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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
RECEIVING YOUR INHERITANCE
ACTS 20:32
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all
them which are sanctified.
THE MEANING OF INHERITANCE
klhronomi,a {klay-ron-om-ee'-ah}
Meaning: property received (or to be received) by execution of the last
will and testament of a deceased person.
YOUR INHERITANCE
LIFE
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to
destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have
it more abundantly.
PROSPERITY
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and
be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Psalm 35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my
righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be
magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
HEALTH
1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
stripes ye were healed.
SOUND MIND
2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of
power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
4 STEPS TO RECEIVING IT:
COMMIT TO GOD
James 4:7-8 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and
he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double
minded.
COMMIT TO THE WORD
Hebrews 13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For
it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with
meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
LET IT BUILD YOU
James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and
continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the
work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
LET IT SANCTIFY YOU
Ephesians 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of
water by the word,
HEAR IT WITH QUESTIONS:
Is there a warning for me?
Is there a promise I can claim?
Is there an example for me to follow?
Are there command I must obey?
Is there a sin I must avoid or confess?
Is there some encouragement I can take to heart?
Is there some new lesson about God I can thank Him for?
What truth is the Holy Spirit revealing to me that I can share with
others?
How can I use it to change my present circumstances or solve a problem
I'm facing?
JUST DO IT!
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