The Lamb's Book Of Life

[Mr. M]

1 Peter 3:
13 Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?
14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. Do not be afraid
or worry about their threats.
15 Instead sanctify Messiah as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer
to anyone who asks you a reason(logos) for the hope that is in you, yet with humility
and reverence,
16 keeping a clear conscience so that, whatever you are accused of, those who abuse
you for your good conduct in Messiah may be put to shame.
17 For it is better to suffer for doing good (if it is God’s will) than for doing evil.

We are instructed in this passage to “always be ready to give an answer to anyone who
asks for a reason(logos) for the hope that is in you”. This verse gives an opportunity to
gain a deeper understanding of the Greek: logos. Over 65% of the time , logos is simply translated 'word', giving us the vaguest notion of the meaning that is being conveyed.
We have an expression in English to convey the point of getting to the heart of the matter
for clarity in conveying the truth. We say that for “all intents and purposes”, something to
be true. The Logos of God conveys in a very pure sense His intent and purpose behind His creation. This is why the Son of God is described by John as “The Word”, The Logos.
Because of this fact, Jesus can say of Himself:
Revelation 22:13. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning
and the End.

The Truth that the Son of God is His Logos is fully expressed for “all intents and purposes”
in this one verse:
Revelation 4:11. You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.

Consider now another example where logos is used, but simply translating as “word”
failed to convey enough information, so another choice of words is utilized.
Acts 1:1&2. The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do
and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had
given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen.

Here Luke opens his second book by referring to his first book, which we call the Gospel
of Luke, as the former account(logos). He refers to his first book as a logos, in which he describes his “intents and purposes” in the opening verses.
Luke 1:
1 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which
have been fulfilled among us,
2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
3 it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus(lover/beloved of God),
4 that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed.

So we see Luke describe his logos as a narrative “set in order” from first to last to convey
a “perfect understanding”. This “orderly account” is to insure the certainty of the things
that we are instructed and hold fast to in faith.

Now returning to our primary text, if we are to give “our logos for the hope that is in us”,
we must establish ourselves firmly in the context of an orderly account based on a perfect (mature) understanding of the word and work of God in our life.
We are to be judged by what is found of us in “the Lambs Book of Life”. Will there be a full account found there, or will we be just a footnote in someone else’s logos. This is exactly
what we are being called to do with our life as a narrative of the Work of His Spirit.
This is the correct understanding of the statement: “we overcome by the word(logos)
of our testimony.

Revelation 12:11. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word(logos)
of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even in the face of death.