Your Inheritance through Christ-Justification

What exactly does it mean when God states that we have an inheritance gifted to us when we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? The perfect passages of Scripture that disclose exactly what the Lord means by inheritance are found in Romans 8:16-17. It states, “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”

So what these verses are telling us is that because of the atoning sacrificial work of Jesus Christ which was: His death, burial, and resurrection on the cross at Calvary we have been given an inheritance as co-heirs with Him. Jesus died the perfect Lamb of God completely paying the sin debt for the whole world. This would include past sins, present sin, and future sin.

Now when God looks at us, He doesn’t see our sin, He sees His Son Jesus and we are treated as if we never transgressed. The Lord’s amazing mercy and grace allows us to be declared righteous through the righteousness of Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:21. He wipes our slate clean and it is just as if it never happened.

Some of the words that describe how the Lord feels about our sin after we have been justified through the blood of Christ are:

He removes them as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12).

He blots your sins out and remembers them no more (Isaiah 43:25).

He washes your sins that resemble scarlet and makes them whiter than snow (Isaiah 1:18).

As we can see the Lord truly forgives us of our iniquities and completely forgets that we ever transgressed against Him. We have to be very careful not to take advantage of God’s grace. Just because He is faithful to forgive us of our transgressions does not mean that we are at full liberty to make a habit of sinning. We still have to remain obedient to the Word of God and His will for our lives.

The Apostle Paul addresses this very thing in Romans 6:1-2 and it states, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?” When you become a believer of Jesus Christ, your love for Him should make you want to live for Him which in turn requires that you turn away from your sin altogether.

To be justified also means that you are positioned in Christ Jesus declared to be in right standing according to the law of God. He is absolute love but He is also a just God and requires His children to remain obedient to His laws, principles, and will for our lives. His justice demands that there is penalty for all sin regardless of what it is. We need to keep in mind that the power of the blood of Jesus Christ declares us blameless but not sinless.

The Word of God in Romans 3:23 states, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” We are all sinners serving a perfect God but that does not mean that we don’t have the ability to overcome our temptation to sin. Through the power of the precious blood of Christ we are no longer slaves to our transgressions, Romans 6:6.

Justification is also a special gift that we are given included in our inheritance because of what Jesus did on the Cross at Calvary along with the fact that we also receive eternal life. Titus 3:7 details, “That having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Our sins are completely wiped clean just as if they never happened to begin with.

I am going to highlight a Scripture that you can meditate on that will give you an idea about what it means to be justified by the power of the shed blood of Jesus Christ.