Philippians 4:2,3

Directions To Two Christian Women

Paul beseeched two women by name. He did not take sides, but asked each to change. He wanted them to lay aside their differences and be united in purpose in the Lord's service. Paul asked an unnamed co-worker to help these women lay aside their differences. The women had been great helpers in the service to the Lord. They had helped Paul, Clement and others, "whose names are in the Book of life". It is wonderful to realize God keeps an active list of those who will inherit eternal life. Anyone can be on it if he will only be a faithful servant (1 Peter 4:2-3; Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 9:27).

Jesus told his disciples to "rejoice because your names are in heaven (Luke 10:20). The writer of Hebrews addressed his readers as "the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven" (Hebrews 12:23). Similarly, the Lord promised, "He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Gook of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels (Revelation 3:5).