Please turn with me to I Corinthians 3, verse 18. And just to give you another further idea of the universe, the number of galaxies is approximately 2 trillion. Approximately 2 trillion galaxies exist in the observable universe. And the average galaxy, like our Milky Way, contains about 100 billion stars. My mind got blown at the first sextillion that I mentioned. It is just beyond our comprehension.
So Paul said that both life and death serve us. While the unconverted are victims of life carried along by its current and questioning if it has meaning, the converted use life wisely because we understand God's true purpose.
The unconverted can only fear death. For the converted, however, death holds no terror because Christ has conquered it all. Death is merely the start of eternal life with God.
Now the physical universe and the spirit realm are ours to inherit because we belong to Christ and the apostle Paul was thrilled with this knowledge. A test of our faith and conversion is whether we are thrilled by all things are yours, everything! Because you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
Please turn over to Romans 8, verse 16. When a person becomes a saint, he gains all the privileges and responsibilities of a child in God's Family. The most important privilege is the gift of the Holy Spirit. We may not always feel like we belong to God, but His Spirit is our witness to this truth. His inward presence reminds us who we are and encourages us with His love. And because we are God's children, we inherit great treasures as joint heirs, and God is already giving us His best gifts: His Son, His love, forgiveness, and eternal life.
It does not matter what the world thinks of us, all things are ours. We are joint heirs with Christ.