Eternal Inheritance - Session 2

This is the second of five messages Pastor Doug Riggs gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow, in September-October 2010.
Here are my notes:
o Doug makes it clear through an array of scriptures that Jesus Christ is God’s firstborn Son, and His heir – and that we, the church, His body and bride, are joint heirs with Christ. However the obtainment of all the rights and privileges of this position in Christ is not automatic, but conditional on sharing in His sufferings.
o Get your pen and paper ready – there once again are ‘zillions’ of scriptures Doug cites to prove the points he makes throughout this session. None of these teachings are Doug’s private interpretation or opinion – he only, for over 40 years – taught the word of God from the original languages and how each scripture was understood by its original reader.
o Satan cannot rob us of our salvation – but he can (and does) rob many of us of our inheritance and reward.
o “The Holy Spirit has been given to each member of the body of Christ so that we can come into full possession of our inheritance in Christ.”
o The possession of the land, i.e.: our inheritance in Christ, is to be the goal of redemption.
o “When a person is born again, if you begin to understand and pursue that which represents God’s eternal purpose, you will become the target of the enemy. If you want to just sit down and settle with salvation and thank God for fire insurance and just go your own way, and not pursue that which represents God’s fulness in Christ and to apprehend that for which you were apprehended in Jesus Christ, then the enemy will pay little attention to you, because you represent any threat of dispossessing him.”
o “If you’re going to possess your inheritance, you have to dispossess, or disinherit, your enemies.”
o “As we (America) reach a saturation of evil, God will assign another nation to take us out. We will not survive as a nation with idolatrous practices, and this has been true throughout history.”
o Of the entire population of the children of Israel who were delivered from Egypt, only TWO made it into the land of the inheritance. This should prove to us that all who respond to the gospel and receive redemption won’t necessarily obtain their full reward and inheritance in Christ.
o What’s an overcomer? One who follows the Lord fully, as Joshua and Caleb.
o “Some people are so in bondage to think, ‘Well, yeah, Jesus Christ died on the cross, He forgives us of our sins, but now we gotta do something to keep ourselves saved!’ That’s slavery! That’s bondage! Plus you miss the whole purpose for which you are redeemed.”
Resources recommended:
C.H. Mackintosh: Notes on the Pentateuch - https://amzn.to/4741AYz

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