My Inheritance
My Father’s will is that if I look to the Son and believe in
him, I shall have eternal life, and I will be raised up at the last day.
I praise my God and Father and my Lord Jesus Christ! In his
great mercy he has given me 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 — kept in heaven for me, who through faith am
shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be
revealed in the last time. Here is a trustworthy saying: if I died with him I
will also live with him if I endure, I will also reign with him. If I disown
him, he also will disown me; if I am faithless he will remain faithful, for he
cannot disown himself.
As in Adam l die, so in Christ l am made alive. Now l am a
child of God and what I will be has not yet been made known. But I know that
when he appears I shall be like him, for I shall see him as he is. When Christ
who is my life appears, then I also will appear with him in glory. Christ was
sacrificed once to take away my sins; and he will appear a second time, not to
bear sin, but to bring salvation to me and others who are waiting for him.
And surely you will be with me always, to the very end of
the age. Never will you leave me; never will you forsake me. So I can say with
confidence, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
I am to be joyful always; to pray continually; I am to give
thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for me in Christ Jesus.
Through Jesus, therefore, I will continually offer to God a
sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that confess his name. And I will not
forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is
pleased.
(John 6:40; 1 Pet. 1:3—5; 2 Tim. 2:11—13; 1 Cor. 15:22; 1
John 3:2;
Col. 3:4; Heb. 9:28; Matt. 28:20; Heb. 13:5—6; 1 Thess.
5:16—18;
Heb. 13:15-16)