Enjoying Our Heavenly Inheritance (1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1Pet 1: 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us unto
a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead, 4 Unto an inheritance, incorruptible and undefiled and
unfading, kept in the heavens for you,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Part 1 of 3)
First Peter 1:4 says, "Unto an inheritance, incorruptible and
undefiled and unfading, kept in the heavens for you." At the end
of verse 3 there is a comma, not a period. Then verse 4 begins
with "unto." This indicates that "unto an inheritance" in verse
4 is in apposition to "unto a living hope" in verse 3. This
means that the living hope is the inheritance and that the
inheritance is the living hope. A living hope, resulting from
regeneration, is our expectation of the coming blessing; an
inheritance is the fulfillment of our hope in the coming age and
in eternity.
The inheritance in verse 4 comprises the coming salvation of our
souls (see verses 5 and 9), the grace to be received at the
unveiling of the Lord (v. 13), the glory to be revealed (5:1),
the unfading crown of glory (5:4), and the eternal glory (5:10).
All these items of our eternal inheritance are related to the
divine life which we received through regeneration and which we
are experiencing and enjoying through our entire Christian life.
"This inheritance is the full possession of that which was
promised to Abraham and all believers (Gen. 12:3; Gal. 3:6), an
inheritance, as much higher than that which fell to the children
of Israel in the possession of Canaan, as the sonship of the
regenerate, who have already received the promise of the Spirit
through faith as a pledge of their inheritance, is higher than
the sonship of Israel." (Wiesinger, quoted by Alford).
(Continued tomorrow)
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of First Peter, pp. 27-28. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.
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