Inheritance of the Saints

Pastor Tyson Bloor

Prison Epistles Prayer; Spiritual Inheritance; Saints of the Most High; Strength; Knowledge of Jesus Christ; Worthy Man Colossians 1:9–14

Walk in a manner worthy of your Inheritance through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Prayer

Colossians 1:9 NASB95

For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Pray - προσεύχομαι (proseuchomai): vb.; ≡ DBLHebr 7137; Str 4336; TDNT 2.807—LN 33.178 pray (Mt 5:44; Mk 1:35; Lk 1:10; Ac 1:24; Ro 8:26; 1Co 11:4; Eph 6:18; Php 1:9; Col 1:3; 1Th 5:17; 2Th 3:1; 1Ti 2:8; Heb 13:18; Jas 5:13; Jude 20; Lk 22:44 v.r.)

Ask -αἰτέω (aiteō): vb.; ≡ DBLHebr 8626; Str 154; TDNT 1.191—LN 33.163 ask for, request; some contexts, demand (Mt 7:7; 27:20; Lk 23:23; Jn 16:24; Ac 3:2; Col 1:9; Jas 1:5; 4:2; 1Pe 3:15; 1Jn 5:14)

The Walk

Colossians 1:10–14 NASB95

so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.

For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

What does it mean walk worthy?

• Pleasing to Him

• John 14:21 “Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

• Bearing fruit

• Matthew 12:33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.

• Growing in knowledge of God

• Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

• Proverbs 19:2, “Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge and he who hurries his footsteps errs.”

• Hebrews 6:1, “Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God”

• Strengthened with God’s power

• Romans 8:11, “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”

• Giving thanks

• James 1:17, “Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.”

Colossians 1:12 NASB95

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.

James 1:17 NASB95

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

Saint - ἅγιος (hagios), ία (ia), ον (on): adj. [see α για (a gia), between 38–39 and α γιον (a gion), between 40–41]; ≡ DBLHebr 5219, 7705, 7731; Str 40 & 39; TDNT 1.88—1. LN 88.24 holy, pure (1Pe 1:15–16); 2. LN 53.46 dedicated, consecrated (Mk 6:20); 3. LN 11.27 οἱ ἅγιοι (hoi hagioi), God’s people (1Co 6:2; 2Co 13:12; Php 4:22; Rev 18:20+; Rev 22:21)

Redemption - ἀπολύτρωσις (apolytrōsis), εως (eōs), ἡ (hē): n.fem.; ≡ Str 629; TDNT 4.351—LN 37.128 deliverance, redemption, a ransom, a release (Lk 21:28; Ro 3:24; 8:23; 1Co 1:30; Eph 1:7, 14; 4:30; Col 1:14; Heb 9:15; 11:35

Forgiveness - ἄφεσις (aphesis), έσεως (eseōs), ἡ (hē): n.fem.; ≡ DBLHebr 2002, 3413, 9023; Str 859; TDNT 1.509—1. LN 40.8 pardon, forgiveness of sins (Mt 26:28; Ac 2:38; 10:43; Col 1:14; Heb 9:22; 10:18); 2. LN 37.132 liberty, release (Lk 4:18