Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

[plo1988]

Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

[Michael37]

6 minutes ago, plo1988 said:

Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

Yes.

2Co 1:21-22  Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,  (22)  who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

Eph 1:11-14  In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,  (12)  that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.  (13)  In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,  (14)  who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

Eph 4:29-32  Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.  (30)  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.  (31)  Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.  (32)  And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

[Billiards Ball]

17 hours ago, plo1988 said:

Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

Ephesians 1 says we receive the Spirit as a deposit to guarantee salvation, the moment we trust Christ. THANK GOD FOR THAT!

I have ASSURANCE of eternal life because I've transferred trust from ME to Jesus Christ! Praise His Name!

[TheBlade]

On 10/16/2022 at 1:54 PM, plo1988 said:

Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

We know to believe John 3:16-17 and Rom 10:9-10. As for the sweet holy Spirit were told in Luke 11:13 if we ask for the holy Spirit the Father will give it. When Christ told the 12/120 to wait for the promise. What was that "promise"? The holy spirit correct. So were they  not already saved?  Yet Christ prayed to the Father and the 120 received the holy Spirit as in baptized. So don't believe me if HE said it then do what He said https://worthychristianforums-h45go6maxh5rpepgu.netdna-ssl.com/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png

[other one]

On 10/16/2022 at 2:54 PM, plo1988 said:

Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

It may depend on what someone defines sealed.    It does mean we can be assured of salvation, but it doesn't mean we can live any life we want to afterward.

[missmuffet]

On 10/16/2022 at 12:54 PM, plo1988 said:

Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

What is the seal of the Holy Spirit?

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ANSWER

The Holy Spirit is referred to as the “deposit,” “seal,” and “earnest” in the hearts of Christians (2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5; Ephesians 1:13-14; 4:30). The Holy Spirit is God’s seal on His people, His claim on us as His very own. The Greek word translated “earnest” in these passages is arrhabōn which means “a pledge,” that is, part of the purchase money or property given in advance as security for the rest. The gift of the Spirit to believers is a down payment on our heavenly inheritance, which Christ has promised us and secured for us at the cross. It is because the Spirit has sealed us that we are assured of our salvation. No one can break the seal of God.

The Holy Spirit is given to believers as a “first installment” to assure us that our full inheritance as children of God will be delivered. The Holy Spirit is given to us to confirm to us that we belong to God who grants to us His Spirit as a gift, just as grace and faith are gifts (Ephesians 2:8-9). Through the gift of the Spirit, God renews and sanctifies us. He produces in our hearts those feelings, hopes, and desires which are evidence that we are accepted by God, that we are regarded as His adopted children, that our hope is genuine, and that our redemption and salvation are sure in the same way that a seal guarantees a will or an agreement. God grants to us His Holy Spirit as the certain pledge that we are His forever and shall be saved in the last day. The proof of the Spirit’s presence is His operations on the heart which produce repentance, the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), conformity to God’s commands and will, a passion for prayer and praise, and love for His people. These things are the evidences that the Holy Spirit has renewed the heart and that the Christian is sealed for the day of redemption.

So it is through the Holy Spirit and His teachings and guiding power that we are sealed and confirmed until the day of redemption, complete and free from the corruption of sin and the grave. Because we have the seal of the Spirit in our hearts, we can live joyfully, confident of our sure place in a future that holds unimaginable glories.

Edited November 28, 2022 by missmuffet

[Billiards Ball]

On 10/16/2022 at 3:54 PM, plo1988 said:

Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

Yes, sealed unto salvation.

Daily infilling is helpful, too.

[coheir]

On 10/16/2022 at 2:54 PM, plo1988 said:

Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

Mark 16:16 “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”

Acts 22:16 “And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.”

I guess it depends which verse one puts more weight on.

[farouk]

2 hours ago, coheir said:

Mark 16:16 “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”

Acts 22:16 “And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.”

I guess it depends which verse one puts more weight on.

@coheir Someone who does not have the Holy Spirit indwelling has not truly been born again:

"Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." (Romans 8.9).

[farouk]

On 11/29/2022 at 11:03 AM, Billiards Ball said:

Yes, sealed unto salvation.

Daily infilling is helpful, too.

Indeed; indwelling is particular to every believer, but there is the need for daily filling, even as we by God's grace search the Scriptures and prayerfully seek to follow the Lord Jesus.