books of record,
unrepented of and unforgiven, their names will be blotted out of the book
of life, and the record of their good deeds will be erased from the book
of God's remembrance. The Lord declared to Moses, "Whosoever hath sinned
against Me, him will I blot out of My book."(855) And says the prophet
Ezekiel, "When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, ... all his righteousness that he hath done shall not
be mentioned."(856)

All who have truly repented of sin, and by faith claimed the blood of
Christ as their atoning sacrifice, have had pardon entered against their
names in the books of heaven; as they have become partakers of the
righteousness of Christ, and their characters are found to be in harmony
with the law of God, their sins will be blotted out, and they themselves
will be accounted worthy of eternal life. The Lord declares, by the
prophet Isaiah, "I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for
Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins."(857) Said Jesus: "He that
overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not
blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name
before My Father, and before His angels." "Whosoever therefore shall
confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is
in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny
before My Father which is in heaven."(858)

The deepest interest manifested among men in the decisions of earthly
tribunals but faintly represents the interest evinced in the heavenly
courts when the names entered in the book of life come up in review before
the Judge of all the earth. The divine Intercessor presents the plea that
all who have overcome through faith in His blood be forgiven their
transgressions, that they be restored to their Eden home, and crowned as
joint-heirs with Himself to the "first dominion."(859) Satan, in his
efforts to deceive and tempt our race, had thought to frustrate the divine
plan in man's creation; but Christ now asks that this plan be carried into
effect, as if man had never fallen. He asks for His people not only pardon
and justification, full and complete, but a share in His glory and a seat
upon His throne.

While Jesus is pleading for the subjects of His grace, Satan accuses them
before God as transgressors. The great deceiver has sought to lead them
into skepticism, to cause them to lose confidence in