According to Colossians 1:12, what has God the Father done for believers?
According to Colossians 1:12, God the Father has made believers meet—that is, prepared them—to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. This was done by God, not by the flesh, and is appropriated by faith.
Les explains that Colossians 1:12 is part of Paul's prayer for the Colossian believers, where Paul gives thanks to the Father. The Father has made us meet, or prepared us, to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Les ties this to the salvation truths God did instantaneously when we believed—things we could not do in the flesh but appropriate by faith. In the following verse, the Father is said to have delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son, a past-tense, completed work. Les notes this being translated into the kingdom is seldom preached, and he distinguishes it from merely an inward kingdom, describing it as a literal kingdom, spiritual as well as physical one day.
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
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What does 'made us meet' in Colossians 1:12 mean?
In Colossians 1:12, 'made us meet' means that God has prepared us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.