Heirs

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. But when the kindness and the love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. – Titus 3.3-7

Despite all that we were – foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving our own lusts, and so on we now, due toe kindness and love of the Saviour, justified by Him, have become heirs of eternal life. 

Having an inheritance of any kind is a great blessing. I have received two smallish inheritances in my lifetime. Nothing major and both were deflated by lawyers fees and taxes and those kind of things.

But here we are told that we are heirs to the hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ. Saved and preserved and full of the Holy Spirit as He has been poured out on us and seal our inheritance forever.

It’s mind boggling that me, born a child of the world and a child of sin could be adopted into God’s family. I am a son of God with all the benefits of sonship. My inheritance is pure and spotless and it can’t be frittered away and it is preserved in heaven for me.

My eternal life is already preserved. That being the case how can anyone think they could lose it?