as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance,

 What, then, is this wonderful inheritance which the reborn Christian possesses? There may be many secondary answers to that question but there is only one primary answer--the inheritance of the Christian is God himself. The Psalmist said, "The Lord is my chosen portion... I have a goodly heritage" ( Psalms 16:5). God is his portion for ever ( Psalms 73:23-26). "The Lord," said the prophet, "is my portion; therefore I will hope in him" ( Lamentations 3:24). 