Partakers of the Inheritance

 

WHAT A MYSTERY TO ME


 O what a mystery it is

That I would have a place;

Among the people of our God,

 A loved and chosen race.

O what a mystery it is

That God my soul would save;

That He would love this sinner so,

That His Own Son He gave.

 

O what a mystery it is,

That Christ my place would take;

To satisfy the law of God,

And full atonement make.

O what a mystery it is,

That He would die for me;

To rescue me from guilt and shame,

From sin to set me free.

 

O what a mystery it is,

The Spirit worked within;

And then on Jesus I believed,

To save me from my sin.

O what a mystery it is,

That God would care for me;

Ordain that I should dwell with Him,

Throughout eternity. 

Tune: “There is a Fountain” CM/double Words by Jim Byrd 

 

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      “The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.  The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.  Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.  For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; His countenance doth behold the upright.” -Psalm 11:4-7 [KJV]

 

 

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PARTAKERS OF THE INHERITANCE

 

     “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son:  In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:12-14).  

 

Let every believer be so encouraged by this passage that we would patiently bear any trial, affliction or adversity.  In the Lord Jesus Christ, we have a fitness, a worthiness to be a partaker of our eternal inheritance.  What is this qualification or fitness?  It is His perfect righteousness which has been imputed to all those who believe on His Name.  I was not ordained to this eternal inheritance because of anything good in me and therefore it will not be denied me because of the sin that is in me.  I shall acquire this inheritance, not by works, but purely on the basis free and sovereign grace.  

 

Even now, I stand accepted before a holy God having been bathed in the blood of His dear Son and clothed in His robe of perfect righteousness.  Jesus Christ Himself is my fitness and because of Him, I shall someday enter into heavenly glory.  This inheritance which is incorruptible and undefiled and will never fade away, is reserved in the heavens for all the Lord’s children. 

 

-preacher Jim Byrd 

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