Heirs

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. 

Primary Text

“And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.” Romans 8v17 (AMP)

“And since we are His children, we are His heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share His glory, we must also share His suffering.” Romans 8v17 (NLT)

 

“And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us – an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with Him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with Him!” Romans 8v17 (MSG)

 

“If we are God’s children, we will receive blessings from God together with Christ. But we must suffer as Christ suffered so that we will have glory as Christ has glory.” Romans 8v17 (NCV)

 

I remember this song we sing which says: We are heirs of the Father, we are joint heirs with the Son, we are children of the Kingdom, we are family, we are one. Hallelujah! Not only have we been given sonship with the Father, He expressly states that we are His heirs as well, and joint heirs with Jesus. Basically, He isn’t joking. He has adopted us as His own, and He gives us the full benefit that comes with sonship. Hallelujah. Now if you are a child of God, you are really a child of God. Now, not only do we share the benefits of being children of God, but as bona fide children of God we also share in His sufferings. In Philippians 3v10-11 (NIV) Paul says “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.” As we may have experienced in life, some who are not children of particular parents might get away with certain things they do, but the real children do not. As children of God therefore, we share the inheritance but also the suffering.

Prayer

Father, we thank You so much for this day. We thank You so much for making us heirs of salvation. We thank You for the power to be sons of God. We pray that even as we are joint-heirs with Christ, that we would gracefully bear His sufferings as well in Jesus name, amen. Thank You Father, Son and Holy Spirit in Jesus name, amen.