“Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.”
Colossians 1:12
Is Jesus just another man? No! He qualified you even when your sin disqualified you.
When financial lenders consider loan applications, they gather information about potential borrowers to make sure they qualify. Today’s Scripture verses remind us that God has a history of qualifying people. Through the cross, Jesus made us acceptable to God so we might share in the divine inheritance. We have been named as heirs and have been given a priceless inheritance kept in heaven, pure and perfect (see 1 Peter 1:3-5). “When you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit … God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people” (Ephesians 1:13-14, New Living Translation).
Whenever you feel unworthy, turn to the cross and listen to Jesus calling out, “You are accepted and qualified!” His righteousness was given for you. And believe it or not, the truth is Jesus’ death at Calvary has qualified you for the only guaranteed inheritance that really counts.
When financial lenders consider loan applications, they gather information about potential borrowers to make sure they qualify. Today’s Scripture verses remind us that God has a history of qualifying people. Through the cross, Jesus made us acceptable to God so we might share in the divine inheritance. We have been named as heirs and have been given a priceless inheritance kept in heaven, pure and perfect (see 1 Peter 1:3-5). “When you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit … God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people” (Ephesians 1:13-14, New Living Translation).
Whenever you feel unworthy, turn to the cross and listen to Jesus calling out, “You are accepted and qualified!” His righteousness was given for you. And believe it or not, the truth is Jesus’ death at Calvary has qualified you for the only guaranteed inheritance that really counts.
Scripture Focus
Deuteronomy 7:7-8; Titus 3:5-7
Insight
“And now for me He stands before the Father’s throne;/ He shows His wounded hands and names me as His own.” (Norman J. Clayton, 1945)
Bible In A Year
- 1 Kings 6-7
- Proverbs 2
- Philemon