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Paul Mahan

An Heir Of God

Galatians 4:7
Paul Mahan • November, 4 2007 • Audio
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Galatians
What does the Bible say about being an heir of God?

The Bible indicates that believers are heirs of God through faith in Christ.

In Galatians 4:7, it states, 'Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.' This reveals that true children of God, those who believe and are adopted through Jesus, are granted the status of heirs. This means they inherit all the promises and spiritual blessings granted by God, which reflects the depths of God's grace and the fullness of eternal life bestowed upon them. Therefore, the status of being an heir is rooted in one's relationship with Christ, emphasizing grace rather than human merit.

Galatians 4:7, Romans 8:17

How do we know we are heirs of God?

We are heirs of God if we are led by the Spirit of God and have faith in Christ.

Romans 8:14 states, 'For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.' Those who possess the Holy Spirit are the true sons of God, and therefore partakers in the inheritance. This is not an automatic status for all people, but for those chosen and called according to God's purpose, as expressed in Romans 8:30 where it states that those He predestined, He also called, justified, and glorified. The assurance of being an heir is confirmed through the indwelling Spirit who reveals Christ to us and leads us in faith.

Romans 8:14-30, Galatians 4:5-7

Why is understanding our inheritance as heirs of God important for Christians?

Understanding our inheritance is crucial for recognizing our identity and assurance as children of God.

Recognizing that we are heirs of God through Christ shapes our identity as believers. Ephesians 1:3 mentions that we are blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. This knowledge provides assurance of our eternal security and relationship with God. It signifies that we have a meaningful hope that transcends our current circumstances. Moreover, it is a great motivator to live in accordance with God’s will, as our inheritance impacts how we view our lives and responsibilities. Realizing that we are joint heirs with Christ inspires us to worship, glorify God, and seek His kingdom above all else.

