8)
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre
of thy kingdom.
9)
Thou hast loved
righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed
thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10) And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth;
and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
11) They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they
all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12) And as a vesture shalt
thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy
years shall not fail.
13) But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
14) Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who
shall be heirs of salvation?
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hen
we understand the concept of being an "heir," it is, indeed, exciting
to us. The "hope" awakened in us is the hope that we will be the
recipient of a valuable inheritance. Whereas, before the death of a relative,
all that we have is a hope, upon the
death of Christ, we received an earnest on that sure blessing.
Instead
of that promise of "spiritual wealth" eliciting in us an anticipatory
response, all too often, we focus on what we feel are the
"restrictions" of salvation. Since the focus of the human mind is to
please itself, it stands to reason that anything that takes away this
"freedom," will be avoided. That is why the acquisition of salvation
is not met with joy by all.
We
are "heirs of salvation" and all else that the Lord has to offer
because of what He has already done. It is precisely because He was willing to
look beyond Himself and to the welfare of all others for all time to come that
we can have confidence in the end.
Human
understanding is such a vile thing because it assesses all that happens to try to make some "sense" of
it. The problem with this is not that the things of God do not make
"sense," but that they are not meant to make human sense. If they did, the average human could understand them,
thereby making it unnecessary that one become spiritual.
The
eyes of God are what
allow us to transcend ourselves. If not for this, salvation would be a
"waste". This is a large part of the great hope that we have.
Therefore, when we fail to avail ourselves of this "resource," we
find ourselves feeling as if we have
"wasted" something. In effect, we have wasted God's time and ours by not learning to do anything
differently even after salvation.
This is a far more serious problem than
one might think, for presenting a witness is the entire point of salvation.
This is done only as we exhibit "differentness,' and differentness is exhibited
only as we take on the mind and character of Christ. Only in this way will what
we say match what we do.
It seems that we have yet to understand
that what has already been established by God will never change. Not only is this a boon for mankind, it is also the
condemnation of the saint of God. You see, try as we might and wish as hard as
we can, we will never be able to change God's requirements. Therefore, if we
resist meeting them, we will miss heaven--and have none to blame but ourselves.
Will we never learn that trying to
solve things with our own minds always
causes greater problems? God could never allow us to circumvent Him and be
successful. Therefore, He must meet all efforts at self-management with
non-involvement.
Being an "heir of salvation" does not net redeemed man with a "cushy" job, chair and bankroll, but rather, invests him with a very important job: the winning of souls. This is the destiny for which we have been delivered and the cause to which we have been raised. To realize it requires a concern for nothing but the advancement of the ministry. In our redemption, there is nothing that has been overlooked in preparing us for success. For our greatest problem, we have been empowered—and what a problem, indeed. The lure of the flesh. We can walk away and be totally free from that the devil is convinced will get us to deny Christ. Those who can claim this are those fit to be called "heirs of salvation"