Receiving your Inheritance

Hebrews 11:6 KJ But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

To receive an inheritance: -

Someone needs to die and leave something behind for family members.

Jesus died on the cross at Calvary.

• Romans 5:10 amp for if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more [certain], now that we are reconciled, that we shall be saved (daily delivered from sin's dominion) through His [resurrection] life.

Are you a member of His family?

• And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• Ephes 1:11 KJ In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will

Are you in right-standing with this family (in fellowship with the family)?

• Psalm 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.

Have you heard the reading of the Will (so you know what has been left)?

• Heb 11:1 Amp Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things, [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
• Ephes 1:18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),
• Romans 10:17 Amp So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).

Have you claimed what is rightfully yours?

• Romans 4:16 -21 Therefore, [inheriting] the promise is the outcome of faith and depends [entirely] on faith, in order that it might be given as an act of grace (unmerited favour), to make it stable and valid and guaranteed to all his descendants—not only to the devotees and adherents of the Law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is [thus] the father of us all.
• 1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

Is it in the possession of another?

• Matt 12:29 KJ Or else how can one enter a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
• Ephes 6:11 AMP Put on God's whole armour [the armour of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil.

Command them to release your property.

• Matt 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
• Ephes 6:18 Amp Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God's consecrated people).
• Acts 16:31 NIV They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household."

Command the angels assigned to you to bring it to you.

• Heb 1:14 Amp Are not the angels all ministering spirits (servants) sent out in the service [of God for the assistance] of those who are to inherit salvation?

Testify what the Lord has done for you.

• Rev 12:11 KJ And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Written by Pastor Graeme Foster

Apostolic Praise Centre

Apostolic Prophetic Training network