The Lily Letters

I’m sure you’ve all heard this before, but we are all children of God. But have you heard that we are the co-heirs with Christ? This is a phrase that I was not super familiar with before writing this post. I have always heard that I am a child of God, and I have been proud to be a child of God, but being called a co-heir with Christ was new. In simple terms, it means that all of us are adopted children of God. We have been fully welcomed into His family, and we are entitled to a share in Jesus’s inheritance of eternal glory, salvation, and blessings. This inheritance is not like the physical inheritance you may receive after a loved one passes, and it is worth much, much more. Romans 8:16-17 says, “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs–heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.” But what, exactly, do we inherit? 1 Peter 1:4 says, “To an i...

Monthly Theme: Co-Heirs (Belonging): I belong in God's Family Starting Verses: Ephesians 3:6 “This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.” 1 John 3:1 “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” There are such cool things to be pointed out in Ephesians 3:6 about who God’s people are and what they receive. This is something we’ll get to dive deeper into as the months of the school year go by, but as we get started and as we settle into that summer, post-convention rhythm- I’d love for us to start to focus in on the idea that we are called “heirs” or children of God as mentioned in 1 John 3:1. At first thought, I think of my classroom of students and how I consider that a sort of family while at the school house. Students and teachers support each other, grow together, laugh, celebrate ea...