Our Inheritance

“For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:9-14

Many of our homes are filled with precious treasures that were passed down to us from previous generations. Because we have families, we share their legacy in the values and the wisdom they have tried to teach us and even in the material goods they have left behind. The same concept of a rich spiritual inheritance is repeated throughout Scripture. The singular, wonderful through expressed is this: All that belongs to Jesus Christ belongs to His saints.

As in most earthly inheritances, two stipulations apply: A death must take place, and we must be family members. Our spiritual inheritance was initiated and made possible by the sacrificial, substitutionary death of Jesus Christ. “...He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place...” that “...those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance”
(Heb. 9:15).
                           
That inheritance can be enjoyed only by God’s children who have placed their faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection and thereby have become saints. The believer’s inheritance includes the forgiveness of his sins, the presence of God in this world, and the riches of eternal life in the age to come. Can any earthly inheritance compare?   

“To obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away...” 1 Peter 1:4