Talk:Heirs of God

Children, Heirs, and Fellow Sufferers

Piper’s sermon, Children, Heirs, and Fellow Sufferers, was immensely helpful in providing an outline for this topic. — Joey 02:51, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

“reward”

Look for verses that use the word “reward”, such as Mt 5:12.

Suggestions from Jonathan

In an e-mail on July 25, 2016:

You have Rev. 21:1–8 under the category “We will inherit God Himself”, but it might be good to put verse 7 in it’s own “We will Inherit All Things” category since verse 7 specifically says as much: “He that overcometh shall inherit all things” (Rev. 21:7) Inheriting “all things” of God is important (and amazing), probably good to specifically mention it.

You mentioned Gal. 4:4–7 on this page also, but I would recommend adding in verses 1–3 as well — those first few verses compare the Christian to an heir that, while young are like servants and under tutors, but which actually is and will become “Lord of all”. Cool passage: “Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all, But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, we in bondage under the elements of the world…” (then v. 4–7)

“All things” in Rev 21:7 is actually a later variant reading of the text. Older and better manuscripts have ταῦτα (“these”) where the Textus Receptus has παντα (“all”). So the earlier and better supported reading is “he that overcomes will have this inheritance,” or “will inherit these things.”

I’ve gone ahead and implemented Jonathan’s second suggestion since I think those extra verses are directly relevant to the topic.

Better is One Day

Psalm 84 probably belongs on this page, but where? Under “we will inherit God himself”?

Search for every occurrence of “inherit”

What are the Greek and Hebrew words?

Draft sections

Heirs of Abraham

Gal 3:29

The Bible Teaches Theosis?

Verses from Lincoln Cannon’s New God Argument topic, “The Bible Teaches Theosis”.

Man in God’s image

Main topic: Man in the image of God
Ge 1:26–27; 9:6

Man becoming like God

Ge 3:5, 22

Man being conformed to the image of Christ

2Co 3:18; Eph 4:11–16

“Sons of God”

Main topic: Sons of God in Genesis 6
Ge 6:2–4; Ps 82:1–8

Adam as son of God

Lk 3:23, 38

People as children of God

Main topic: God the Father
Dt 14:1; Isa 63:16; 64:8; Mt 5:8–10; 6:9; Lk 11:2; Jn 1:11–13; 11:51–52; Ac 17:28–29; Ro 1:7; 8:9–32; 1Co 1:3; 4:14–17; 2Co 1:2; Gal 1:4–5; 3:26–28; 4:1–7; Eph 1:2; 4:4–6; Php 1:2; 1Th 1:1–4; 3:11–13; 2Th 1:1–2; 2:13–17; 1Ti 1:2; 1Jn 3:1–3, 9–10; 5:1–2, 18–21; Col 1:2

Jesus as Son of God

Ps 2:7–8; Jn 10:32–36

Jesus like his Father

Mt 9:2–8; 12:1–8; 16:27; 24:29–31; 25:31–46; Mk 2:3–12, 23–28; 8:38; 14:60–64; Lk 5:18–26; 6:1–5; 21:27–28; 22:66–71; Jn 3:13; 5:19–20, 26–27; 8:28–29; 12:23; 13:31–32; Ac 7:55–56; Col 2:9–10; Rev 1:10–18; 14:14

“God of gods” and “Lord of lords”

Dt 10:17; Jos 22:22; Ps 136:2; Dan 2:47

Men will sit on thrones, judge, rule

Main topic: Heirs of God
Mt 19:28; 1Co 6:2–3; Rev 2:26–27; 3:21; 21:7

Perichoresis, union between man and God/Christ

Main topic: Perichoresis
Jn 14:12, 20; 17:20–23; 2Co 13:5; Gal 2:20; Eph 3:14–19; Col 1:21–29

Church (members) as body of Christ

1Co 10:14–17; 12:27; Eph 5:29–30

Men as ambassadors of Christ, ministering in his stead

2Co 5:18–20

Men should strive for perfection, godliness

Mt 5:48; 1Ti 4:7–8; 6:5–11; 2Pe 1:2–10; 3:11–12

Men as saviors

Ob 1:21; Heb 11:39–40

Unclear how to categorize?

Mt 25:31–46; Lk 20:34–36; Jn 6:26–29, 53–57; Php 2:5–6, 12–18; Heb 12:9–10, 22–23

Regarding sitting on the throne

Robert Bowman and Ed Komoszewski on the meaning of the elect sitting on the throne with Jesus, just after quoting Ephesians 2:4–7:

The only person who actually has been “made alive,” “raised up,” and “seated in heavenly places” is Christ. Paul is not asserting that these things have actually happened to believers. What he is saying is that Christ’s death, resurrection, and exaltation all occurred for our benefit, so that those of us who are “in Christ Jesus” will eventually receive all the blessings of God’s rich grace. In the meantime, God graciously considers us to be “with” Christ in his death, resurrection, and exaltation, so that our standing with God is secure. cure. As our advocate, Christ “is at the right hand of God” and “intercedes for us” from that privileged position (Rom. 8:34). It is likely that a similar idea is at work in Revelation 3:21, where Jesus says, “The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne” (ESV). Jesus certainly is not saying that believers who conquer through their faith will pass judgment on all creation or receive worship from all creatures. Jesus is calling people to conquer, or overcome, through repentance and faith so that they may have a relationship with him (vv. 19-20). In this context, Jesus’ promise is that he will grant a place on his throne to those who conquer appears to be a symbolic way of expressing a promise of immediate access to the throne. Believers have someone sitting on the throne of God who represents them, someone who is “on their side,” and through whom they have immediate, direct, intimate access to God.^[1]

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1. Robert Bowman; J. Ed Komoszewski; Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ (Kindle Locations 2993–3002). Kindle Edition. #