“For the Joy of the Lord is your Strength”Nehemiah 8:10

The Book of Remembranceby Pastor Fee Soliven

Malachi 3:16-17Sunday MorningAugust 25, 2013

Malachi 3:16-1716 Then those who feared the

LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard

them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those

who fear the LORD And who meditate on His name.

 17 "They shall be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his

own son who serves him."

1. The Book of the Living2. The Lambs Book of Life3. The Book of Tears4. The Book of Works5. The Book of Seven Seals6. The Book of Remembrance

1. The Book of the Living

Psalm 139:16 (Amplified Bible)Your eyes saw my unformed

substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written

before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.

Psalm 69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be

written with the righteous.

2. The Lambs Book of Life

Philippians 4:3"And I urge you also, true

companion, help these women who labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names

are in the Book of Life"

 Revelation 3:5"He who overcomes shall be

clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his

name before My Father and before His angels"

Luke 10:19-2019 Behold, I give you the authority

to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power

of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20

Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."

3. The Book of Tears

Psalm 56:88 You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they

not in Your book?  

Psalm 30:4-54 Sing praise to the LORD, You

saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy

name. 5 For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life;

Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.

4. The Book of Works

Revelation 20:12-1312 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written

in the books. 

1 Corinthians 15:58"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always

abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in

vain in the Lord"

Mark 9:41"For whoever gives you a cup of

water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ,

assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward"

 5. The Book of Seven Seals

Revelation 5:1 (King James Translation)"And I saw in the right hand of him

that sat on the throne a book written within and on the

backside, sealed with seven seals"

6. The Book of RemembranceThe Hebrew word zakar is almost always translated ``remember''

meaning God will always remember us and all that we do!

1. What is God Remembering?

Genesis 8:1-21 Then God remembered Noah,

and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass

over the earth, and the waters subsided.

Genesis 30:22-24Then God remembered Rachel,

and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach." 24 So she called his

name Joseph, and said, "The LORD shall add to me another son."

Exodus 2:24"So God heard their groaning, and

God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with

Jacob"

1 Samuel 1:19-2019 Then they rose early in the

morning and worshiped before the LORD, and returned and came to

their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife,

and the LORD remembered her. 20 So it came to pass in the process

of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his

name Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked for him from the

LORD."  

2. Who is God Remembering?

Acts 10:1-51 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a

centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and

prayed to God always. 3 About the

ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God

coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius!" 4 And when he

observed him, he was afraid, and said, "What is it, lord?" So he said

to him, "Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial

before God.  

John 1:43-4543 The following day Jesus wanted

to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45

Philip found Nathanael and said to him,

"We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the

prophets, wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

Psalm 119:41-48 41 Let Your mercies come also to

me, O LORD--Your salvation according to Your word. 42 So shall

I have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word. 43 And take not the word of

truth utterly out of my

mouth, For I have hoped in Your ordinances. 44 So shall I keep Your law continually, Forever and ever. 45 And I will walk at liberty, For I

seek Your precepts. 46 I will speak of Your testimonies also before

kings, And will not be ashamed.

 47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love. 48 My hands also I will lift up to Your

commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate on Your statutes.

The Lord is remembering those who fear God, those who witness, testify and meditate

on His name!

3. Why is God Remembering

1 Thessalonians 5:9-119 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation

through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we

wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. 11 Therefore

comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are

Those who are truly His are God's treasure on earth! The word Jewels is mentioned in

Malachi and in Hebrew it means (seg-ool-law') or hidden

treasure.

Malachi 3:16-1816 Then those who feared the

LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard

them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those

who fear the LORD And who meditate on His name. 17 "They shall be Mine," says the LORD of

hosts, "On the day that I make them My jewels. And I will spare

them As a man spares his own son who serves him." 18 Then you

shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who

does not serve Him. 

Exodus 19:55 Now therefore, if you will indeed

obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a

special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.

 

Psalm 135:4"For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special

treasure"

Isaiah 45:33 I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of

secret places, That you may know that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.

2 Corinthians 4:7"But we have this treasure in

earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of

God and not of us"  

1 Peter 2:9"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness

into His marvelous light"

The Great tribulation is going to be a time of horrific trouble this world has never seen nor

will it ever see it like that again!

Matthew 24:21-2221 For then there will be great

tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall

be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.

Zephaniah 1:14-1814 The great day of the LORD is

near; It is near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the

LORD is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out. 15 That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of devastation and

desolation, A day

of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of trumpet and alarm Against the fortified cities And against the

high towers. 17 "I will bring distress upon men, And they shall walk like blind men, Because they

have sinned against the LORD; Their blood shall be poured out

like dust, And their flesh like refuse." 18 Neither their silver nor their gold Shall be able to deliver

them In the day of the LORD's wrath; But the whole land shall be

devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will make speedy riddance Of all those who dwell in

the land. 

2 Peter 3:3-133 knowing this first: that scoffers

will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of

creation." 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth

standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that

then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the

heavens and the earth which are

now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day

of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, do

not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack

concerning His promise, as some

count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a

thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a

great noise, and

the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things

will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy

conduct and godliness,

12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because

of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent

heat?  

Who are the people that will not be found in the Book of

Remembrance? 

1. The Five Foolish Virgins

Matthew 25:1-131 "Then the kingdom of heaven

shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil

with them,

4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But

while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6

And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming;

go out to meet him!‘  7 "Then all those virgins arose and

trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us

some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9 "But the wise

answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' 10 "And while they went to buy, the

bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord,

open to us!' 12 "But he answered and said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, I

do not know you.' 13 "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son

of Man is coming.

2. The Dead Church and the Sleeping

Church

Revelation 3:2-3 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the

things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. 3

Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast

and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what

hour I will come upon you. 

Here is how God will be taking with him His treasure that's on

the earth

1 Thessalonians 4:16-1816 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the

trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together

with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort

one another with these words. 

1 Corinthians 15:50-5850 Now this I say, brethren, that

flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does

corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We

shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- 52 in a moment, in

the twinkling of an eye, at the last

trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised

incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible

must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54

So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal

has put on immortality,

then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." 55 "O Death, where is your sting? O

Hades, where is your victory?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us

the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved

brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in

the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the

Lord.

“For the Joy of the Lord is your Strength” Nehemiah 8:10