Questions & Answers
Questions 86 (COD Page 397)
If we were saved before the foun-... (Oh, oh. We don’t want to stop here do we?) If we were saved before the foundation of the world-were we?
165 Yes, sir! Revelation 13:8 said that you were saved and your name was put in the Lamb’s Book of Life before the world was ever created. And Ephesians 1:4 and 5... Let me just read that; it won’t take but just a minute and just so you see that I’m not just-just quoting it, I’m-I’m... All right, here we are; let’s read this.
Blessed be the God and Father... (Ephesians the 1st chapter the 3rd verse.) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
According... (Listen!)... According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him... (As Christ died for us, of course.)
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to His own good will.
166 Now, in the Book of Revelation... I got that here; let me get it right quick, so you-you see that I just never just coated it, I want to quote it. Revelation the 13:8, listen at this just quickly.
And all that dwelt upon the earth whose names-upon the earth shall worship him, whose names were not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world. (That’s when it was. All right.)