Meditate On
You Are an Heir of the World!
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having
become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a
tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ
Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:13–14
God’s blessings are part of our inheritance in the new
covenant of grace, which Jesus died to give us. God’s Word tells us that
“Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for
us...that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus,
that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” Isn’t it
interesting that the Lord is very specific in mentioning that Christ became a
curse for us on the cross, so that we can experience and enjoy the blessing of
Abraham? He does not want us to simply experience any kind of blessing. He
wants us to experience the blessing of Abraham. I think it behooves us then to
find out what “the blessing of Abraham” is and who can receive it.
The Bible tells us that “if you are Christ’s, then you
are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). Are
you Christ’s? Do you belong to Jesus? Then that makes you an heir according to
the promise. Every believer in Christ is an heir. Whenever you hear the word
“heir,” it speaks of something good. It speaks of an inheritance that you don’t
work for, an inheritance that is yours not because of what you do, but because
of whose you are. In this case, as a new covenant believer in Jesus, you belong
to Jesus and you have a blood-bought inheritance in Christ as the seed of
Abraham. You, beloved, are an heir according to THE promise!
Now, there are many promises in the Bible, but what is
THE promise that God made to Abraham? We can’t claim this promise if we don’t
know what it is. We need to go to the Word (use the Bible to interpret the
Bible) to establish what the promise is. And we find the answer in Romans
4:13—“For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham
or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.”
The promise to Abraham and his seed (you and I) is that
he would be “the heir of the world”! In the original Greek text, the word
“world” here is kosmos. Its meaning includes, “the whole circle of earthly
goods, endowments, riches, advantages, pleasures.” Now, that is what you are an
heir to through Jesus’ finished work! In Christ, you are an heir of the
world—its goods, its endowments, its riches, its advantages and its pleasures. This
is THE promise that God made to Abraham and his seed. Don’t apologize for it.
It is your inheritance in Christ!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
