Walk Of Life – Day 24, November 2021 – Give Thanks Unto The Lord

Give Thanks For He Has Made Us Co-Heirs With Christ

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. – Romans 8:17

Understanding who you are in Christ is absolutely mind-blowing, and one of the most jaw-dropping revelations is understand that we are joint heirs with Christ.

However, what exactly does that mean? What does it mean to be joint heirs with Christ?
If we are God’s children, then we are also God’s heirs
If we are God’s heirs, then we are also joint heirs with Christ

So, let’s take a second and talk about bullet point number 1: “if we are God’s children, then we are also God’s heirs”.

Through our faith in Jesus, we have been made children of God, and since we are God’s children, we are now also His heirs. So, what does it mean to be an heir to the throne of God? 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.
And that can be a little or a lot depending on who your parents are and what your parents own.

In the same way, 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. Everything in the seen world that we live in and in the Kingdom of God that we cannot see belongs to God.

So now, let’s look at the bullet point number 2: If we are God’s heirs, then we are also joint heirs with Christ. Now, it’s crazy enough to think of yourself as an heir to God’s throne, but what’s even crazier is to think of who you are heirs with!You are joint heirs with Christ Jesus, God’s only begotten Son.

John 3:16 says: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NASB)

Begotten is an archaic term referring to when a child is the only offspring of his or her father. This means Jesus is the only offspring to God the Father, thus Jesus as the only natural “heir” to God’s throne. We are not God’s original children, nor the original heirs to God’s throne. The first-born son and true heir to God’s throne is Jesus. So what Paul is trying to get us to understand in Romans 8:17 is, just as Jesus is the heir to God’s throne, we are also heirs to God’s throne.

And just as Jesus’ inheritance is everything that is God’s, our inheritance is also everything that is God’s. Should we not be thankful for this wonderful privilege which we can even think of.