When the old Queen Victoria, one of the best queens that has ever ruled over the British Empire, was a little girl, she was trained in every way by her mother and governesses for her inheritance. And when she was told that she might become the queen one day, she clasped her little hands and cried, "I will be good! I will be good!" All Royal children are brought up much more strictly than you are, for they must be educated and trained for their future inheritance. They learn when quite small to please others before themselves, to put duty before pleasure, to get up early to do their lessons, to study the feelings of others, to control their tempers, and only to associate with companions chosen by their parents or teachers. An heir to a glorious inheritance must be prepared for years for it. And God wants to prepare us for our glorious inheritance. It is a most beautiful home in Heaven that will last for ever and ever. Can we be sure of having this? If we have been to Jesus to have our sins washed away, if we have held out our hands for the pardon He purchased for us on Calvary and thanked Him for it, if we are trying to serve Him day by day, then we can be sure that the inheritance will be ours. But we must ask God to train us, and when disagreeable things happen, we must not lose our temper, for they are sent to test our tempers, to make us control ourselves, and so to make us more fit for our inheritance by and by. Boys and girls are often sent away to school, but one day they will have finished their education, and then they will come home to their father's house, and be able to take part in all that is going on there. We are at school here being educated. By and by our education will be finished, and we shall be called home to our Father's House in Heaven, to take part in all that is going on there. We have not worked for this inheritance. Like many earthly heirs, it came to us through the death of Someone else. Who was this? The Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who loved us and gave Himself for us, as we have already seen. In the Acts of the Apostles, God sent St. Paul to the Gentiles "to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they might receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith." You very often go up steps to a hall door, don't you? There are four steps leading up to the golden door of our inheritance. 1st. Our eyes must be opened to see we are sinners. 2nd. We must be willing to leave the darkness of sin and choose the light of goodness. 3rd. We must be delivered out of the power of the Devil, and come to the Lord Jesus. 4th. We must receive forgiveness of our sins. Can we do this ourselves? No, we can't take one of those steps in our own strength. God will do it all if we ask Him.