Perhaps these questions have been popping into your head lately: “If You are a Christian, why are you sick? If your heavenly Father is so wonderful, why do you have so many problems? Doesn’t your God help you, His child?”
And if you have been tempted to ask, “God, I am Your child. Why is this happening to me?” know that Jesus knows exactly how you feel because 2,000 years ago, the devil played the same trick on Him—“If You are the Son of God…” (Matthew 4:3). You see, the devil’s intention was to make Jesus doubt His Sonship, and the devil wants to do the same thing to you today.
He wants to destroy the Spirit of sonship in you and in the body of believers. He knows that once you really believe that you are a son of God, something happens—you begin to live life as “an heir of God through Christ.”
As a son and an heir of God, you inherit all the blessings of God which Jesus died to give you, including salvation, healing, provision, wholeness, favor, intimacy with God and answered prayers. And Jesus rose from the dead to make sure that what He died to give you, you get. He is alive today to enforce this rich, blood-bought inheritance in your life!
My friend, you are an heir of God through Christ. This means that you are joint heirs with Jesus (see Romans 8:17). So His inheritance is your inheritance too!
What is provision when you are an heir of God? He owns every beast in the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills (see Psalm 50:10). All the diamonds and gold came from Him. What is healing when you are an heir of God? He is your Creator and the very breath of your life.
Beloved, enjoy every bit of your inheritance in Christ, not because you deserve it, but because it was paid for by Jesus’ blood!
"I'M HERE TO TELL YOU" EDITOR'S NOTE
This brings us to the question: "Why do I live this way if I'm the righteousness of Christ"? The truth is the truth. You were made right in God's eyes because of Jesus, not because of something you did. You are the righteousness of God because of what Christ did, not because of what you do. Ya see, God sees what you don't. God sees the blood of Christ covering your sins, you still see your sins. God sees you clean and perfect before Him, blameless. You see yourself dirty, guilty and ashamed. What we have to do is see the truth of the cross. In the bible it says, "he who has died is free from sin". We died with Christ on he cross, we were made new when He rose from the dead, this is Christianity. It's all about what Jesus did, not what we do or how we live. Christ's sacrifice was in deed powerful enough to cleanse us all from our sin. You can live in this truth or you can continue to live under your own power and try to be a good person that's good enough to see heaven. Try all you want, it's Jesus and not you whom the Father will accept. Today, ask God to show you real salvation and to have you realize the truth about the sacrifice He made by sending His Son to make His sacrifice for you.
