Of Fathering And Inheritance

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 4:15(KJV); For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

It is one thing to grow in the Christian faith under an instructor. It is another to grow under a father.

The challenge Paul experienced with the Corinthian Church still exists today. They had thousands of instructors but few fathers.

Some mistake instructors for fathers. However, any man who grows under an instructor will never understand true inheritance.

The ministry of a father will show you how much is yours by the rights of sonship. This is not so with the instructor.

Many of the struggles of Christians in their faith are tagged to how little they have understood their inheritance in God and what it means to be joint heirs with Christ.

Why do some Christians fight and envy each other? Why do they malign and accuse fellow brethren? Many of these were merely instructed. They were never fathered enough to understand inheritance; that ALL things are theirs(1 Corinthians 3:21-22); that they have been given ALL things that pertain to life and godliness(2 Peter 1:3).

The fathering spirit elevates sons and daughters to the liberties in God. With these liberties, hearts are disentangled from the carnal quests of power.

This is why submission to spiritual authority is a pillar of Christian truth.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Hebrews 13:17, Romans 8:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The fathering spirit elevates sons and daughters to the liberties in God. With these liberties, hearts are disentangled from the carnal quests of power.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you. What a privilege and an honour to be called a child of the Most High God. I see and understand the glorious inheritance to which you have called me. I rest in the blessed assurance that whatever I need is already provided. It’s in this liberty that I live every day. To the glory of your name, Amen.