Sealed

[SpiritSong]

Ephesians 1:13

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,

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,

 

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

 

Sometimes I worry that, with the example I have seen in self-righteous and arrogant believers around me, with how dark the days are and how my meekness can at times feel like weakness, that I will not endure. After all we must work out our salvation with fear and trembling: 

Philippians 2:12.

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

I want to believe that I am sealed, but is that arrogance? Am I strong enough/ do I have grace enough not to fall away in the apostasy?

Thoughts please 🙂

[Neighbor]

4 hours ago, SpiritSong said:

I want to believe that I am sealed, but is that arrogance? Am I strong enough/ do I have grace enough not to fall away in the apostasy?

Thoughts please

Well okay, I'll  tread where angels fear to-

I do not know how much grace you have. I do understand that the grace of my Lord and personal savior is fully  sufficient for me, - long as I am with Him, not denying Him.

He, Jesus, does not lose a one of the flock given Him by his Father. No one can take me away. Yet I do think I can - can, not may, but can -  deny my Lord and thus be lost to him by my own doing. 

That kinda puts a hole in my being a Calvinist. Yet I did not have freewill in becoming aware of Jesus  my Lord either. So I now happily wear the badge of circumcision of the heart and am fully content with it.

You? I don't know. What is it you think and then conclude  as you ask of your Lord "how is it between us Lord"?

[luigi]

6 hours ago, SpiritSong said:

Ephesians 1:13

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,

 

I want to believe that I am sealed, but is that arrogance? Am I strong enough/ do I have grace enough not to fall away in the apostasy?

Thoughts please 🙂

If you have heard the Word of truth (understood correctly the Word), the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, you believe in, then you have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

It is not arrogance as you continue to crucify your flesh and live for the Spirit, to believe that you are sealed.

[TheBlade]

9 hours ago, SpiritSong said:

Ephesians 1:13

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,

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,

 

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

 

Sometimes I worry that, with the example I have seen in self-righteous and arrogant believers around me, with how dark the days are and how my meekness can at times feel like weakness, that I will not endure. After all we must work out our salvation with fear and trembling: 

Philippians 2:12.

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

I want to believe that I am sealed, but is that arrogance? Am I strong enough/ do I have grace enough not to fall away in the apostasy?

Thoughts please 🙂

Arrogance no.. He said it. The AMP says "The Spirit is the guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own [purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory."

"My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand."

"Where by you are sealed unto the day of redemption. You were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,". There is no "but" "if" "maybe". I have faith in Him not me. I rest in what is already done

[PATrobas]

10 hours ago, SpiritSong said:

Ephesians 1:13

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,

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,

 

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

 

Sometimes I worry that, with the example I have seen in self-righteous and arrogant believers around me, with how dark the days are and how my meekness can at times feel like weakness, that I will not endure. After all we must work out our salvation with fear and trembling: 

Philippians 2:12.

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

I want to believe that I am sealed, but is that arrogance? Am I strong enough/ do I have grace enough not to fall away in the apostasy?

Thoughts please 🙂

Philp 1:6  Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

1Pet 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, :4  To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, :5  Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

[SpiritSong]

Thank you all for replying, I can absolutely see God's grace in my life. The Lord has used your replies to confirm I have been called, chosen and sealed. 

Sadly there are those who I just don't know if they are sealed. Loved ones and friends who say they are saved but we are told we shall know them by their fruits. 

You hear stories of visions or dreams of people who are raptured up but they have left a spouse or child or parent behind.

I really pray God gives us all the mercy to wake up in time to get things right. Get sealed.

 

Edited August 9, 2023 by SpiritSong

[TrueFollowerOfChrist]

On 8/8/2023 at 3:51 AM, SpiritSong said:

Ephesians 1:13

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,

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,

 

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

 

Sometimes I worry that, with the example I have seen in self-righteous and arrogant believers around me, with how dark the days are and how my meekness can at times feel like weakness, that I will not endure. After all we must work out our salvation with fear and trembling: 

Philippians 2:12.

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

I want to believe that I am sealed, but is that arrogance? Am I strong enough/ do I have grace enough not to fall away in the apostasy?

