The first time the Book of Life is mentioned in the Bible, God said He would blot names out of it: “…him will I blot out of my book” (Exodus 32:32-33). Also, the last time the Book of Life is mentioned in the Bible, it says God will take people out of it: “…God shall take away his part out of the book of life…” (Revelation 22:19; see also 3:5; Psalm 69:28). A Baptist preacher I studied with this week said that God would never take someone’s name from the Book of Life, and another one I studied with in recent years claimed that God never said He would do that. Even after I showed them the Scriptures with kindness and patience, they still would not acknowledge the Truth of what God plainly said.
Friends, only those who are truly saved are in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and since names can be blotted out, that is irrefutable evidence that people who are truly saved can become truly lost! Deadly errors such as “once saved, always saved” will cause countless souls to be lost, and if we support those who teach such, God will hold us accountable (Romans 16:17; 2 John 9-11). Also, if children of God can fall from God’s saving grace because of their own choices (“…ye are fallen from grace,” Galatians 5:4), that proves that man has responsibilities toward his salvation (though he can never earn it). Each individual has personal responsibility to choose to become saved and choose to remain saved (through obedient faith in Christ), and that is contrary to what most denominations teach (Joshua 24:15; Deuteronomy 30:19; Acts 2:40; Romans 11:22; Philippians 2:12; Hebrews 10:22-31; James 4:7-8; 1 Peter 1:22, 2 Peter 1:10; Revelation 2:10, etc.). Friends, this is just a tiny sample of serious errors that are very widespread. Please understand that these words I am writing are written in love for your souls! Please wake up and study for yourselves, learning how the whole Bible fits together (Acts 17:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; 1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 2:15-18).