TRUE INHERITANCE

Text : 1 Peter 1:3&4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you*

*Knowing what your true inheritance is, or the true inheritance to pass to your children will give you true rest from futile labour.*

While it is good to leave things behind for your children, you must however understand how to bring them into an inheritance that does not fade away. The very best inheritance that God has intended for His children is reserved in heaven for them.

Every inheritance on earth is subject to corruption and defilement. Hence, you must know how to pass the right and true inheritance to your children's children.

*Only a righteous man, (not wicked man) can leave inheritance to his children's children.* Proverbs 13:22

Jesus once said; "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.(Matthew 6:19& 20).

This affirms the fact that the true inheritance a righteous man would leave for his children's children are not primarily physical things.

If you want to be sincere with yourself, you will realise that whatever inheritance you give or inherit cannot endure the test of time.

*Whatever that is under the sun is time bound, and whatever that is time bound is subjected to corruption. And for anything or anyone to be saved from corruption, such thing or person must be submitted to Jesus Christ.*

To be a wise person, you must seek to understand how you can give and receive the true inheritance.

So, the question is: what is this inheritance?

BIBLE READING:

1 Peter 3-12.

*PRAYER FOCUS*

1. Father, help me to pursue the true inheritance, and to leave same for my children's children.

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