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Daily Fountain 2017 - Is Your Name In The Book Of Life?





Friday August 18

Bible Reading:     Ezra: 58 - 63
Topic:                  Is Your Name In The Book Of Life?

In today's reading, we see two groups of people who were excluded from certain priviledges because they could not prove their family identities.

The 652 persons in vs. 59 - 60 could not show they were Israelites, while the "priests" in vs. 61 - 62 could not show they were of priestly descent. As a result, these priests were excluded from significant priviledges (v. 63)

In our communities today, many people suffer identity crisis because they have been abandoned by or forcibly removed from their biological parents due to ravages of war, kidnapping, prostitution and other social vices.

Some people cannot trace their family lineage beyond one or two generations.

An even more serious loss is that of spiritual identity. Some claim to be Christians but cannot show that they are genuinely born again or that their names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life (John 3: 3; 8: 42 - 44; Phil. 4: 3).

Rev. 20: 15 states that anyone whose name is not found in the Book of Life will be thrown into the lake of fire.

Make certain that your name is written in the Book of Life by receiving Jesus unto your life.

Prayer
Oh God, grant me a truly repentant heart, so that my name will be written in Your Book of Life, Amen.

Memory Verse             Ezra 2: 62
"These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the Priesthood."

Source:     The Daily Fountain 2017
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)

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