Ephesians 1:3, Romans 8:17

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Three. Read look look with me
verse twenty nine. Says if you be Christ then are
you Abraham's seed and heirs heirs according to the promise.
Verse seven. Says you're no more a servant
but a son and if a son then an heir of God. Through Christ an
heir of God. sun and air. And once again, I'm going to
speak things too wonderful for me. The fact is, I thought about
this, fact is, whatever subject we take that deals with God is
just too wonderful, too great for a poor human being to try
to declare. have never been told never will
be a mortal man. What we're looking at this morning
what we want to look at is what it means to be an heir of God. An heir of God now. The scripture says I have hasn't
seen. Here hasn't hurt neither have
entered in the heart of man the things that God has prepared
for them to love. So, this is an impossible task,
really. But with God, all things are
possible. This message will be a great
revealer. It will be very revealing of
all who hear it. The truth always is. Truth always
reveals the truth from error. gospel always separates all. Always separates the wheat from
the chaff. The truth separates the sheep from the goats. It
separates God's people, his sons, from the sons of Adam. It always does. And your heartfelt, our heartfelt
interest in this subject will reveal the state of our heart. That's how revealing this is. Section. Now an inheritance. An inheritance is something left
to you in a will. Someone who has an estate and
they die and before they die they write out this will and
they say in that we will who is to receive all of their state. The inheritance. The one who
receives the inheritance is an heir. An heir. OK? Who receives. All right.
Very simple. Who is an heir of God? Talks
about an heir of God. Receive according to a will.
According to God's will, they receive everything in that will.
Who is it? Who's the heir? Not everybody.
All right, what do they receive? What is their inheritance? That's
very simple, isn't it? Who's the heir? Who's an heir
of God? And what do they inherit? It's
going to be very revealing. All right, who is an heir? Again, in chapter three, four,
Galatians four says, thou art no more servant, but a son, and
if a son, then an heir of God. Must be a son of God to be an
heir. Very simple, isn't it? Well,
turn back to Romans eight with me, OK? Romans eight that we
read a while ago. Romans eight, God is called the
Father. the heavenly father of who. Not mankind. Not all mankind. No sir. God is not the father
of all men. Isn't that what everybody says?
It doesn't matter if everybody says that. Scripture says let
God be true in every man a liar. What does God say? Well, they
are not all the children of God. Romans 8, look at Romans 8, verse
14, says, As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God. Isn't that what it says? They are the
sons of God. There are some that are clearly
led by another spirit. Right? Right. Nothing plainer from scripture
there's nothing plainer from scripture scripture and nothing
more denied by false preachers and false. Believers than this. Very clear from scripture that
there are sheep and there are goats. Very clear. Our Lord himself said that that
he will separate separate the sheep from the goats. Come you
blessed of my father. Chosen, foreknown, Romans 8. See, I wanted to read it all. For whom he did foreknow, that
means love, he did predestinate. Whom he did predestinate, he
called. Whom he called, he justified. Whom he justified, he glorified.
And it goes on down in verse 31 to say, if God be for us,
who can be against us? Well, that's not talking about
everybody, because he just told us who they were. Those of us are those before
new predestined all just five or five. Receive the spirit of
adoption led by the spirit of Christ. They're the sons of God.
If God before them. And he is. Nothing can be against it and
goes on to say nothing shall separate them from the love of
God. It's where. The last verse of Romans 8. It's in Christ. The well-beloved only begotten
son, the elect, which we will get to in a minute. All right,
they are the sons. There's nothing clearer from
scripture than that there are sons of God and sons of. Our
Lord looked at some men one day and said, you're of your father,
the devil, didn't it? Sammy, why don't? Preachers and
people believe that today. Why do they go around telling
everybody? Because they're liars. And what they're doing is calling
Jesus Christ a liar. Christ said that. He looked right
at some religious fellows who called God their father and said,
God were your father. Remember this? If God were your
father, meaning he's not, if God were your father, you'd love
me. And we're going to see this in a minute. But they're all
taught of God. And they come to Christ. Because
he that hath seen me, Christ said, hath seen the Father. Well, nothing clearer. This Holy
Spirit, they're led by, we read there in verse 14, they're led
by the Spirit of God. What does he do? What's his office?
What's the Holy Spirit do? A lot of people have an opinion
on A lot of people say a lot of things. Oh, we're spirit isn't
anointed preachers, anointed preachers, anointed churches,
anointed. A pack of liars. The spirit of God, Jesus Christ
