Enter Into Your Inheritance
The sermon emphasizes the importance of claiming God's promises through faith and obedience to fully enter into our spiritual inheritance.
Charles E. Cowman preaches about the unclaimed territory of Divine promises, drawing inspiration from Joshua 1:3 where God promises every place the sole of their foot treads upon. He emphasizes the importance of claiming and appropriating God's promises through obedient faith and believing obedience, comparing it to the Israelites' failure to possess the full extent of their promised land due to not fully treading on it. Cowman urges believers to take possession of the vast promises of God, encouraging them to march through their inheritance with faith and confidence.
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"Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you" (Joshua 1:3).
Beside the literal ground, unoccupied for Christ, there is the unclaimed, untrodden territory of Divine promises. What did God say to Joshua? "Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you," and then He draws the outlines of the Land of Promise--all theirs on one condition: that they shall march through the length and breadth of it, and measure it off with their own feet.
They never did that to more than one-third of the property, and consequently they never had more than one-third; they had just what they measured off, and no more.
In 2 Peter, we read of the "land of promise" that is opened up to us, and it is God's will that we should, as it were, measure off that territory by the feet of obedient faith and believing obedience, thus claiming and appropriating it for our own.
How many of us have ever taken possession of the promises of God in the name of Christ?
Here is a magnificent territory for faith to lay hold on and march through the length and breadth of, and faith has never done it yet.
Let us enter into all our inheritance. Let us lift up our eyes to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west, and hear Him say, "All the land that thou seest will I give to thee." --A. T. Pierson
Wherever Judah should set his foot that should be his; wherever Benjamin should set his foot, that should be his. Each should get his inheritance by setting his foot upon it. Now, think you not, when either had set his foot upon a given territory, he did not instantly and instinctively feel, "This is mine"?
An old colored man, who had a marvelous experience in grace, was asked: "Daniel, why is it that you have so much peace and joy in religion?" "O Massa!" he replied, "I just fall flat on the exceeding great and precious promises, and I have all that is in them. Glory! Glory!" He who falls flat on the promises feels that all the riches embraced in them are his. --Faith Papers
The Marquis of Salisbury was criticized for his Colonial policies and replied: "Gentlemen, get larger maps."
Sermon Outline
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- Understanding the Land of Promise
- The Condition of Claiming Our Inheritance
- The Role of Faith in Possession
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- The Importance of Measuring Our Territory
- The Consequences of Limited Faith
- The Call to Action for Believers
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III
- The Assurance of God's Promises
- Personal Testimonies of Faith
- Living in the Fullness of Our Inheritance
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IV
- The Vision of God's Abundance
- The Example of Joshua and the Tribes
- The Joy of Claiming Our Promises
Key Quotes
“Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you.” — Charles E. Cowman
“Let us enter into all our inheritance.” — Charles E. Cowman
“I just fall flat on the exceeding great and precious promises, and I have all that is in them.” — Charles E. Cowman
Application Points
- Reflect on the promises of God and identify areas in your life where you can step out in faith.
- Engage in prayer and meditation to understand what it means to claim your inheritance in Christ.
- Share your testimonies of faith with others to encourage them in their journey of claiming God's promises.