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Sergey Sudev was left a 950 million euros fortune by an uncle he had not seen for 10 years.

Luis Carlos de Noronha Cabral da Camara made an unusual distribution of his money after his death: 70 people listed in a Lisbon phone directory were contacted out of the blue after his death to be told he had made them his beneficiaries.

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Sergey Sudev was left a 950 million euros fortune by an uncle he had not seen for 10 years.

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  1. Luis Carlos de Noronha Cabral daCamara made an unusual distribution of his money after his death: 70 people listed in a Lisbon phone directory were contacted out of the blue after his death to be told he had made them his beneficiaries.

  2. A pair of penniless down and outs inherited a share of a 4 billion GBP fortune after a bizarre twist in family fortunes.

  3. Sergey Sudev was left a 950 million euros fortune by an uncle he had not seen for 10 years.

  4. Nina Wang, who died of cancer in 2007 at age 69, signed over her vast fortune to a previously unknown fengshui master Tony Chan as a promise for eternal life.

  5. In 1992, Cara Wood was 17 and working at Drin's Colonial Restaurant in her hometown of Chagrin Falls, about 15 miles east of Cleveland. Wood became so important to Cruxton that he rewrote his will, making her the main beneficiary. Cruxton, 82, died of heart failure in November 1992 and left her half a million dollars

  6. Eva Paole, a retired Argentine maid, has inherited the whopping sum of $40 million after a nine-year legal battle.

  7. Josh wasn't close to his grandfather and in fact, he had met him just a handful of times in his 17 years. Although he hadn't seen his grandson in years before his death in 2007, Josh was named the heir to what remained of his grandfather's estate, including a 36-acre island and more than 80 acres of farmland. But there was something unexpected in the will… a detailed list of antique jewellery and loose gems contained “in the thermos.”

  8. New York hotelier and real estate billionaire Leona Helmsley (called the Queen of Mean) has left $12m (£5.97m) to her pet dog, Trouble

  9. The man who left part of his inheritance to the woman who would give birth to the most children 10 years after his death

  10. The homeless who fled police while bringing him news of a $6-million inheritance

  11. Ephesians 1:13-14 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession — to the praise of his glory. NIV

  12. An ___________ In-heritance EARTHLY • From our Families • Genetic Characteristics – physical traits • Property – possessions, land, wealth • Other Immaterial Possessions – problems, diseases, addictions. • Definitions: Something Obtained, received, a reward, an estate. It literally means, “To come into a possession as a divine right. To receive a possession from the deceased.”

  13. A __________ In-heritance HUMAN PHYSICAL • More _______________ Pain Genesis 3:16 He said to the woman, "I will increase your pain and your labor when you give birth to children. Yet, you will long for your husband, and he will rule you.“ • ______________ Earth Genesis 3:17-18 Then he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree, although I commanded you, 'You must never eat its fruit.' The ground is cursed because of you. Through hard work you will eat food that comes from it every day of your life. 18 The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat wild plants. CURSED

  14. DEATH • _______ Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat until you return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and you will return to dust." Romans 5:12-13 Sin came into the world through one person, and death came through sin. So death spread to everyone, because everyone sinned. Romans 6:23The payment for sin is death, but the gift that God freely gives is everlasting life found in Christ Jesus our Lord. “Death spreads to all men who sin or Those who sin must pay the payment of death.”

  15. THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SINNED THOSE WHO HAVE SINNED = 1ST AND 2ND DEATH THOSE WHO HAVE SINNED BUT HAVE BEEN REDEEMED

  16. DID NOT ORIGINAL SIN IS UNBIBLICAL • We ___________ inherit sin from Adam • ____________________________ = a tendency or inclination to do evil from birth. You are born a sinner and a sinful nature. • The term, “________________” is not in the original bible. • ___________are of the Kingdom of God, not filthy sinners – Matthew 18:3 • We inherit DEATH, not ________ – Romans 5:12 • We are ______________ for our own sin – Ezekiel 18:20; Deut. 24:16 SINFUL NATURE CHILDREN DEATH RESPONSIBLE

  17. Ezekiel 18:20 The person who sins will die. A son will not be punished for his father's sins, and a father will not be punished for his son's sins. The righteousness of the righteous person will be his own, and the wickedness of the wicked person will be his own.

  18. TRUE NATURE • Our _______________ is to obey God’s law Romans 2:14-16 Even Gentiles, who do not have God's written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. 15 They demonstrate that God's law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right.

  19. An ___________ in-heritance ETERNAL • How do we get it? • ACCEPTING GOD’S WORD • RECEIVING CHRIST – Acts 2:38; 1 Peter 3:21 • OVERCOMING –Revelation 21:7 • SERVING CHRIST – Colossians 3:23-24 Colossians 3:23-24Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. NIV

  20. What do we inherit? • A New Heaven and a New Earth – Revelation 21:1-7. • An Eternal In-Heritance: Key word FOREVER. 1 Peter 1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you. NKJV

  21. When do we get it?... When we OVERCOME! Revelation 21:6-7 And he also said, "It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life. 7 All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

  22. Who does NOT get it? Those who are: Sexually impure, lustful, have idols, practice witchcraft, hostile, argumentative, out bursting anger, self-fish ambition, causing division and arguments, those who are envious, those who get drunk, those who participate in wild parties, cowardly “Christians”, those who don’t believe, those who are corrupt, murderers, immoral, and liars (Galatians 5:19-21 & Revelation 21:8)… those who DO NOT SERVE CHRIST.

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