Our Eternal Inheritance of Life and Salvation is reserved in heaven for each of God’s children. It does not do much for us being kept up there. So God the Father has provided a way for each of his adopted children to reap the benefits of it in this present world. The Father has given Christ the authority to pass judgement upon each child, and reward them for their obedience. This salvation and life comes by way of the Holy Spirit, and is the earnest of the inheritance that is bequeathed to each child at the time of regeneration and adoption, as the scriptures teach in Ephesians 1.
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A CONSISE DICTIONARY OF THE WORDS IN THE GREEK TESTAMENT; WITH THEIR RENDERINGS IN THE AUTHORIZED ENGLISH VERSION:
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Ephesians 1 – Our inheritance of eternal life and salvation and the earnest thereof
Our inheritance is a most wonderful gift. But it is the earnest which we enjoy here in this world. It is a proper understanding of the differences that opens the path of understanding the two perspectives of salvation. Check it out! Feel free to leave a comment. I would enjoy hearing from you.