said in John 14, John 16, he went into great depth, didn't
he? To tell what the spirit of Christ
does. That's what he's called. The
spirit of Christ. What does he do? Ed, you know
these things. You must be one of God's sons.
He teaches them all this. The Holy Spirit, Christ said,
takes the things of mind and shows them to you. He won't speak
of himself. People won't walk away talking about the spirit
this and spirit that. They'll be talking about Christ.
The Holy Spirit anointed preaching
and preachers and people are those who are rejoicing in Christ
Jesus. That's right. It's the things
of Christ. This is the earnest of the inheritance. You understand, this is in Ephesians
one says this is the earnest of the inheritance. This is how
you know you're an heir. This is how you know part of
it. You know who Christ is. And he's everything. If children
of God, verse 17 of Romans Eight says it. Or seventy if children
of God than heirs heirs of God joint heirs. Joint heirs. With Christ. You see there's
one heir. One heir. And look with me in
Hebrews Hebrews chapter one. There's one. Heir as one son. only begotten son of God. God
has one son. One son. And everybody else is
adopted. You see that? One son. Express image. That means he's
him. That means he is God. Not just
a son, like we're a son. Look at Hebrews 1. Look at this. And it says in Hebrews one. I got to find it. All right,
Hebrews one verse three says he who Christ be in the brightness
of his glory, the express image of his person. That means they're
one in the same, the exact person. Express image God. who made the
world. God in the beginning said yes
this. He said let us make man. In God say that. People have
trouble with the Trinity of the year because people don't I mean
they don't understand it but they believe. God said let us
make man after what. Our own image image I thought
God's a spirit. No, he is. But he also has an image. And apparently he had this before
the world began. An image, the son, the offspring,
the bodily in him, that is, Jesus Christ dwelleth all the fullness
of the Godhead. I said it right, didn't I? The Godhead bodily. And the world of people out there
have trouble with that. He can't be God, he's a man. But he is. He is. Jesus Christ is God. How
important is this? Our Lord said, Brother Henry,
John 8, 24, you know that verse. He said, If you believe not that
I am, you'll die in your sins. I am what he's become of the
God must believe that he is who is Christ is. What not. And not just the son of God.
Not just a son of God now listen to me I'm going to try to. My
pastor always said try to make good on this. Camp here while
you say that. Look at Hebrews 1 verse 2, God
hath in these last days spoken unto us by a son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things. Heir. By whom also he made the
world. Express image of God. And over in Romans 14 it says
Christ is Lord dead and living. Sovereign ruler, Jesus Christ. We're talking about Jesus, Jesus. That man that walked this earth
and none other than God Almighty in the flesh. And that means
he's sovereign. He's a ruler, a despot. Disposing, that is, of whom he
will, what he will, why he will, because he will. Despot. Doing
as he will. He's not Lord in title only.
He's not Lord because people let him be. He is. He is Lord, in person, in power. And he's not just a man. He's
not just the Son of God. Not just a man. He is God. He is equal with the Father.
Isn't it? Do you believe that? Now, listen,
there's a world of people that don't believe this. They don't believe this. Our
Lord Jesus Christ is not gentle Jesus, meek and mild. He used
to be. He's not now. He's not now. He's consuming
fire. He is not standing outside everybody's
heart's door in the rain, hoping they'll let him in because there's
no handle on the door and he can't do anything. No, sir, he's
sitting on the circle of the earth. Now he is. Scripture says we
shall see him as he is, not was, is. Paul said this in Hebrews,
he said, we see Jesus made a little lower than the angels. That is
a body. Angels weren't confined to a
fleshly body. He was. Why? For the suffering
of death. That's why. To be a propitiation,
a bloody sacrifice, to be God's Lamb, flesh, to take our sins
in His flesh, bear our sins in His flesh, in His own body on
the tree, had to. Behold the Lamb of God, He came,
He did it, made of a woman, made under the law to redeem them
that were under the law. Christ came, a kinsman redeemer,
substitute, made of a woman, made under the law to redeem
God manifests in the flesh, but he's not that way anymore. And I don't understand this completely
as a glorified body. Oh, he's the same Jesus, yet
he's not the same. He's infinitely glorified, and
he's seated on the throne of glory. He's not standing outside
anywhere. He's in the holy of holies. Right? Seated. He is the seat. The mercy seat. And covered with gold. Over the
cherubim cry, holy, holy, holy of this Lord God of hosts. That's
who they're talking about. Jesus Christ. When Isaiah said,
I saw the Lord, capital L, capital O, capital R, D, that's Jehovah,
isn't it? Who'd he see? Jesus Christ is
Jehovah. I am a Jehovah's Witness. I am. You are, too, if you believe
in Him. They shall all be taught of God,
our Lord said, taught who Christ is, the Lord. How important is
it? How vital is it? It's proof of
