Revelation3:5-6

⁵ Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not erase or blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels.

·         Of course their names won’t be erased from the Book of Life, they were chosen before the foundation of the world and their names are permanently written in it, Romans 11:29. Our Father cannot be fooled. He doesn’t let someone be one with Him whose heart is not right. That is what always amazes me with people who believe that we can walk away from God. First of all, He chose us, and second of all, did we fool Him into choosing us? Salvation is us becoming one with Jesus and there is absolutely no fellowship between. Light and darkness! Our Father knew what He was doing, we cannot fool Him!

·         There are a lot of people who will use this verse in Revelation 3 to say that we can lose our salvation. But all Jesus is saying is that He will not erase or blot names out of the Book of Life. He won’t erase or blot them; because the Truth is that He never will erase or blot a name out of His Book of Life. If we are in the Book, we are in it to stay. People who believe that we have the power to hold on to or gain salvation will always believe that it can be lost. But for those of us who have been born from God’s incorruptible seed, we know beyond any shadow of a doubt that our Father is in control of our lives and we are eternally saved! He will never lose us.

·          For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.] Romans 11:29

·          So far in Revelation 2 and 3 we have studied about a church that left Jesus, a church that has allowed false teachings in, a church that is abused, a church that has no true works of God, and a church who has allowed false leadership and teachings in. These things sound an awful lot like what is happening is so many of today’s churches. It is easy to find all of these things going on in churches, especially the bragging about the power of man. These faults are in no way unique to one certain church age. To say that all of these churches truly represent the real church of Jesus Christ during different periods of time, is to say that Jesus has had a terrible track record of empowering His church! These are people playing church, the real church is always one with Jesus, and empowered with His might and always being lead in the paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake.

·         The messengers or leaders of these churches are all in danger of committing the only unforgivable sin, blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 12. These leaders are in positions of power and they are teaching and leading the little ones astray. Jesus tells them to remember what they have been taught, so He is telling them that they know better, yet they still teach and encourage people to trust in man, and glorify man, not God. It would be better if these leaders would tie a millstone around their necks and cast themselves into the sea, Matthew 18:6.  

·         No here is what is powerful. The leaders of the Jews were doing the same things when they crucified Jesus and He still forgave them on the Cross. So even though these false leaders, or messengers, are close to committing Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit I honestly believe that they are unable to commit it. Jesus’ sacrifice was too powerful to allow it, even for the wolves in sheep’s clothing.

⁶ He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).

·         Only the true chosen ones of God can hear Him and that is why at the end of these letters Jesus always tells them that they will overcome. True believers have always had the Holy Spirit telling them that their future is securely in the hands of Jesus. While those who are playing church will read these letters and say, “see what we have to do!” The Truth that sets us free is that it is not what we have to do; it is what Jesus has to do through us! Greater is He that is within us, than he that is in the world. Not one of us can claim anything as coming from ourselves, unless it has first been given us from our Father in Heaven, 2 Corinthians 3:5.