JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST .

 

EVENING DEVOTIONS by James Smith

JANUARY 19
 
-Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be also glorified together.

 

Related to Jesus now, we shall inherit with him by and by; not only as brethren of the same family, but as the bride inherits with her bridegroom.

 

Jesus is constituted heir of all things, we are one with him and as such are

   “heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ.”

 

What dignity!

 

What an unspeakable privilege is this!

 

We are heirs of salvation.

 

The heirs of promise.

 

Connection with Adam involved us in guilt, ruin, and misery;

   connection with Jesus,

       brings us righteousness,

            peace, and

                 everlasting salvation.

 

Now we suffer with him, but we shall soon be glorified together.

 

Now we taste the cup of his sorrow, but we shall soon drink of the cups of his joys.

 

But we are indeed joint-heirs?

 

Are we children of God by faith in Jesus Christ?

 

Do we love our heavenly Father?

 

Are we jealous for his honour and glory?

 

Is sin the object of our hatred, and holiness our desire and delight?

 

If so, Jesus calls us brethren, Jehovah calls us children, and in Jesus, “we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.”

 
 
Children of God, through Jesu’s love
We rise undoubted heirs;
His rich inheritance above,
He with his brethren shares.
 

James Smith