Our Eternal Inheritance!
"You are born again to an inheritance
incorruptible and undefiled and that
does not fade away, reserved in
heaven for you."
1 Peter 1: 4
You Can’t Take It with You was a Pulitzer Prize–
winning 1936 comedic play by George Kaufman
and Moss Hart that became an Academy Award
winning movie in 1938. It is about athe eccentric
extended family whose curious members involve
themselves in a number of complicated situations.
On one occasion, the patriarch of the family
tells a
younger member to enjoy his wealth
while he can as, “You can’t take it with you.”
Ironically, Jesus suggested there is a way to
“take it with you.” He said instead of storing
up wealth on earth where moth, thieves,
and
rust can ruin it, we should store up treasures
in heaven where their value will never be
diminished. (Matthew 6:20).
Perhaps Peter was thinking of these words
when he described the Christian’s
eternal
inheritance as “incorruptible and undefiled
and that does not fade away.”
Because our living hope is in Christ, our
eternal inheritance will likewise live forever.
It is “reserved in heaven” for us.
"An inheritance is not only kept
for us, but we are kept for it."
Richard
Sibbes
