PRIVILEDGES OF BEING HEIRS OF GOD

OUR INHERITANCE

Colossians 1:12

Always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.

Romans 8:17Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory

Ephesians 1:18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,

Gal 3:18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.

Our inheritance comes only by grace

Acts 20:32And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.

Our inheritance comes only by grace

1. BELIEVERS ARE HEIRS OF SALVATION & ETERNAL LIFE

Titus 3:7

So that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

1 Peter 1:3-4 (NIV)Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,

1. BELIEVERS ARE HEIRS OF SALVATION & ETERNAL LIFE

The world is but a great inn, where we stay a night or two, and be gone; what madness is it so to set our heart upon our inn, as to forget our home ~ Watson

Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

2. BELIEVERS INHEIRIT SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE

Ephesians 1

V11 - In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

V18 - having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

2. BELIEVERS INHEIRIT SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE

What do we inherit?

They inherit salvation (Heb 1:14)They inherit eternal life (Mt 19:29; Lk 10:25; Tit 3:7; 1Pe 3:7)They have the full rights of sons (Gal 4:4-7)They have the rights of the firstborn (Heb 12:22-23,Ex 4:22; 2Ki 2:9)They inherit the earth (Mt 5:5, Ps 37:11)They inherit the kingdom (Mt 25:34,Lk 22:28-30; Rev 3:21)They inherit all things (Lk 15:31; 1Co 3:21-22; Rev 21:7)Their inheritance is the word of God Ps 119:111It is a good inheritance Ps 16:6

3. BELIEVERS ARE HEIRS TO THE FULL RIGHTS OF SONS & DAUGHTERS

Eph 1:5He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

John 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Galatians 4:1-7 (NIV)What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem

those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

Romans 8:14-17 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit

that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.