You Heard?

  There are some things that once you've heard, there is no "un-hearing" it. You know what I'm talking about?  Or once something has happened to you, you are forever holding a different claim to life.  There's no going back to that old you, who never smoked, or holding the ability to claim your perfect driving record.  Once you have had or heard that something, You. Own. It. And there will never be any forgetting it. You cannot go back to the ignorance you once had, for the rest of your life, sometimes certain knowledge will strike you and leave a lasting impression that will forever leave you changed.

  The free gift of God's Holy Spirit is like that.  He will hit you, seal you, and keep you, to where you will be forever changed if you believe.  There is no turning back to the way life once was, once this truth is revealed to you.  Only instead of tarnishing you, Christ leaves you blameless. (1) (See Spring Cleaning the Soul.) The Spirit then comes to us (2) to help, teach (3), and seal us. (4)

  But to be "sealed" describes a message of authenticity. It shows that it's genuine, completed and not tampered with.  God is the one who sent the Holy Spirit as guarantee of our delivery unto Himself.  To be sealed with the Spirit is an identification of ownership, of protection, and security. This is something that can never be taken away. (5)

"In him you also, when you heard the Word of truth,

the gospel of your salvation,

and believed Him,

you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire

possession of it, to the praise of His glory."

-Ephesians 1:13-14

   It has always been about salvation through the promised Messiah.  Jesus Christ has paid our penalty in full by what He did on the cross. (6) Thereby releasing us from the slavery of our sins.  God gives the Holy Spirit as a deposit to our soul, once believing, life-changing deposit. Not as a "down payment" but the transaction is completed. It has been paid in full.  It is a promise of commitment to seal us.  Jesus Christ is the bridegroom and the Holy Spirit is a promise that nothing can break.

"... and no one will snatch them

out of my hand."

-John 10:28

  Salvation is not temporary. It is eternal!  This is a knowledge that is beyond life changing. This is an assurance that can never move backwards. Once you have this sweet salvation, You. Are. His.  It becomes a part of you, a new you that will never be the same. Epic.  

"... so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.

For God so loved the world,

that he gave His only Son,

that whoever believes in Him shall not perish,

but have eternal life.

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world,

but that the world might be saved through Him."

- John 3:15-17

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1.)  Colossians 1:22
2.) 1 Corinthians 3:16
3.)  John 14:26
4.)  Ephesians 1:13-14 (See it quoted above.)
5.)  John 10:28-30
6.)  John 19:30