“…Don’t you realize that YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, who lives IN YOU and was given to you BY GOD? YOU DO NOT BELONG TO YOURSELF, for you were bought at a price; therefore GLORIFY GOD in your body and in your spirit, WHICH ARE GOD’S.” (1 Corin. 6:19-20) It’s all about glorifying God in your body and your spirit, WHICH BELONG TO GOD! As amazing as that is, listen to this, “…as many as are led by the Spirit of God, ARE SONS OF GOD. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the SPIRIT OF ADOPTION by whom we cry out, “ABBA (daddy), FATHER.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are CHILDREN OF GOD, and if children, then heirs—HEIRS OF GOD AND JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.” (Rom. 8:14-17)
An “heir” is a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance, to the property of another person following their death. Children are typically always heirs to their parents. As your parent’s child, you are trusted with the ownership of what belongs to your parents, even while they are still alive. You are given the right to live in their house, eat their food, drive their car, even to spend their money. This is your right as their child. “Behold what manner of love the Father has given us, that we should be called CHILDREN OF GOD.” (1 John 3:1)
One of the rights we are given as heirs to God’s throne is an inheritance, over everything that belongs to God. So, what belongs to God? Simply put, everything. Everything in the entire universe belongs to God, and we are His heirs. Now, it’s crazy enough to think of ourselves as an HEIR TO GOD’S THRONE, but what’s even crazier is to think of WHO WE ARE HEIRS WITH! We are JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST JESUS, God’s only begotten Son.
“Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when He shall be revealed, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, for we shall SEE HIM AS HE IS.” (1 John 3:2)
-Bill Stockham