LESSON 15
Our Inheritance
SCRIPTURE READINGS:
DAY 1 Matthew 5:1-12
DAY 2 Psalms 37:1-22
DAY 3 Psalms 27:23-40
DAY 4 Genesis 27:30-40
DAY 5 Ephesians 1:1-14
DAY 6 Romans 8:1-19
DAY 7 Romans 8:20-39
WORD STUDY: INHERIT
1. What is the Greek definition for heir/inherit?
2. Look up
the word inheritance in a dictionary. Write the definition
3. List synonyms for inherit:
|
|
MY STORY:
When I was a little girl, I used to enjoy visiting my grandparents on the farm. My grandmother always had yummy noodles to eat! She would serve our food and drinks on metallic plates. They were shiny blues, yellows, reds, etc. They added a very distinct aroma and flavor to everything. As I began thinking upon this lesson of inheritance, I remembered those dishes and asked my grandmother (a blessed age of 90) what ever happened to them. She had them tucked away in a cupboard and very sweetly found them and gave them to me. They are a very precious possession to me because they remind me of my grandparents.
This week we are going to look at all the precious things we inherit as God’s child. This spiritual inheritance should also serve as a reminder towards God, our Heavenly Father.
GOD’S STORY:
3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has _______ us with every _________ ________ in the heavenly places in Christ. Just as He _____ us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be ____and _______ _____ before Him in love, having ___________ us to ________ as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the ____ ________ of His will. To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us ________ in the _______. In Him we have __________ through His blood, the ___________ of sins,, according to the ______ of His _____ which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence. Ephesians 1:3-8
4. In Him also we have ________an ___________, being predestined according to the _______of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will. Ephesians 1:11
5. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His ________ _____ has begotten us again to a ______ hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an ___________ _____________ and _________and that does not fade away, ________ in heaven for you, who are ____ by the power of God through _____ for salvation ready to be ________ in the last time. I Peter 1:3-5
In the above verses we can see that it is God’s good pleasure to bless us. We have been given all spiritual blessings. In today’s lesson, we will be looking at several passages while concentrating on our inheritance and what attributes we should possess in order to receive that inheritance.
6. Read Matthew 5:1-12. This passage is known as the Beatitudes.
a. Define the word beatitude.
b. List each beatitude and what they shall receive (inherit).
We inherit ETERNAL LIFE.
7. Read Mark 10:17-22 and Luke 18:18-27
a. Who asked Jesus what he should do to inherit eternal life?
b. What did Jesus tell him to do?
c. Where would his treasures be?
d. How did the rich young ruler respond?
e. (Please note verse 21. Then Jesus, looking at him, _____him, and said to
him… Just like Jesus, we must have love for those we are teaching.
f. Children, how hard it is for those who _____ in riches to enter the
_______.
of ___! It is easier for a _____ to go through the eye of a needle than for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Mark 10:24-25
g. Do not lay up for yourselves _________ on earth, where moth and rust
_______ and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves
_________ in ______, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where
thieves do not break in and steal. For where your ________ is, there your
_____ will be also. Matthew 6:19-21
8. And behold a certain lawyer stood up and ______ Him, saying “Teacher, what shall I do to _______ _______ _____?’….So he answered and said, “You shall ____the ____ your ___ with all your _____, with all your soul, with all your ________, and with all your ____, and your ________ as yourself.” Luke 10:25,27
We inherit the KINGDOM.
9. Read Matthew 25:31-40 (We have spent time on these passages in a previous lesson. So we will not revisit them in detail here.
10. Read the following passages and make a list of those who will NOT inherit the kingdom.
a. I Corinthians 6:9-
b. I Corinthians 15:50-58 (actual answer in verse 50)
c. Galatians 5:19-21
We inherit the PROMISE.
11. Read Hebrews 6: 10-20
a. Verse 12 tells us to not be ________ but to _______ those who _______
the _______.
b. In verse 12 what characteristics do we read these people had in order to
inherit the promise?.
c. God made a promise to Abraham. Who did He swear by and why?
d. And so, after he (Abraham) _________endured, he ________ the
_______.
Vs. 15
e. This ____ we have as an ______ of the soul, both ____ and _________,
and which enters the ________ behind the veil,..vs. 19
12. For you have need of _________, so that after you have done the ____ __ ___, you may ______ the _______. Hebrews 10:38
We inherit the BLESSINGS.
13. Finally, all of you be of ___ ____, having __________for one another; ____ as brothers, be _____________, be _________; ___ returning ____ ___ ____ or ________ ___ ________, but on the contrary ________, knowing that you were ______ to this, that you may _______ _ ________. I Peter 3:9
14. Our birthright and blessings should be very precious to us. Let’s spend some time reading about Esau and how he did not reverence his birthright until it was too late.
a. Read Genesis 27:30-40
b. Read Hebrew 12:15-17
1. What type of person was Esau describe as?
2. What did he do to be described in this manner?
c. THOUGHT QUESTION: How do we sell our blessing/birthright today?
Our inheritance is GOD!
15. Read Deuteronomy 10:9, Deuteronomy 18:2
a. The tribe of Levi would not inherit with his brothers. What would be
their inheritance?
b. The Old Testament is a shadow of things to come. Read I Peter
2:5,9. Who is being the spiritual priests today?
c. If the Levite priests inherited the Lord, where should our inheritance lye?
LESSON IN ACTION:
Let’s make sure our treasures are in heaven this week! Spend time each day in His word. Pray that God would reveal an earthly treasure to you that may hinder your service to Him. Ask Him to help you lay aside that earthly treasure and to seek fill the void with His spiritual blessings.