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Inheritance Reserved
Jimmy
Cox writes: "My great-great-grandfather was a medical
doctor, who also owned a large plantation in
Virginia
. When his
son, Henry, was 16 years old, he told him, 'I'm
putting you in charge of supervising my farm
employees, so that I will have more time for my
medical practice.'
But Henry had other plans – he was going West
to seek his fortune.
He went to lots of places and did lots of
different kinds of work, but he never achieved the
kind of success like that of his father.
When his father died, Henry even refused to
accept the large inheritance his father left him.
Many of his descendents said, 'That was a bad
decision.'"
"But
today, many people make a far worse decision when they
REFUSE or NEGLECT
to "qualify" for an eternal inheritance that has been offered
by our heavenly Father."
How VERY tragic indeed!
WE
BELONG TO GOD. . . by right of creation!
God created us in His own image (Genesis
1:26-27). But
all of us, as we grow and mature, separate ourselves
from God by sin (Romans 3:23; Isaiah 59:1-2).
But God sent His Son, Jesus, as a sin offering.
Jesus shed His blood and died so that we might
be reconciled to God (2 Cor 5:20).
God
wants you to BECOME His child.
He wants to bless you with spiritual blessings
that are far greater than anything this world has to
offer. He
wants to give you an eternal inheritance "that can
never perish, spoil, or fade… [that is] reserved in
heaven" for His children (1 Peter 1:4).
To
"qualify" for this inheritance, you must BECOME
a child of God. . .
The
process of becoming a child of God (and heir) is
called a "new birth"
(John 3:1-5).
Since Jesus shed His blood to redeem us from
sin, YOU can be "born" into
His family if you will believe
in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), repent
of your sins (Acts 17:30), confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized
(immersed) – "BORN
of the WATER and the SPIRIT"
(John 3:5) – for the forgiveness of
sins
(Acts 2:38).
Once
you have been BORN into His family. . .
God wants you to continue to live faithfully to Him in
ALL things (Rev 2:10). When we do so, "the Spirit
Himself bears witness with our spirit that we ARE
CHILDREN of God, and IF children, THEN heirs;
heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we
suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified
together" (Romans 8:16-17).
So
many people have lonely lives searching for riches and
pleasures of this world
while the love of God is unnoticed and an ETERNAL inheritance
is unclaimed. . . .
An inheritance reserved for YOU!
God
has made this offer available to YOU through His Son.
Won't YOU
accept His offer through your faithful obedience?
God bless you!
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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