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1 Peter 3:9
9 Not [me] rendering [apodidomi] evil [kakos] for [anti] evil [kakos], or [e] railing [loidoria] for [anti] railing [loidoria]: but [de] contrariwise [tounantion] blessing [eulogia]; knowing [eido] that [hoti] ye are [kaleo] thereunto [eis] [touto] called [kaleo], that [hina] ye should inherit [kleronomeo] a blessing [eulogeo]. KJV-Interlinear
9 not returning evil for evil, or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing. NASB
You were placed in this world for one reason only, and that is to inherit. But not just any inheritance, our inheritance is going to be the new heaven and universe for all of eternity.
We have covered the many blessings of being a Christian. There is a blessing list on the web site that you may want to review from time to time.
At the moment you believed in Christ, your future potential shot off the charts. With spiritual growth to maturity, your life in eternity in heaven, will be infinitely better than all of the successful people of all of human history, combined. Your future is so vast, you cannot even begin to calculate it all.
As a believer, you are in union with Christ. As a believer you are indwelled by all three members of the Trinity. You possess joint rulership with Christ. You share in His sonship, in His inheritance, is everything that belongs to God. You are a member of the family of God. That makes you a member of the highest royal family that will ever exist. You are a member of the longest lasting dynasty (forever) that will ever exist. You are a royal high priest, a royal ambassador, a chosen ‘first born’ son of God in including all of the rights and privileges that traditionally belong to a first born, and crown prince no less.
Your position in Christ is permanent and cannot be lost. Your blessings, however, are potential, and subject to your advancement to spiritual maturity and remaining there.
Since your blessings are beyond value, then, your loss likewise, is also beyond value, if you decide to disregard Gods Word. And since Adam and Eve’s time, most likely trillions of people have been born into this world, and trillions have disregarded Gods mandates. Very few, perhaps just a few million (or one-millionth of everyone), throughout all of human history, will step forward and seize their inheritance at its fullest. That is a very small percentage of the human race that will enjoy their inheritance in full. And that places you in the smallest minority in all of history, the minority of mature believers.
So, what sin are you willing to commit and trade away your vast blessings?
You were not placed here on this earth to grow up and retire in life, with nothing beyond that. Humanity was not placed here on this earth to advance in his human endeavors, and to rule the galaxies. Mankind was not placed here on this earth to restore the Garden of Eden. You were not placed here on this earth, to accumulate earthly things.
In the coming days or decades, you will pass away from this life just as generations before you, have done. The real questions are:
What are you going to take with you when you stand before Christ, divine production, or worldly production?
How are you going to live your life now?
What principles are you going to live by, and are you going to obey Gods mandates (all of them), or are you going to pick and choose among them, or simply ignore them?
Are you going to make an effort yourself, or are you going to expect someone else to do things for you?
Are you willing to stick it out (spiritual growth), for the rest of your life, even (and especially) if you don’t get the things out of this life that you want.