your son. All sons know this. They all
know that they know he's Lord. They don't believe it. They don't say it with their
lips when their hearts are far from it. All they know in their
hearts, they know that he is sovereign owner and ruler over
all. He is the Lord God. He's the
one that created everything. He's the director. He's the one
that kills and makes alive. He's the Lord, that's what it
means. A lot of people say that, but they don't believe that,
that he's Lord. Lord, they don't even know what
the term means. Lord means sovereign, controller. I'll tell you how ignorant people
are and how Their own mouths condemn them. There was a guy,
a so-called preacher in this very town, wrote an article in
the newspaper that said this, and I quote, he said, we control
the one that controls us. That's what he said, verbatim.
And he's got a big following of people that follow him, a
teacher, a ruler in Israel, a master in Israel. He doesn't even know
what Lord means. Either are you not. If somebody
controls you, you can't control them. How idiotic. When we say Lord, we mean it. Here's what Eli said when his
sons died. Both his sons were killed. Who
did it? The Lord. That's what Eli said. It's the Lord. Because God said,
Jesus Christ said, I kill and I make alive. I wound, I heal. I make peace, I create evil.
I cast down, I lift up. I the Lord do all these things. God the Lord will work. Who's
going to let him? Anybody that says, let God do
anything, doesn't know God. Do you? Do you say that? No,
you don't. You wouldn't dare say such a
thing. You know he's Lord. You must be a son. You see? I wrote a woman this week and
I said, you know, just because people all get together and agree
on something doesn't mean it's so. A person can believe something
all they will. It doesn't mean that. You know,
I believe I can fly. I believe that guy wrote that
song. I believe I can fly. We can believe it all day long.
It doesn't mean you can't. Right? I believe you just, man's
got a free will. You can believe it all you want
to, but it's not so. We brought this out last week,
didn't we? Man can't ever say, I will do anything. Man does not have a free will. That means you do exactly what
you purpose to do, and you do it and nobody can stop you. Right? I cannot say with absolute certainty,
beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I'm going to breathe the next
minute from now. I will breathe." You might and
you might not, but God in whose hands your breath is, Daniel
said. When does someone die? When God
kills them. When does somebody live? When
God gives them life. In Him we live and move and move
and move. and have our being. Man cannot say, I will do anything. All he can say, Ron, is I hope
to, I want to. God's people say, if the Lord
wills, I shall. And anybody on the top side of
this earth that runs around saying that man has a free will doesn't
know God. It's as plain as that. Oh, but
he's what? They'll all be taught of God,
Samuel, God, that God is God, Lord. Not with a mouth, they
don't believe that. He's Lord. Jesus is Lord. Don't you love what the wise
men, those who are wise unto salvation, When they can't they
followed his star God sends a star I wouldn't know where he was
and would know who he was unless God shed light on it. And they
thought they were chosen John were chosen out on a hillside
shepherd wise men from the east. Because you're from the east
doesn't mean you're wise. They were wise men because God made
them that from above wisdom from above and they came. How do you
know they're wise they came looking for Christ. What did they say? Where is he that is born? We
come to make him king. Is that what they said? We come to make him Lord, to
crown him Lord. What did they say? Where is he that is born
king? You're king by birth. You're king by inheritance. You're born king. You may think
you are. And you remember that story over
in First Kings of one of David's, one of these fellows that stood
up and said, I'm going to be king. Remember that? I forget
what his name was. He stood up one day and said,
I'm going to be king. And he got a bunch of people
around and said, yes, you are, aren't you? He paid them more
money. And I said, yes, you really are.
You're king. Keep paying me. I'll put you
in my court. I'll make you one of my rulers with me." So they
all decided that this fellow's going to be king. Now hold on. David was still alive, still
king, and he heard about it. And he said, we'll see about
this. He said, call my son Solomon. Call Solomon. Bring him in here.
And it says, John, it says David bowed himself to his son. That sound like Hebrews 1.8 to
you? Unto the son, the king says,
you're king. He ever and he will bow to you.
It doesn't matter if the whole world's getting together to make
this fellow king. Doesn't matter if he thinks he
is king. He's not. You're king. And he was, Kelly. And they all
found out about it, buddy. And he called him in and started
cutting heads off. Now who's king? No, no, you're
king, you're king, you're king. That's right. Every knee will
bow and every tongue will confess what? His Lord. Always has been. Where is he that is born king? Firstborn. What about old, old
naked, Simeon in the temple. Simeon in the temple. He held
a baby in his arm. He never talked about a baby. He never looked at that child
