Sealed
With The Spirit
by
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“In whom ye also trusted, after
that ye heard the Word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also,
after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise” (Eph.
1:13).
Most
careful commentaries of the Bible make it clear that the words “after that,” in
the above passage, actually have an immediate result in view. Upon hearing (or
heeding) we believed, and upon believing we were sealed with the Spirit.
What is
perhaps even more important to note, is the fact that upon believing “the
gospel of… salvation,” we are “sealed with” the “Holy Spirit,” not “by” the
Spirit. There is a difference between the two, which can be simply illustrated.
Here is
a housewife, let us say, who is “putting up” jam or preserves and sealing each
jar with wax. Now, the jars are being sealed by the woman, but she is sealing
them with wax. Thus the Holy Spirit does not merely cause believers to be
sealed and made secure. Rather He Himself is the Seal that keeps us eternally
secure as God’s beloved children. We are sealed, not “by the Spirit,” but “with
the Spirit,” — the Spirit Himself the Seal!
It is
wonderful indeed to know that before the bar of God, the simplest believer in
Christ has been fully justified (Acts 13:38,39). But this is a court action, a
matter of law and justice. Besides this, the Spirit, who first brought the
sinner under conviction, now gives him life — eternal life. This is why Rom.
8:2 tells us that “the law of the Spirit, [that] of life in Christ Jesus, hath
made me free from the law of sin and death.” Thank God for the Spirit, who
convicts, regenerates and seals every believer in Christ!
How
God Saves Men
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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