The divine inheritance

[Citizen of the Kingdom]

Acts 20:32 And now I commit you to God and to the word of
His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the
inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to
light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may
receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those
who have been sanctified by faith in Me.
John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.​

The divine inheritance is the Triune God Himself with all
that He has, all He has done, and all He will do for His
redeemed people. This Triune God is embodied in the all-
inclusive Christ (Colosians 2:9), who is the portion allotted to
the saints as their inheritance (Colosians 1:12). The Holy Spirit,
who has been given to the saints, is the foretaste, the
pledge, and the guarantee of this divine inheritance (Ephesians
1:14), which we are sharing and enjoying today in God's New
Testament jubilee as the foretaste and will share and enjoy
in full in the coming age and for eternity (1 Peter 1:4).

Our eternal inheritance is related to the divine life which
we received through regeneration and which we are
experiencing and enjoying through our entire Christian life.
"This inheritance is the full possession of that which was
promised to Abraham and all believers, an inheritance, as
much higher than that which fell to the children of Israel in
the possession of Canaan, as the sonship of the regenerate,
who have already received the promise of the Spirit through
faith as a pledge of their inheritance, is higher than the
sonship of Israel."
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An inheritance is a proper and legal possession. It is not
gained by our energy, ability, or deeds. On the contrary, it
is granted to us by another in a way that is legitimate. We
do not work for an inheritance; we receive it. On the day we
were regenerated, we were given the right to share an
inheritance. This inheritance includes all the blessings
related to eternal life. Daily we need to take possession of
this inheritance and enjoy it. This inheritance is legal,
proper, and legitimate, for Christ died to purchase it for
us, paying the price of His precious blood. Daily we may
participate in and enjoy the inheritance that is ours today
and for eternity.

According to Paul's word in Acts 20:32, the inheritance is
among those who have been sanctified. To participate in God's
inheritance requires us to be sanctified, and to be
sanctified requires the word of God's grace. In John 17:17
the Lord Jesus prayed, "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word
is truth." To be sanctified is to be separated from the world
and its occupation
unto God and His purpose, not only
positionally (Matthew 23:17, 19), but also dispositionally
(Romans 6:19, 22). God's living word works in the believers to
separate them from anything worldly. This is to be sanctified
in God's word as the truth, the reality.

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