as being a baby in his hands. He never said, I'm going to make
this child my salvation. I'm going to make this child
my Lord. I'm going to let him into my heart. No, what did he say? He said, now mine eyes, he said,
have beheld thy salvation. Never said a thing about a baby.
And what he meant by that, John,
what he knew was, this child really is not in my hands at
all. I'm in his. I'm in his. Lord, our righteousness. In each
Jehovah's-Synod, Jesus Christ is the Lord, our righteousness.
There is none. I don't care what people look
like. I don't care how black they make their clothing, or
how broad they make their phylacteries, or how they give their bodies
to be burned. God is well pleased for one man's
righteousness. One man. There's been one man
that live on this earth God's proved of. Right, John? One man,
God said, well, please, you've earned heaven. One man, God said,
open these gates. Open these everlasting gates.
Open up heaven. Here's a man, he's earned it.
He's worked his way into heaven. One man. But look behind him. Look, look, look, hanging on
to his skirt. Covered with his skirt. The whole
train. Followers. The bridal veil. They're hanging on to the Lord
and they're righteous. Coming into glory. How? Following. Getting covered. They all know
that. They all know that. They all
know that. Everyone. and. First John five go over there
real quick the first John five. I got a hurry first John five.
Look at the. Talking about Christ being God
not just the son of God he's the only begotten that is bodily
offspring in him was the fullness of the God in a body body but
he's equal with the father he is the Call his name that you
know what I say is that calling my name that the Everlasting
Father. I don't I can't explain it they're
they're separate persons but they're not they're one. I'm not trying to explain that
just so. You can't worship God unless
you worship the sun. And the Holy Spirit is the one
that teaches you that. But first John five look at this
first John five verses nineteen and twenty we know John said
we who's he talking about. Talking about God's people this
whole letter is written to his people sons of God he talks about
the sons of God throughout this letter. And he said we know that
we are of God born of God chosen of God and the whole world life
and wickedness. whether it be open immorality
or religious. Outside of Christ, Irena, it's
wickedness. It's all wickedness. In fact,
in fact, religious iniquity is worse. You know, there are degrees
of punishment in hell. You know who it's going to be
more tolerable in the judgment for? Harlots and public will
be more tolerable in the judgment for Harlots than it is for preachers.
That's what Christ said. That's what Jesus Christ said.
That's what Jesus Christ said. Well, that's just what? He's true every man's a liar. And the whole world lies in wickedness. outside of Christ verse twenty
we know that the son of God is come and have given us an understanding
that we might know him that is true and we are in him that is
true even in his son Jesus Christ. This is the true God. Who? Son. An eternal life. Thomas said
my Lord and my God. And the Lord did not correct.
It. It didn't correct. You know,
there you heard about that woman that said to my wife. That times
they were she was trying to. Say how that we all believe the
same thing. After she's told my wife that
she hated her God. The God who does as he will with
whom he will, the God who kills, the God who elects a people and
passes by others, the God who has mercy on whom he will, that
God, the God, the only God. She said she hated him, her God. Brother Henry, she didn't know
it, but he's her God, too. Well, after that, she wrote her
a letter trying to apologize, trying to find some common ground.
and she said to her where we both agree on this we both believe
we both agree that Jesus is the son of God. Well listen to me now listen
carefully Baptist every good Baptist every Methodist every
Episcopalian every Presbyterian every Catholic every Mormon every
so-called Jehovah says that. They all say that. When we say. We just read that he is revealed
and given us an understanding we might know him who the only
true God that he's got. Listen to me that Christ is God
he's the only God there is. Only if folks really believe
him that is true if folks really believe Jesus Christ is Call
him son of God, call him God. They would know he's holy. They
would know he's sovereign. That's what we said a while ago.
They would know he's sovereign. They really believe. You see,
God, God hath made him the heir of all things, made him ruler
over all things, committed all judgment under the sun. All judgment.
You don't understand. If a person doesn't understand
that Jesus Christ is running this planet, They can call him the son of
God all they want to, but they really don't believe he is. God
is spirit, but God became a man and he's running this show. Absolutely. Say all you want
to about believing that, but if people really believe, if
they really believe who he is, they would fear him. They would
fear him. I'd be scared to death to use
his name, Jesus. People don't have a clue about
what sovereignty is. Back in the old days when there
was a king on a throne, I mean an absolute sovereign, a despot
