Colossians 1:12 says, Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Partakers of what? Of the inheritance.
As children of God, we have an inheritance that includes all the provisions God made for us through all the covenants He established in His Word.
Because our inheritance is found in the New Testament, or New Covenant, we Christians should carefully study these scriptures, paying particular attention to the epistles, the letters written to the Church.
Many say, we need to study the Book of Acts and be like the Early Church. Yes, certainly we need the power of the Holy Spirit the Early Church had, but we do not need any of the mechanics that made the Early Church operate, because believers then lived under far different circumstances than we do today.
Too many Christians skim through a Psalm or a few Proverbs and call that their daily Bible Study. Then , they run out and try to face the world on the strength of those few verses. Other Christians want to read only the four Gospels. We need to enjoy and study the entire Bible, but the epistles have been specifically written for believers who are living under the New Covenant.
In the epistlesw, we learn exactly how the Church should be operating, how believers should be living, who believers are, and what belongs to them in Christ. This is the message of the epistles.
The epistles are where our strength comes from. They are where our power comes from, the power of knowing what belongs to us because of Jesus.
If we do not know what belongs to us, our voice will lack authority, and we will hesitate when we begin to talk about our rights and priveleges because of Jesus. And when this happens, we are not going to convince anyone, including Satan, that we have any power or authority. There are too many Christians in this predicament: They are often mouthing words that do not have any power behind them.We can talk a good fight, but do we really know what is going on? We are not going to go far when we are holding the ball and facing Satan. We might even run away from him in fear. But that shouldn't be.
Therefore, wee need to go through thevepistles and find out what belongs to us as Christians because of Jersus. There are approximately 140 key phrases in the New Testament that describe our inheritance. They tells us who we are, what we are or what we have because of Jesus.
We need to underline these scriptures in red. Then we need to list all the scriptures having such phrases as in Christ, In Him, in Whom, through whom, and so forth.
I thought it would be fun to go through the scriptures and find some of these verses like In Him and so forth. Later, I will continue with this topic. Does anyone have anything to contribute?
May God bless, Golfjack
As children of God, we have an inheritance that includes all the provisions God made for us through all the covenants He established in His Word.
Because our inheritance is found in the New Testament, or New Covenant, we Christians should carefully study these scriptures, paying particular attention to the epistles, the letters written to the Church.
Many say, we need to study the Book of Acts and be like the Early Church. Yes, certainly we need the power of the Holy Spirit the Early Church had, but we do not need any of the mechanics that made the Early Church operate, because believers then lived under far different circumstances than we do today.
Too many Christians skim through a Psalm or a few Proverbs and call that their daily Bible Study. Then , they run out and try to face the world on the strength of those few verses. Other Christians want to read only the four Gospels. We need to enjoy and study the entire Bible, but the epistles have been specifically written for believers who are living under the New Covenant.
In the epistlesw, we learn exactly how the Church should be operating, how believers should be living, who believers are, and what belongs to them in Christ. This is the message of the epistles.
The epistles are where our strength comes from. They are where our power comes from, the power of knowing what belongs to us because of Jesus.
If we do not know what belongs to us, our voice will lack authority, and we will hesitate when we begin to talk about our rights and priveleges because of Jesus. And when this happens, we are not going to convince anyone, including Satan, that we have any power or authority. There are too many Christians in this predicament: They are often mouthing words that do not have any power behind them.We can talk a good fight, but do we really know what is going on? We are not going to go far when we are holding the ball and facing Satan. We might even run away from him in fear. But that shouldn't be.
Therefore, wee need to go through thevepistles and find out what belongs to us as Christians because of Jersus. There are approximately 140 key phrases in the New Testament that describe our inheritance. They tells us who we are, what we are or what we have because of Jesus.
We need to underline these scriptures in red. Then we need to list all the scriptures having such phrases as in Christ, In Him, in Whom, through whom, and so forth.
I thought it would be fun to go through the scriptures and find some of these verses like In Him and so forth. Later, I will continue with this topic. Does anyone have anything to contribute?
May God bless, Golfjack