Jeremiah 15:13 To the winner goes the spoils.

Isn’t it amazing how people will quote the bible without even knowing the source of the information? I know I titled this devotional entitlements, and that might be a poor play on words just to get your attention, but hear me out.

John 3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

2 Peter 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

God gave everything to Jesus and Jesus all things to us, doesn’t that mean we are entitled?

Spoiler alert, this is NOT a prosperity teaching.

What are we entitled to here? All godliness. You do not get the abundant life separate from and excluding godliness. It is a package deal. So often we see the grace of God being the opportunity to receive that which we do not deserve. That is true, but with each receipt comes a healthy dose of godliness. We don’t get to receive the abundant life and leave the godliness until later. It is a package deal, you have to take both.

1 Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Through Christ we get to claim the victory and we are entitled to the spoils, but not to be spoiled.

Did anyone catch that the opening verse was not quoted out of the KJV as I usually do. It was from the LLT, Larry’s Literal Translation.

Jeremiah 15:13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

Yes, I left out the sin part and God would have you do the same.