The Conditions of an Inheritance

Προσίωμεν τοίνυν, καὶ ἀνοιγωμεν τὰ γραμματεῖα, καὶ ἐγκύπτωμεν τοῖς ἐγγεγραμμένοις, καὶ ἴδωμεν ἐπὶ τίσιν ἡμῖν ὁ κλῆρος οὖτος καταλέλειπται, καὶ τίς ἡ τοῦ κλήρου φύσις. Οὐ γὰρ ἁπλῶς κατέλιπεν ἡμῖν τὸν κλῆρον, ἀλλ' ἐφ' αἱρέσει τινί. Ποίᾳ δὴ ταύτῃ; Ὁ ἀγαπῶν με, φησὶ, τὰς ἐντολάς μου τηρήσει. Καὶ πάλιν, Ὅς οὐκ ἄρῃ τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθῇ ὀπίσω μου· καὶ ἕτερα πλείονα, ἄπερ τῇ Διαθήκῃ ἐγγέγραπται.  Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος, Εἰς Τον Ε' Ψαλμον

Let us attend, then and open the tablets and incline to what is written in them, and let us see for what reason this inheritance has been left us and what is the nature of this inheritance. For it has not been left to us simply but under conditions. And what are they? He who loves me, He says, Keeps my commandments. 1 And again, He who does not take us his cross and follow me...' 2 and many other things, which in the Testament are written. Saint John Chrysostom, from the Exposition of the Psalms, Psalm 5 1 Jn 14.23  2 Mt 10.33