Claim What Is Rightfully Yours

Are you willing to claim your inheritance? God is your benefactor, and He has made you, His beloved child, heir to all that is beautiful, good, and pure. Your inheritance is not dependent on the demise of anyone, because God and His offspring are eternal; it is all yours— right here, right now. Do not postpone claiming and enjoying what is rightfully yours.

One of the first steps in claiming an inheritance is proving one's identity as the named heir. Perhaps one does not know how to identify himself as the child of God, Spirit, because he has always thought of himself in terms of human ancestry. If this is the case with you, let Christian Science be your counsel to establish your birthright as God's heir.

In reference to John 1:12, 13, Mrs. Eddy writes: "When we understand man's true birthright, that he is 'born, not...of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God,' we shall understand that man is the offspring of Spirit, and not of the flesh; recognize him through spiritual, and not material laws; and regard him as spiritual, and not material. His sonship, referred to in the text, is his spiritual relation to Deity." Miscellaneous Writings, p. 181;

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