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.