“…who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.” Colossians 1:12b
“Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord” Hebrews 12:14. This alone is a strong statement, however, taken in view of Isaiah 64:6, “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags,” it goes into the realm of impossible. Left to our own devices, we are truly lost.
The good news is God alone qualifies us for anything coming to us (inheritance). God has always taken the initiative in bringing believers into his righteous presence. Perhaps Paul was thinking of Leviticus 11:44, “Be holy, because I am holy” (also 1 Pet 1:15). No one can claim holiness, apart from God’s declaration. When God qualifies us for his kingdom, he supplies righteousness, a necessary requirement for salvation. Since he declares us to be righteous by his grace, he alone qualifies us for entrance into the kingdom. Is it any wonder why this verse begins by the words, “giving thanks to the Father?”
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Isaiah 43:19-21
"See I am doing a new thing! Now it spings up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, give drink to my people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise."