“[By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope] …and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, …” 1 Peter 1:4 (ESV)
People who have not believed do not yet know or understand what the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus means for those who have believed. When Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead, He was raised to a new life. That new life is given to all believers in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. With that new life comes an inheritance, a spiritual trust because we are heirs with Christ. Jesus Christ is our portion of that inheritance because He now abides in us through the Holy Spirit and we abide in Him. God is our Father and we His children possess the promise of an inheritance which is never-ending. It is a pure and unsullied trust. It never diminishes as it holds its priceless value for all time. This inheritance is founded in heaven. Each of these descriptions of our inheritance are promises given to us that we can believe and abide by every day. Starting today, we have it guaranteed and we can be encouraged to know that there is a time when this trust will become a very real inheritance for each of us in heaven.
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