6:11) In this regard, the warning example of the patriarch Isaac’s son Esau provides lessons we do well to take to heart.Ħ, 7. ) If we are to keep on ‘standing firm against the machinations of the Devil,’ we must continue to value our inheritance highly. 25:1-3, 9) Aware that his end is near, Satan has stepped up his efforts to mislead us. Satan has always tried to influence God’s people to make choices that could cost them their inheritance. What has Satan tried to do to God’s people, and what can help us to stand firm against his machinations?ĥ To hold fast to our wonderful inheritance, though, we must remain alert to Satan’s ploys.
And what a blessed privilege it is to be one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Moreover, being part of a loving international brotherhood is a source of tremendous joy. 3:23-25) We have a clear understanding of the precious promises contained in God’s Word. Because we exercise faith in “the ransom paid by Christ Jesus,” we have inner peace and a close relationship with God. 21:1-4) Jesus could therefore promise an evildoer who died with him: “Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.” - Luke 23:43.Ĥ Even now, we enjoy certain aspects of our inheritance. 1:3, 4) To receive that inheritance, these individuals must be “born again.” ( John 3:1-3) What is the inheritance of the millions of Jesus’ “other sheep,” who are associated with his anointed followers in preaching the good news of God’s Kingdom? ( John 10:16) The other sheep will receive the inheritance that sinful Adam and Eve never received -everlasting life on a paradise earth with no more suffering, death, or mourning.
What inheritance is awaiting (a) the anointed and (b) the “other sheep”?ģ A relatively small number of Christians look forward to receiving “an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance” -the priceless privilege of ruling with Christ in heaven.