Inheritance

It is generally accepted that inheritance is a human thing. It’s normally thought of as some monetary inheritance, but it also can be the belief that we have inherited certain traits, and even a propensity for certain diseases, from our parents, or ancestors.

The Bible states, “The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.” (Ps. 16) The psalmist is telling us that God is the one and only source of our inheritance. The other is nothing but a false belief. In Christian Science we know the Biblical truth is that our inheritance is from God, good, and He gives us all good.

Mary Baker Eddy says, “the beautiful, good, and pure constitute our ancestry.” If we claim this and know this is what is true about us, this is what we will have. In Science and Health p. 228 we read, “The transmission of disease or of certain idiosyncrasies of mortal mind would be impossible if this great fact of being were learned, — namely, that nothing inharmonious can enter being, for Life is God. Heredity is a prolific subject for mortal belief to pin theories upon; but if we learn that nothing is real but the right, we shall have no dangerous inheritances, and fleshly ills will disappear.”

So what are we going to believe to be true, the truths in the Bible, that our inheritance is from God, that He is our Mother and Father and we are all brothers and sisters in Him, and that it is all good? Or are we going to believe all the beliefs of the human mind?

So many people do believe in human inheritance and therefore experience what they think. We can pull ourselves out from those false beliefs and understand the truth of our being. God is our Father and He made each one of us in His likeness. All that we can receive is a wonderful inheritance from the Father-Mother God, who loves each and every one of us!