Kingdom Inheritance
(1 Corinthians 3:6)
As children of God, we are “heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ” (Rom. 8:17; Gal 4:7; Eph. 3:6). All born again believers in Jesus Christ are children of God through Jesus’ redemption on the cross (John 1:12-13), who are legally entitled to “an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Peter 1:4-5). We receive our eternal inheritance by grace through faith, just as Abraham did (Eph. 2:8-9; Rom 4:13; Heb. 9:15; Titus 3:6-7), sharing in His glory, eternal life and divine inheritance with the Lord Jesus as co-heirs.
This divine inheritance, repeatedly promised to us (Acts 20:32; 26:18; Eph. 1:18; Col 3:24; Gal. 3:26-29), is the Kingdom of God and eternal life prepared for the children of God from the foundation of the world (Matt. 25:34). It encompasses divinely bestowed blessedness that extends beyond our earthly life into eternity. As the apostle Paul said, we are chosen before the creation of the world, predestined to be adopted as sons of God through Jesus Christ (Eph. 1:4-5), and sealed by the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of our divine identity and inheritance in Christ (Eph. 1:13-14; Gal. 4:6-7). We are chosen and predestined according to His plan, to be the vessels and co-workers for the fulfilment of God's divine plan for creation - our eternal home in the Kingdom of God -
that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. (Eph. 1:10-12)
This eternal Kingdom of God is centred on the New Jerusalem (Heb. 11:10; 12:22-24; 13:14), which is made up of the elect children of God. We are born into this eternal kingdom by receiving the eternal life of Jesus (1 John 1:2). We are all born with a sinful nature in Adam (Rom. 5:12), but God makes us reborn through faith in Christ (Rom. 3:23-26), making us partakers of His divine nature and eternal life (2 Peter 1:4). This eternal life was first manifested through the incarnation of Jesus (John 1:4; 1John 1:2). The transforming power of the Holy Spirit is increasing and manifesting this eternal life and divine nature in us collectively. We “reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ” (Rom. 5:17), gradually becoming the Bride of Christ, and will be ultimately fully manifested by the New Jerusalem, the Tabernacle of God (Isa. 65:17; Rev. 21:1-4). In this eternal Kingdom of God, we will enjoy eternal life with the everlasting richness of God's glory, love and holy presence (Ps. 16:11; 1 Cor. 2:9). We will receive all the rewards promised to us for eternity and reign with the Lord Jesus forever and ever (Rev. 3:21; 22:5).
Based on the following biblical foundations and led by the Holy Spirit, Love for Jesus Kingdom Inheritance is dedicated to working with Jesus as our Head, connecting the members of the Body of Christ prepared by the Lord, to be built up together by God the Father as One Body (Bride) of Christ in preparation for the Second Coming of the Lord.
One Lord, One Call, One Sanctification
All who are "in covenant with God" through Jesus Christ, that is, united with Him through the "baptism of the Holy Spirit“, belong to the Lord Jesus (Rom. 8:9), and are all called together (1 Pet. 2:9), sanctified by the Lord to be members of His Body (Eph. 4:4-7; John. 17:19; Eph. 1:4; Heb. 2:11).
One Family, One Body, One Heirship
All who accept the salvation of the Lord Jesus, including the people of Israel under God's covenant (Jer. 31:31-34), are God's Family and are one Body (Eph. 2:12-19; 1 Cor. 12:12-13). All God’s children are heirs of God the Father and joint heirs with Christ, having an eternal inheritance in God’s Kingdom in heaven and on earth (Rom. 8:16-17; Eph. 1:13-14).
One Head, One Bridegroom, One Bride
All who are called and sanctified by God are members of the Body of Christ (of His flesh and of His bones) (Eph. 5:30-32). With the Lord Jesus as our Head (Eph. 5:23), we are all members of His Body (1 Cor. 12:27), and are fully unified and built into One Body (Bride) of Christ, uniting with the Head (Bridegroom) (John 17:22-23) to the fullness of Him (Eph. 1:23).
As the Apostle Paul received from the Lord:
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.” (Eph. 4:4-7)I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.” (1 Cor. 3:6-7)
We are called to be part of the Body of the Lord Jesus, and we are members of each other. We are built together and become one, becoming the Bride of Christ. The Lord Jesus Himself said: “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ” (John 5:19)，and said: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” (John 14:12). We are all vessels of God’s grace, and we rely on what the Lord has given us to do His work. Without the Lord’s work through the Holy Spirit, we ourselves can do nothing.
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased. And if they were all one member, where would the body be? But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you’; nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’ (1 Cor. 12:18-21)
As God’s chosen children, each of us in the Body of Christ is a living stone used by God to build His spiritual temple on earth (1 Pet. 2:5,9). With the Lord Jesus as the chief cornerstone, God the Father has skillfully joined and built us together into the Lord to become a unified whole, gradually becoming the temple of God, the place where God dwells through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2: 20-22). Therefore, each one of us and each member is not an isolated, lifeless stone, nor do we belong to any organisation, for we all belong to the Lord Jesus, are members of His Body, and are part of the spiritual Temple of God.
Jesus said to His disciples: “Freely you have received, freely give.” (Matt. 10:8). We have been chosen to work together with the Lord, we should willingly use the grace, wisdom, talents and resources that the Lord has given us for His purpose, and work with the Lord together to build the spiritual Temple of God on Earth, and become the Bride of Christ in God’s holy kingdom, and to prepare and welcome the return of the Lord Jesus!
