Heir by Position, Pauper by Practice #16

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

“Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ” (Galatians 4:7 KJV).

Saints, we in Christ are spiritual winners and heirs by position, but we can choose to be spiritual losers and paupers by practice!

Responding to dispensational truths they have never heard before (or were aware of but decided to ignore!), denominationalists typically proclaim, “You ‘Paul-worshippers’ study only Romans to Philemon!” No, we do not regard Paul as God or our Saviour; we do recognize Paul’s words in the Bible are the very words of Almighty God Himself (recall 1 Corinthians 14:37,38). Furthermore, we study all of Scripture, Genesis to Revelation, but we know what is to and about us, and what is merely for our learning.

Jesus Christ stated, “He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me” (Matthew 10:40). Also, “He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me” (Luke 10:16). Finally, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me” (John 13:20). Christ sent Paul to be His spokesman to us Gentiles (Acts 26:17). To think lowly of Paul is to have a low opinion of Christ who commissioned him! We do not exalt Paul the man; we honor his God-given apostleship. “For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:…” (Romans 11:13).

Paul wrote as the Holy Spirit moved him: “For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me” (1 Corinthians 4:15,16). “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). “Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample” (Philippians 3:16,17). We follow Paul as he follows Christ—and this is the Christ of mystery, not the Christ of prophecy (Romans 16:25,26; cf. 1 Corinthians 3:9-11).

Such is critical to our spiritual stability….