I received an amazing email today. It said that I had an overdue inheritance waiting for me in Nigeria. All I had to do was reply with my personal information and bank account number.

What do you think? Should I do it?

Probably not - since it's likely an attempt to get my hopes up and my savings account down. But do you know the title of that email, "Overdue Inheritance" is really the message of the gospel, isn't it.

It is all there with God and he's just waiting for us to cash in. He paid for it himself and he saves it for all people and waits. Oh, how he waits for their entire lives, if it takes that long.

Do you know someone who hasn't yet trusted in his love, taken advantage of his offer, or let him forgive their sins? Why not talk to them about their "overdue inheritance". Show them how your inheritance is Christ is working for you. Let them know they can come to church with you and get their inheritance from Jesus.

Praise be to our God ... In his great mercy he has given us a new birth into ... an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade, kept in heaven for you.

1 Peter 1:3-4