What the Work of Christ Means for Your Church Membership Directory

Heaven has a membership directory.

In Revelation, John often refers to the book of life (Rev. 3:5; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27), the registry of saints chosen by God to inherit the kingdom of heaven. Later, John calls this heavenly directory “the book of life of the Lamb who was slain” (Rev. 13:8). In other words, heaven’s membership directory is a registry of all those for whom Christ died. Every name on the roll bears witness to the fact that there is, as the old song goes, “power in the blood.”

Does your church’s membership directory do that?

PUTTING TOGETHER A MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY? START BY STUDYING THE WORK OF CHRIST

Your church’s membership directory should be an excerpt from the book of life. Like that heavenly book, it says something about what you believe about the work of Christ.

Let me explain.

The author of Hebrews spills a good deal of ink explaining how Christ’s priestly work on the cross is superior to the Old Covenant priests’ work. In a word, the Old Covenant priests were ineffectual. Their sacrificial work could not create real, lasting purity in the hearts of the members of the Old Covenant—nor could they effect a lasting, eternal forgiveness

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