What Does it Mean to be an "Heir of Grace" ?

Romans 8:16-17

¹⁶ The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷ and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

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What does it mean to be an “Heir of Grace”?  I’m suffering from extreme writers block right now…… It’s pretty sad, especially since this paper is due to be blogged tomorrow. Please Jesus, help me write this paper! What does it mean to be a co-heir with you? What does being a child of the One True King entail? Maybe this amazing gift can be summed up in a simple phrase. “With great power, comes great responsibility.” Hold the eye rolls, readers! I think Uncle Ben’s words can be tied in pretty well with Jesus’s gift of sonship (or daughtership *cough) to us.

When Jesus brought us up from our little pits of sin, not only did He save us from the just punishment we deserved, but He also made us royalty! But being an heir of something does not mean skipping through the daisy fields. Meaning, “With great power, comes great responsibility.” As royalty we are called to “Seek justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God”. Being sons and daughters of our King means we need to fight for what’s right, love people, and serve and glorify Jesus. This is our responsibly. Note the words fight, and love. Used in the proper context, these are some of the hardest things we’ll face in life! Just because we inherit the kingdom of God, does not mean this present life will always be easy.

Do not despair! With our present “…….great power and great responsibility,” in hand, we must never stop looking ahead to the place Jesus has prepared for us! Look forward, “Heirs of Grace”. You we’re called to live out “great power, and great responsibility.”

Foundling