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Our Inheritance · Compass Point

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  This is Compass Point and I'm Pete Smith.
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  In Mark 10 verse 17, a rich young man came running to Jesus
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  and kneeling down asked the following question.
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  What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
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  Though good in intention, it was bad in doctrine, for
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  inheritance, even in earthly things, is never by doing.
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  If I'm heir to my father's estate, I receive it by
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  inheritance, but not by works. It's the same with heavenly
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  things. Ephesians 2 verses 8:00 and 9:00
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  For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of
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  yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of
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  works, lest any man should boast.
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  It's interesting how Peter describes the believers share in
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  the heavenly inheritance to an inheritance incorruptible and
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  undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven For you
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  verse Peter one verse 4. It's something very personal.
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  Have you received God's gift of eternal life?