God's promise of grace is my birthright.

Sometimes we call ourselves children of Abraham. Jesus was a descendant of Abraham and in Christ we too received all the grace promises God made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

It is God’s firm grace promises to be our God, our Saviour, our Protector, and our Lord. It is the promise that, through the death and resurrection of Christ, we are saved and received the Holy Spirit.

This is a precious birthright that our parents and grandparents, our church, and our Lord have entrusted to our keep. To lead a Christian home is both a wonderful privilege and a huge responsibility to hand the gospel to the next generation.

Our birthright is to own this precious faith of the martyrs who during the first centuries died for the Lord and still do until this day. It is the faith of the fathers and mothers of the Reformation during the 16th century till now, and it is the faith of our fathers who kept it, preserved it and carried it faithfully upto our generation.

It is, by God’s grace, our birthright and our inheritance to know that although I am a sinner in need of salvation, I am redeemed in and through Jesus, my Lord. It is the faith that says Jesus alone, by grace, can save me and help me. It is the faith that says the proper response to God's grace in Christ, is to lead a life of holiness, commitment to God and of gratefulness.

We have a duty to defend this faith, to keep this faith, to guard this faith that has been entrusted to us. We have a holy responsibility to carry the Good News far and wide, but most importantly, to hand it, safe and sound, to the next generation. And it is our duty, our privilege and our calling to keep it for our children’s and grand children’s sake. And for the sake of God and his Kingdom. And for the sake of the true church and those who will carry the light of God as the next generation of the followers of Jesus.

May we be blessed as we put God first in our lives and serve our Saviour Jesus with humble and devoted hearts. Let’s keep and defend our birthright with everything we do and are!