like David, a real king. You did not call him by his first
name. You didn't have a picture of
him as a baby in your house, would you? That's bringing him
down, isn't it? Isn't it? Nancy, he's not a baby
anymore. Thank God he did humble himself
and become a child. He's not a baby anymore, Ed,
is he? He's not a baby. We don't worship him as such. Anybody that does, they don't
know him. They don't know him. Do you have a picture of me as
a baby in your house? Wouldn't that be demeaning to
me? Huh? That's not how I am. You see
what I'm saying? If people knew him as the son
of God, they wouldn't be carried on with all this crap around
Christmastime and so forth, making over a baby and everybody dressing
up. The fear of the Lord, fear him. They wouldn't blaspheme
his name. If people really knew him, they
wouldn't blaspheme his name. They'd glorify him. If people
really knew him, if people really believed, they'd worship him.
I mean, worshipping, they wouldn't go through all this religious
stuff. They wouldn't do it. They wouldn't
do it, wouldn't dare do it. Anything but blasphemy. A fellow
ran into a fellow at the building supply. He knows I'm a preacher
and he said to me, he said to me, what y'all What did y'all
do for your kids on Halloween? You know, back last Wednesday,
all these so-called churches had all this stuff, fun and games
and candy. And he said, what'd you do for
your kids? I said, we got a worship service.
That's what the church does. They meet together to worship.
What do we do for our kids? We preach the truth to them.
I said, but, oh, hey, we got to get him in somehow. I said,
God doesn't need gimmicks to bring his people in. I didn't
holler at him like that. I wanted to, I wanted to shake
him. I said, God doesn't use gimmicks and business tactics
and have to bribe people and all that. I said, he said, I'll
say to the north wind, bring him in. God's Bible doesn't do things
like that and God's church don't do things like that. If they
knew Him, if they believed He was the Son of God, they would
worship Him. And that's it. They'd get together
and they'd worship. That's all they'd do. Isn't that
right, Samuel? If people really feared God and
knew God and worshipped God, that would be all they'd do. Burn the gymnasium. Our Lord came into the temple
and they were doing all this stuff. He had programs for this and
programs for that, and buying this and selling that. And there
was a big country club. He said, Get rid of it! He cleaned
houses. He said, My house, God's house,
the church, is a pillar and a ground for what? Truth! You know, the
truth that sets you free. God's people, all they need to
worship is God. It's a great revealer. Who's
going to come worship God? Those that love God. That's right. I don't have to
bribe you to come here. All I've got to do is say, I'm
going to preach God. Jeanette, come back Wednesday
night. I'm going to declare God to you. She'll be here. Barring something happen. Who's
going to come worship Jesus Christ? Those that love Him. It's a great
revealer, isn't it? A great revealer. That's how
you know him. That's how you know him. If I said, we're going to have
a meeting Thursday night at 8 p.m. and we're going to talk about
Isaac Williams, who would be here? Jenny Williams. Why? She loves the sun. And if I stood up here, Jenny,
and talked for six hours, she'd be on the edge of her seat. And she might even say, let's
do this again next Thursday. Wouldn't she? Fact. Isn't that
a fact? Next week, we're going to get
together and we're going to talk about Roberta's sword. I'm going
to honor Roberta's soul, who's going to be here. He loves her. They knew God. They knew Christ. They really
knew who he was and believed who he was. They feared him.
They loved him. That's all they could do. Right? They knew who God is,
the power, the greatness of his power, and it's the power of
faith worked on them from family they know I don't need we don't
have to have these tricks and God didn't trick me in here.
Did you? Did God have to bribe you to
bring you here? What kind of God they got anyway? What kind
of God they got? That's not my God. That's not
the God. He doesn't need stuff like that. God doesn't need anybody. Well what's. Grabbing it up. What let me quit OK with the
psalm sixteen go back to psalm sixteen we're talking about God's
people God's children. Christ said. It'll all be taught
of. Every man I've heard and learned
of the father they come to me and they suffer they're persecuted
they're hated for the truth Christ the son. Christ the son was hated when
God's son he was hated. And they killed it why the truth
truth. Not for good work. His sovereign
claims Nancy that's why they killed you say it's what you
say about yourself and we don't believe that we will not have
you rain We'll let you be a baby. We'll let you be a humanitarian.
We'll let you give us what we want. We'll let you have your
way, maybe. We'll let you, let you, let you,
let you, let you. But don't be talking about you
being sovereign over all, giving things to whoever you will. No,
we will not have that. We're going to kill you. But
they did what God determined for them to do. And Christ said, you shall be
hated. If you're a son of God, you're
taught of God, you're taught who Christ is, I mean, you're
taught. You fear. You love him as son. You love the son. If you're God's
