Kingdom Provisions of the Sons of God

Understanding Sonship Today’s Focus: Kingdom Provisions of the Sons of God Scripture: Matthew 6:31-33; 1 Corinthians 2:9-16 Greetings Kingdom Citizens Now if your inheritance is the Kingdom of God, what does that come with? Or, what things come with this inheritance. Well let’s start with this scripture before we answer the question. 1 Corinthians 2:9: “Eyes have not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” Now if you read that like I did it is clear that whatever the things are that the inheritance entails it is not something that anyone has seen or heard. So by that point that eliminates the physical and natural as the things God has prepared for them. So how will we know what it or the things are? Let’s move to 1 Corinthians 2:10: “But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea the deep things of God.” So the only way you will know what the things are is that it be revealed to you by the Spirit. So your inheritance is more than house, money, car or any material possession. Now if the Spirit will reveal these things to us that means there is no way to bribe or pay God for the revelation of these things. And if that is the case are these things freely given? 1 Corinthians 2:12: “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” So you cannot pay for this inheritance or its benefits. So what are the things that God gives us as a part of the inheritance: 1. The Character of God 2. The Gifts of the Spirit 3. Your Calling None of those can you obtain through any work, but through faith and a relationship with Christ. Let me go a step further. If we look at those three gifts of the inheritance then is it not obvious that because we do not understand our inheritance that we have many Kingdom citizens walking around as if they have no inheritance. Now when we look at the Character of God we know this to be His nature and good will towards His children. It is his integrity sealed by His words. Now because we are in His image and likeness (Genesis 1:26) then the character of God should be expressed through His sons. Now because you are sons you have to be able to do the work that He has called you to do on this Earth. So He equips you with gifts. The gifts of the spirit empower you to do the work that you have been called to do. Your gift can only be revealed to you by the Holy Spirit in His appointed time. It is so sad when you hear about people being saved and then immediately starting up a church or when someone who is homosexual decide that they are to preach the gospel as a homosexual because God made them that way. Let’s use one of our best examples to throw this crazy thought in the garbage. Paul was persecuting the believers in Christ. Christ stopped Him and gave Him specific directions on the road to Damascus (Acts 9). Paul did not start a church here at this time, nor was he aware of what he was going to do in the future. Now Paul was special because He was given grace to be the Apostle to the Gentiles, even though he was not of the original 12 apostles. Paul was not “sent-out” to do the work He was called to do until Acts 13. The laying on of hands confirmed the work they were to do as apostles. Now this leads to my last point, your calling. Now from Acts 9 to Acts 14 there is a time period where Saul (Paul) spent time with the Lord to get the message right and understand what exactly God wanted him to do. Paul did not receive all of this right after he received the Holy Spirit in Acts 9. Because, Paul had great knowledge of the Law, but not of Christ. In Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi, Paul states that all of the knowledge of the Law was self-righteousness and he counted EVERYTHING BUT LOST for the knowledge of Christ (Philippians 3:8,9). Paul’s calling was to be the apostle to the Gentiles and God equipped Him with the gift of the apostle to do the work that he was called to do. This is where we need to be as Kingdom citizens in being aware of our inheritance. Our inheritance is everything we will need for life and Godliness and that is given freely by the Holy Spirit. At Our Father’s Service, Elder Calvin Calhoun, Jr.