A Word of Encouragement
The Inheritance of the
Saints
To an inheritance incorruptable, and undefiled, and
that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.
1 Peter 1:4
Because we are elect, regenerate, and
redeemed, we have a living hope of a glorious
inheritance. Peter lifts the minds of his readers away
from the reproaches, persecutions, and afflictions of
this present world to the glorious anticipition of their
promised and sure inheritance in the world to come.
Notice that it is an inhertiance. It is
not attained by our own exertions, but is bequeathed to
us and is ours already by promise through the death of
the Testator, our Lord Jesus Christ. How sure it is! We must
inherit, for the Testator has already died, and the terms
of His covenant must be fulfilled (Heb. 9:15-17).
It is an undying inheritance,
incorruptable. There is no seed of death there, for there
is no sin in heaven. Its glories, its felicities, and its
joys are undying. They will never sour with the oft
tasting.
It is an undefiled inheritance.
This word indicated that there is nothing added to it.
There is nothing to mitigate its holiness and happiness.
In all our enjoyments of earth there is an admixture of
infirmity and sorrow. But not so in heaven.
Our inheritance is therefore unfading.
It will never cease to give joy. It is always fresh,
satisfying, and new. As we follow the Lamb, we will be
led to deeper, fuller springs of eternal life.
Then it is unremoveable. It is
reserved in heaven for us. It is under the guardianship
of divine wisdom and power, and so are we the
inheritors-kept by the power of God. One day soon it will
be revealed, and we will see it in perfect fulness and
reality.
Let us count the trials of this life as
but a light thing in the anticipation of such a promised
and joyful inheritance.
by Rev R.J. Beggs
former Minister of Ballymena Free Presbyterian Church,
N.Ireland.
Taken from the book; "Eagles Wings" edited by
Rev Alan Cairns, a minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of North America.
The road is not to be complained of, as it leads to
such a home.
John Newton
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