He Knows My Name For Calling Me Home: What parent doesn't know their child's name? The ONLY way they could forget it would be for medical reasons. BUT, as the Lord's children, our Heavenly Father NEVER FORGETS our name!! Just as a parent calls their child's name when it's time to come home, our Heavenly Father does the same to us! When the sun of our life goes down, our Abba Father, or "Daddy" calls us home by name!
A child of God mentioned in the Bible, as a REAL EXAMPLE by Jesus, Lazarus, a beggar full of sores in Luke 16, was a child of God afflicted in this life. He was laid at the a CERTAIN rich man's gate. This rich man was KNOWN by the people in his town. He faired sumptuously every day, and clothed himself in purple garments and fine linen. He was the popular "big man" that everyone loved and looked up to. Notice how NO NAME was listed for the rich man. Everyone in TOWN knew his name, but the Lord didn't recognize it. The Lord KNEW and called Lazarus' name in this passage because he was His child! Ish. 62:2 tells us "..thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name," when we believe on Christ. He also writes it in the Lamb's book of Life ( Rev.21:7) We know this because He was taken by the angels to Abraham's bosom, or Paradise, and comforted when he died.
The rich man also died, but the results were drastically different. He was buried, but as soon as he died, he opened his eyes in HELL. He was in torments, and could see over the great gulf between Hell and Paradise. Even though he had everything he could ever want in his earthly life, he LACKED the MOST IMPORTANT thing, that could NEVER be purchased by his money : SALVATION! Jesus paid the price for us and all we have to do is believe and receive it as a GIFT from the Lord. "... but the GIFT of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. " Romans 6:23. Since he had not believed, his name was not found in the Lamb's Book of Life. He immediately cried out to "Father" Abraham for mercy, NOT JESUS. He was claiming and trying to appeal to the fact that he was Jewish. He was NOT acknowledging his sin and crying out to God as his father, for forgiveness. He had believed that his lineage and heritage alone could save him. But the Lord didn't know Him. Matthew 7:21-23 tells us that many will stand before the Lord at the Great White Throne judgment and claim that they did things in the name of the Lord. But these are WORKS, and they were trusting in that alone. The Lord will tell them ".. I NEVER KNEW YOU: depart from me ye that work INIQUITY." Anything that is not of FAITH is sin (Romans 14:23). The Lord did not know this rich man, just as this rich man didn't know the Saviour. Just as a woman doesn't know a child she hasn't given birth to, the Lord doesn't know a person that hasn't been BORN AGAIN. John 3:7 tells us we must be born again, and Jesus gives us this ETERNAL LIFE (John 3:16).
You know your name today, but my question to you is DOES THE LORD JESUS CHRIST KNOW YOUR NAME TODAY?? Is it written in His Book of Life??? You can be known by a million people here on Earth, but that means NOTHING to God if HE DOESN'T KNOW IT! Listen to the Lord calling you to be saved! We are not promised another day! Make SURE that the Lord knows your name! Child of God: the Lord knows your name! Do you hear Him calling you to serve Him? Do you hear Him calling you to repent and be restored to fellowship? Are you CLOSE to hearing The Lord calling you home? He will give us help and grace in all of these circumstances of His calling!! Listen to His Still Small Voice calling in love today!! Rejoice that the Lord knows your name! (Luke 10:20).
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