[bit.listserv.christia] The Lamb's Book of Life - KEG

GATLING@SUVM (Keith E Gatling) (02/10/90)

Okay, I'm confused now.

    In a posting which I accidentally deleted, someone replied to PDB's
    question about killing someone two minutes before they would've ac-
    cepted Jesus by saying something to the effect of that was a dumb
    question based on a false hypothesis, since if a person's name was
    written in the Lamb's book of life, they could not be lost (was that
    a long sentence or what?).  I remind you, that since I lost the or-
    iginal posting, there may be some error in what I wrote.

    I'm sure this isn't what the author meant, but what I read seemed
    to say to me that since God has already decided who will be saved
    and who will be lost, there is no point in our going out and trying
    to spread the good news to the whole world.  Or to borrow a line
    from "Jesus Christ Superstar", "everything is fixed, and we can't
    change it."

    This would seem to say to me that it is useless trying to convince
    people who don't believe as we do to believe otherwise, because if
    God really wants them to be among the saved, he'll take care of it
    himself.  It also seems to say that I shouldn't even worry about
    myself, since God has it all taken care of and wrapped up anyway.
    If I am to be saved, nothing I can do will "unsave" me, and if I
    am to be lost, nothing I can do will change my status to "saved."

    Could you please explain how it is possible to reconcile the idea
    that there is already a list of saved and lost, about which we can
    do nothing, with the premise that we are supposed go out there and
    save as many souls as possible?

keg

UK3W@DKAUNI2 (Matt Will<uk3w@dkauni2>) (02/13/90)

Well, I didn't write that note, but I'll send you some lines anyhow.
As far as I understand it, God has a list of all people throughout
the ages (the book you're referring to), but the fact is that some
of those people have not realized yet that they are saved by the
blood of Jesus. Not everyone we talk to about our Saviour will accept
it, but it is still our obligation to go out and share the Good News
with everyone.
For we don't know who is and who isn't saved.
Sounds too easy? Please write me back if you want to....

             Matt