son, you love his son. That's just so. All the children in my family
love one another. And the eldest son. And you will
be hated. If he said so, you will suffer,
you will be hated. Why? For my name's sake. All right. And look at Psalm
16. What do we inherit? Psalm 16. Who are the heirs? Well, they're
the sons of God, and that's partway how you know them. What do we
inherit? Here's David. David's writing
this. He's a son of God. God said he
was. And verse five, David said, The
Lord is the portion of my inheritance. Verse six says, And he said,
And the lions have fallen unto me in pleasant places. I have
a goodly heritage or inheritance. The Lord's my portion, my inheritance.
This is what I inherit. This is what God gives me. This
is what I'm an heir of, Jesus Christ. And he said, I sure do
have a good inheritance. As I said, this is a great revealer.
If you talk about things, you can talk about a new earth, and
we could fill this building up. If I put on the radio or newspaper
that we're going to have an end time session and talk about the
new earth, new creation, and all of that, we could fill the
building up. Uh-huh. Talk about the new earth,
talk about new bodies. Nobody's sick anymore. Brand
new bodies. and people sick in body. That
sounds great. Talk about no more sickness.
Talk about no more sorrow. Those who live sad lives will
show up. That's wonderful. That's great. Can't wait. Talk
about family. Family reunion. Will the circle
be unbroken? No. No, it all won't be there. You're going to see mama and
daddy and all. And fill this place up. Fill it up. Get a crowd. But now, Paul wrote in Ephesians
1, verse 3, he said, Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly things. Where? In Christ. Meaning, here's the first thing
that God's people hear and just love the sound of it. Mercy. I mean, well, God says it doesn't
matter what you've done, where you've been, who you are. Mercy. Complete, total mercy. All manner of sin forgiven. And everything you have, are,
and shall be forgiven. Pardon. Full, free, unconditional,
eternal pardon for the guilty. Open the windows. We've got a
full pardon there. Who needs it? They don't need
it. They're not guilty. Grace. We've got grace. We've got gift from God. We've
got righteousness here. We've got righteousness. Complete
covering. A perfect covering. You'll be
presented before God holy, unblameable, unreprovable in God's John, have you ever in the last
20 years on the radio heard anybody but me around here saying those
things? But better yet, and David said
this in Psalm 73, 25, he said, Whom have I in heaven? but be." And he said, really, there's
no one on earth I desire besides you. One thing have I desired,
and that will I seek out. All right? Here it is. All who, all the sons of God,
get to be with God forever. Be with Jesus Christ. Actually
get to hold and be held. See and be seen. Touch and be
touched. Talk to and be talked to. Walk
with and be walked with. The Son of the Most High God.
Your mama might not be there. Your daddy might not be there,
but he's there. Does that appeal to anybody? Who would that appeal
to? I hope I see my father and mother
in glory. I love them, my brothers. But if I don't, the altogether
lovely ones there. That's what makes heaven heaven.
Abraham, God said, Lot, you know, Lot got the well-watered plains
of Sodom. And Abraham was He was God had reminded him. He said, Abram, I am thy exceeding,
I am thy exceeding great reward. You get me. Psalm 119, thou art
my portion. You see there are two sons that
represent all mankind, Jacob and Esau. Jacob and Esau. Two sons that represent all mankind,
all religions, don't they? Those two boys, Jacob and Esau.
God said, Jacob have I loved. How do you know? Jacob loved
God. He loved God. Esau? How do you know he's not a son
of God? He sold the birthright. Have you been with me? The inheritance. Isn't that interesting? If you told you saw that you're
going to be in the happy hunting ground all his life you just
do nothing but a hunt and eat, eat bean soup. He said, I won't
sell that for nothing. Things. High in the sky and sweet
by and by with mama. Because he's got his belly, Kelly. He's got his belly. And he proved it. How? He sold
the birthright. His inheritance. That's what
the heir gets. You can have that. I don't want
that. You can have that gospel sovereign grace and you can have
all that. I don't want that. God's people, God's sons, you
can have everything else but that. Right? I won't sell it
for nothing. That's how you know. Heirs of
God. Joint heirs. Christ gets it all,
and we get what He got. Equal. What? God. Eternal life. Okay. John, come up and lead
us in singing. I forgot the number. 255, yeah. 255 is Blessed Assurance, which
says, Air of Salvation. That's it. 255. Have a good trip. I don't know. I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. uh... All right. All right. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Okay. you Okay. I don't know. I don't know. This is it. Thank you. Thank you. I don't know. uh... uh... you Okay.
Paul Mahan
About Paul Mahan
Paul Mahan has been pastor of Central Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, Virginia since 1989; preaching the Gospel of God's Sovereign Grace.
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