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An Invitation, Instruction, and Inheritance - Part Three


An Invitation, Instruction, and Inheritance
Part Three of Three – Inheritance
Colossians 3:1-4
In the first four verses of Colossians there is an invitation to enter into new life in Christ.  We are instructed to seek those things, which are above and not beneath.  And then we learn that we have an inheritance through the Lord Jesus Christ.
What is our inheritance?  Colossians 3:4 reads, "When Christ, who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." The inheritance that is promised in this verse is two-fold: 
1.     Christ is our life - Which means that we can have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
2.     We shall appear with Him in glory!  What a comfort to know that we have eternal life through our Lord.
John the beloved disciple wrote these words concerning eternal life in I John 4:11 – 12 - "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." Verse 12 - "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."
In Colossians 3:4, the Apostle Paul teaches that the believer is destined to appear with Christ in glory.  What does this mean? This means that when you accept Christ as your personal Lord and Savior that you become a citizen of heaven.  We are now sojourners and pilgrims on this earth, but now like Abraham we seek for a city whose builder and maker is God.
Are you seeking for that eternal city?  How do we prepare for eternity?  How do we enter into our eternal inheritance?  Jesus told Nicodemous, a man who came to Him with questions about eternity, “Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”  Let me encourage you to call on God today so that you can enter into your eternal inheritance through the Lord Jesus Christ.

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