WILL YOU INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD?

The children of God are destined to

inherit the kingdom of God. All people are not children of God, only
those who accept Jesus and are born again become children of God.
John the Baptist testified of Jesus and said: ”He was in the world,
and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know
Him. 11He came to His own, and those who were His own did not
receive Him. 12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the
right to become children of God, even to those who believe
in His name, 13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of
the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:10-12

Jesus said: “Truly, truly, I say
to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
and “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water
and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6“That
which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.” John 3:3,5,6. 

The apostle Paul wrote in Romans
8:16,17 “The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are
children of God, 17and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and
fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so
that we may also be glorified with Him.” We see that not all
children of God will inherit the kingdom of God, they will not all
have eternal life. There are certain things that are required of
God’s children.

As written in Romans 8:17, if we are
children of God we are “heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs
with Christ, IF INDEED WE SUFFER WITH HIM so that we may also be
glorified with Him.” Being a child of God will lead to
suffering, if we obey Him and do what He requires of us. It will lead
to suffering, rejection, persecution and even to death.

Many children of God do not obey the
words of Jesus, and therefor they are not subjected to the sufferings
that come on those who follow Him. We can only be fruitful for the
kingdom of God if we remain in Jesus, in obedience to Him. Jesus
warned that every branch in Him that does not bear fruit will get cut
off and burned. Every unfruitful born again child of God will get
disowned by Jesus and end up in hell if they do not repent and follow
Jesus.

Jesus said: “If anyone wishes to come
after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and
follow Me. 24“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose
it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will
save it. 25“For what is a man profited if he gains the whole
world, and loses or forfeits himself? 26“For whoever is
ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him
when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and
of the holy angels.” Luke 9:23-26.

It is required of the children of God
to conduct themselves appropriately, to live for the kingdom of God
and to serve God. Jesus personally delivered the rules that we have
to follow to become children of God and the commandments by which we
have to live in order to inherit the kingdom of God. They are His
words and commandments, as also recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John. Salvation, eternal life comes through faith in Jesus and
subsequent obedience to Him. Only those who follow and obey Jesus,
endure with Him, suffer with Him until the end, will have eternal
life. Those who disobey Jesus, will perish. It is written in John
3:36 “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does
not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on
him.”

How do you become a child of God?
Believe in Jesus and accept Him as you Lord and Master. Humble
yourself before Him in prayer. Repent of you sins. Ask Him to forgive
and pardon your past sins and to accept you as a child of God. Stop
sinning. Accept His words and commandments as your future rule and
way of living. Be baptized in water. Ask Jesus to baptize you in the
Holy Spirit. You will then be a born again child of God as Jesus said
in John 3:5,6. “unless one is born of water and the Spirit he
cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6“That which is born of
the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

How to live as a child of God? Live in
obedience to the words and commandments of Jesus as recorded in
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Further, be led by the Holy Spirit that
He gave in you when you were born again. Follow Jesus, obey Him and
stay with Him until the end.

Only those children of God who obey
Jesus, follow Him, suffer with Him and endure with Him until the end
have the HOPE of eternal life. Take heed of the warning of Jesus that
we read in Luke 13:23,24 And someone said to Him, “Lord, are
there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to
them, 24“Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I
tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

Let us strive hard and make every
effort to follow and obey Jesus until the end, so that we may
maintain the hope of inheriting the kingdom of God in the end.

May Jesus bless you.