From Gifts to Glory: Inheritance in Christ

No one can take it away. No one can show up and say, well, that doesn't belong to you. We all experience God's gifts. We all experience it. It's common grace, we could say, it's in blessings, but it's his children who receive an inheritance, an inheritance that can't be taken away. And as we'll see, that inheritance is ultimately Jesus himself. That is what's reserved for us who are God's children and what can't be taken away. [00:11:40] (34 seconds)  #InheritanceInChrist

And so that brings an important another important question before us. Are we settling for being associated with Jesus, getting some of the the splash off blessings as it were, or are we living and believing as co heirs with him? By putting faith in Jesus that we're not just settling for, you know, momentary, you know, temporary, material blessings. Again, they're not bad, but God wants to give us so much more in Christ. He wants us to be co heirs heirs with him. [00:17:37] (42 seconds)  #LiveAsCoHeirs

Inheritance is exclusive, like you are named in an inheritance. When someone leaves all they own, it goes to who is is named in the inheritance. Isaac is that person. Isaac doesn't just receive something from Abraham. He doesn't just receive Abraham's, you know, collection of antique spoons. Right? He received not to poke fun at you if you collect spoons. I don't don't single anybody out. But Abraham received or Isaac receives everything. That's the power of inheritance that I want us to see this morning. He receives everything. [00:08:09] (46 seconds)  #HeirGetsEverything

Not because we earned it, not because we tried really hard and we strive really hard and we showed up to church enough times and we memorized enough bible verses and served on enough committees. No. It's not any of that, but we inherited it. We inherited it from the Lord. And if we inherited it from the Lord, it's ours by right. No one takes it away. Do you ever think of it that way? That the hope and the inheritance that the Lord has reserved for you, that it's yours by right because of the word of Jesus. [00:22:20] (40 seconds)  #InheritedByGrace

If Christ is our inheritance, then nothing else touches or comes close to. Again, this isn't to say that, you know, momentary blessings and and just the common grace that we all receive from the Lord is bad, but it's to say, don't forget the weight of the inheritance that we have in Christ, the life that is reserved for us in Christ. Placing our faith in Jesus, we don't just receive something. We don't just receive this small gift like Abraham's other sons. They receive a gift and they're sent away. Now we receive everything. [00:23:45] (46 seconds)  #ChristIsOurInheritance

You inherited something from a a family member and something obscure or something bizarre, and you're like, what on earth? Like, you know, what what am I gonna do with this? I inherited my uncle's stack of newspapers. Like, what what am I supposed to do with this? But that's not the the case of our inheritance from the Lord. It's not a burden. Right? It is life. The inheritance that we're being offered in in Christ is is just that, this tremendous, this overwhelming sense of joy and life. [00:23:10] (35 seconds)  #InheritanceIsLife

It's important to understand, kind of said it this way already, but only designated heirs receive an inheritance. An inheritance doesn't just go to anybody and everybody that's out in the world. It only goes to those who are designated as an heir. In this case, Isaac is the only son of promise. Isaac, again, gets everything that Abraham owns. It is Isaac we're told in verse 11 that after Abraham's death, God blessed his son, Isaac. Isaac is the son who promised by God's choice. [00:12:36] (45 seconds)  #DesignatedHeirsOnly

So we speak of the Holy Spirit living in us, us of our relationship with the Lord, reminding us of our being a child of God. That is the down payment of our inheritance. A down payment means that we can experience it partially now, but it also means that there's more to come later, That there'll be much more to come later. It's not just that one time cash advance. Right? The Lord isn't on the JG Wentworth plan. Right? There's more coming later. [00:20:57] (34 seconds)  #HolySpiritDownPayment