Sunday Morning: November 8,1998
Text: 1 John 1:2 "(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)"
Life and Abundant Life
John 10:10 "...I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."
Have Life And See The Kingdom
John 3:3 "...Except a man be born again [from above], he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Heirs As A Child
Romans 8:17 "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God..."
Abundantly Enter The Kingdom
2 Peter 1:10-11 "...brethren, give diligence [what you do] to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11. For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
Joint Heirs If We Suffer With Christ
Romans 8:17 "...joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."
The Life
1 John 1:2 "(For the life was manifested, ... that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)"
The Life Given To Jesus Christ
John 5:26 "For as the Father hath [the, Cambridge mms] life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;"
The Promise Defined
1 John 2:25 "And this is the promise that he hath [the] promised us, even eternal life."
Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other.
If The promise = to eternal life
If The Promise = inheritance
If The Promise = The Gift
Then
Eternal Life = Inheritance = The Promise = The Gift
You Work For Eternal Life
Romans 2:6-7 "Who will render to every man according to his deeds: [WORKS] 7. To them who by patient continuance in well doing [WORKS] seek for glory and honour and immortality [incorruption], eternal life: [belongs at the beginning of verse 7]"
Eternal Life Is Given Later
Galatians 6:8 "... he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting."
You Work For The Inheritance
Colossians 3:23-24 "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."
The Gift Is The Promise
Acts 2:38-39 "...Repent, and be baptized [Kingdom of Heaven Message] every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift [Heavenly Inheritance] of the Holy Ghost. 39. For the promise is unto you, and to your children [Israel], and to all that are afar off [Gentiles], even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER
Luke 24:49 "And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high."
Acts 1:4 "...they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me."
Evidence Of The Promise
Acts 2:3 "And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them."
Jesus Christ Was Sealed
Matthew 3:16-17 "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17. And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
Received The Inheritance
Acts 2:33 "Therefore [Jesus] being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear."
Earnest Of Our Inheritance
Ephesians 1:13-14 "...ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of [the] promise, 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory."
The Inheritance by Pleasing Him
Romans 4:13 "For the promise [inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift], that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law [can not please Him], but through the righteousness of faith [pleasing Him, Heb 11:6]."
Galatians 3:12 "And the law is not of faith [pleasing Him, Heb 11:6]:"
Romans 4:14 "For if they which are of the law [can not please Him] be heirs, faith [pleasing Him, Heb 11:6] is made void, and the promise made of none effect:"
Romans 4:16 "Therefore it is of faith [pleasing Him, Heb 11:6], that it might be by grace [the power of Christ]; to the end the promise [inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift] might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law [can not please Him], but to that also which is of the faith [pleasing Him, Heb 11:6] of Abraham; who is the father of us all,"
Galatians 3:14 "That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise [inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift] of the Spirit through faith [pleasing Him, Heb 11:6]."
Galatians 3:18 "For if the inheritance [the promise, the life, agelasting life, the gift] be of the law [can not please Him], it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise."
Galatians 3:22 "But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise [inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift] by faith [pleasing Him, Heb 11:6] of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe."
Galatians 3:29 "And if ye be Christ's,
then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
promise."
Obtain The Promise
Hebrews 6:15 "And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise [inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift]."
Hebrews 9:15 "And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise [inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift] of eternal [agelasting] inheritance."
Hebrews 11:39 "And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise [inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift]:"
2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his [the] promise [inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift], as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish [the loss of the inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift], but that all should come to repentance."
YE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE
Hebrews 10:35-36 "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward [inheritance]. 36. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise [inheritance, agelasting life, the life, the gift]."