk. 7:13, Rev. 20:4, 1 Th.
2:13]
- Making the word of God of none effect through your
tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
- And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment
was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the
witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the
beast, neither his image , neither had received his mark upon their foreheads,
or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
- For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because,
when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as
the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually
worketh also in you that believe.
2. The Bible is the Word of Christ [Mt. 24:35, Luke 5:1,
Colossians 3:16, Rev. 3:8]
- Jesus said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my
words shall not pass away”
- And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him
to hear the word of God , he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
- Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
- I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open
door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my
word, and hast not denied my name.
3. The Bible is the Word of Judgement [Jn. 12:48]
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one
that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the
last day.
II. THE BOOK OF WORKS [Rev. 20:12-13] this could be 3
different books or 3 chapters of the same book
1. Judgement of Words [Mt. 5:22, 12:36-37, Jude 14-15]
- But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his
brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall
say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
- But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall
speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words
thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
- Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them
of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their
hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
2. Judgement of Thoughts [Mt. 5:22a, 28, 12:34; Rm. 2:15-16,
Heb. 4:12]
- But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his
brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment:
- But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to
lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts,
their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while
accusing or else excusing one another ;) In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
- For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper
than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart.
3. Judgement of Deeds [Jude 15, Rm. 2:1-5; Heb. 4:13, Rev.
20:12-13]
-To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are
ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly
committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken
against him.
-Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art
that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for
thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of
God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest
thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same,
that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of his
goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of
God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the
righteous judgment of God
III. THE BOOK OF LIFE [Rev. 20:12, 15]
Evidently everyone is in the Book of Life originally then
these factors come into play"
1. When a Person Trusts Christ His/her Name is Locked In
[Dan. 12:1; Lk. 10:20, Rev. 3:5, 1 John 5:4-5]
- And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince
which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and
at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found
written in the book.
- Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are
subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
- 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.
- For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and
this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that
overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
2. When a Person Crosses God’s Deadline His/her Name is
Blotted Out [Ex. 32:32-33, Ps. 69:28, Rev. 17:8, 22:19]
- Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not,
blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the LORD
said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my
book.
- Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not
be written with the righteous
- 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.
3. The Only Way to Escape the Lake of Fire is to be IN the
Book of Life [Rev. 20:14-15]
4. The Only Way to Enter Heaven is to be IN the Book of Life
[Rev. 21:27]
