Quotes about Inheritance
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
— Hebrews 9:15
In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,
— Hebrews 9:16
because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.
— Hebrews 9:17
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
— Hebrews 11:8
If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
— Hebrews 12:8
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
— Hebrews 12:17
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
— James 2:5
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
— 1 Peter 1:4
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
— 1 Peter 1:18
The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
— Revelation 21:7
It is our task in our time and in our generation, to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.
— John F. Kennedy
The answer is that we don't finish our work when we die. It lives on after us. What we have done on earth, if it amounts to anything, continues after we die physically. How could there be rewards and judgments when our earthly life is over? Our influence upon friends, family, the people we knew during our lifetimes, does not cease when our obituaries appear in the local paper.
— David Jeremiah