"He that overcometh shall inherit all things." - Revelation 21:7.

Sell all that thou hast and give to the poor, says Christ, Except a man forsake all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. Give us this day our daily bread. We are crucified unto the world and the world unto us.

Naturally, we grasp at all. We embrace with our hands all that we possibly can, and embrace the rest with our desires. What we are not able to inscribe with our name as possessor, we inscribe with our name as candidate. Now, when we go over to Christ, we have to detach ourselves from all this. We renounce all. We bring the little of the world that we possess, and the remainder of the world that we longed after, and lay all down at the feet of Christ. By faith we learn to behold all excellence in him, and to find our world in him. When perfected in this we inherit all things.

It is a dishonorable thing for the sons of God to be co-partners with ungodly men; and the ungodly possess this earth and the things that are therein; the degradation of sin has passed like a tremendous wave over the whole globe, and rendered all unfit for the people of God. But a day cometh when the wicked shall be driven hence; when a new heaven and a new earth shall appear; then the saints shall inherit all things. The idea of possession current in this base world, involves the idea of privation for others. We only possess when others do not possess. But in the world to come of which we speak, it is very different. Nothing is so much deprecated there as exclusive possession. A thing is there only possessed when all possess it. It is the world of love, and nothing else is called gain that involves privation for others. What makes this inheritance of all things so entrancing, is that many others inherit with us. Their joy, their glory, their wealth, are the most important elements in our joy, glory and wealth.