Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Yesterday we talked about inheritance and today I would like to address the beneficiaries. Here in this passage they are identified as those who are called. If you want to be on the list of beneficiaries, you should understand how that happens. Who is doing the calling and how do you answer the call?

John 6:54,56,65 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

It is God the Father that calls and the way to answer is in partaking in the life of Christ. These two things identify the beneficiaries.

What does it sound like when God the Father calls? If you do not hear the knocking at the door, you do not know to answer. What does it sound like when God calls on you?

Matthew 13:18,23 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

In this parable the seed is the good news, the gospel and it is received into good ground which is a heart prepared. Seeds are planted into a soil that is broken and tilled. The gospel is received into a heart that is broken and contrite.

Psalm 34:18,51:17 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Romans 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

This is the same verse I modified yesterday in “Well Done”. Allow me to modify it once again to fit this narrative.

Romans 2:7 (modified) To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek an inheritance.

Funny how people act once they know their portion of a will, their inheritance. Their motivation seems to be one of staying in the good graces of their benefactor. Perhaps if they do really well, they might pick up some extra coin from those who failed and fell out of grace.

Matthew 3:26-28 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

Let me ask you a frank and earnest question about that as a motivation; don’t you have to be in the will first before you can even think that way? Secondly, if that is your motivation, will your efforts be in good faith? One must acknowledge a part in the will and then also that your part is determined by He who called you and not you yourself.

2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

That being true, then our part in the inheritance is predetermined and will not change. Therefore let go of any motivation of the heart that seeks more than promised.