The Great Controversy The Great Controversy | Page 484
As the books of record are opened in the judgment, the lives of all
who have believed on Jesus come in review before God. Beginning
with those who first lived upon the earth, our Advocate presents the
cases of each successive generation, and closes with the living. Every
name is mentioned, every case closely investigated. Names are accepted,
names rejected. When any have sins remaining upon the books of record,
unrepented of and unforgiven, their names will be blotted out of the book
of life, and the record of their good deeds will be erased from the book
of God’s remembrance. The Lord declared to Moses: “Whosoever hath
sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book.” Exodus 32:33. And
says the prophet Ezekiel: “When the righteous turneth away from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, ... all his righteousness that he
hath done shall not be mentioned.” Ezekiel 18:24.
All who have truly repented of sin, and by faith claimed the blood
of Christ as their atoning sacrifice, have had pardon entered against their
names in the books of heaven; as they have become partakers of the
righteousness of Christ, and their characters are found to be in harmony
with the law of God, their sins will be blotted out, and they themselves
will be accounted worthy of eternal life. The Lord declares, by the
prophet Isaiah: “I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions
for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” Isaiah 43:25.
Said Jesus: “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.” “Whosoever
therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My
Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men,
him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.” Revelation
3:5; Matthew 10:32, 33.
The deepest interest manifested among men in the decisions of
earthly tribunals but faintly represents the interest
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