Thoughts please 🙂

The biggest mistake you can make is to trust your feelings. Feelings are fickle and change every moment. Your trust must be in Jesus and his word. ROMANS 10:9-13 is in my opinion the golden passage of salvation. If you believe in Jesus death and resurrection and have asked him to forgive you, then you ARE saved. I am 100% proponent of OSAS. You CANNOT lose your salvation. If you have ever been truly saved at any point in your life, then you still are. Don't let doubt and fear rob you of that joy. Grieving the Spirit is NOT losing salvation, and working out your salvation is NOT getting it. Those passages are often misquoted and have become stumbling blocks to many. It is Jesus himself who assures our salvation, not us, so take heart and smile. Your name is in the book of life and it can NEVER be erased.

[SpiritSong]

2 hours ago, TrueFollowerOfChrist said:

The biggest mistake you can make is to trust your feelings. Feelings are fickle and change every moment. Your trust must be in Jesus and his word. ROMANS 10:9-13 is in my opinion the golden passage of salvation. If you believe in Jesus death and resurrection and have asked him to forgive you, then you ARE saved. I am 100% proponent of OSAS. You CANNOT lose your salvation. If you have ever been truly saved at any point in your life, then you still are. Don't let doubt and fear rob you of that joy. Grieving the Spirit is NOT losing salvation, and working out your salvation is NOT getting it. Those passages are often misquoted and have become stumbling blocks to many. It is Jesus himself who assures our salvation, not us, so take heart and smile. Your name is in the book of life and it can NEVER be erased.

Agreed. Faith is based on God's truth, not how we feel about it 👍

[steve morrow]

GODS  TRUTH 

 

JOHN 6:27  LABOR  NOT  FOR  THE  MEAT  WHICH  PERISHETH  BUT  FOR  THAT  MEAT  WHICH  ENDURETH  UNTO  EVERLASTING  LASTING  LIFE  WHICH --- THE  SON  OF  MAN  SHALL  GIVE  UNTO  YOU   ---   FOR  HIM  HATH  GOD  THE  FATHER  SEALED---

2 CORINTHIANS 1:21  now  HE  which stablisheth us with you in  --CHRIST--  and hath anointed us is  GOD

--1:22--  who hath also sealed us and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts 

JOHN 5:21  for as  THE  FATHER  raiseth up the dead ---  and  quickeneth them ---

even so --- THE  SON  QUICKENETH  WHOM  HE  WILL ---

 

JOHN 6:63  it is the spirit that quickeneth  ---  THE  FLESH  PROFITETH  NOTHING  ---  THE  WORDS  THAT  I  SPEAK  UNTO  YOU  THEY  ARE  SPIRIT  AND  THEY  ARE  LIFE ---

 

PSALM 119:50  this is my comfort in my affliction  ---  FOR  THY  WORD  HATH  QUICKENED  ME  ---

PSALM 119:93  I  WILL  NEVER  FORGET  THY  PRECEPTS  FOR  WITH  THEM THOU  HAST  QUICKENED  ME

 

REVELATION 21:22  and I saw no temple  therein  for  ---   THE  LORD  GOD  ALMIGHTY  AND  THE  LAMB  ARE  THE  TEMPLE  OF  IT ---

 

REVELATION  21:27  AND  THERE  SHALL  IN  NO  WISE  ENTER  INTO  IT  ANYTHING  THAT  DEFILETH  NEITHER  WHATSOEVER  WORKETH  ABOMINATION  ---  OR  MAKETH  A  LIE  ---  but they which are written in the  LAMBS  book of life ---

 

LOVING  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST

[SpiritSong]

On 8/10/2023 at 3:11 AM, steve morrow said:

GODS  TRUTH 

 

JOHN 6:27  LABOR  NOT  FOR  THE  MEAT  WHICH  PERISHETH  BUT  FOR  THAT  MEAT  WHICH  ENDURETH  UNTO  EVERLASTING  LASTING  LIFE  WHICH --- THE  SON  OF  MAN  SHALL  GIVE  UNTO  YOU   ---   FOR  HIM  HATH  GOD  THE  FATHER  SEALED---

2 CORINTHIANS 1:21  now  HE  which stablisheth us with you in  --CHRIST--  and hath anointed us is  GOD

--1:22--  who hath also sealed us and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts 

JOHN 5:21  for as  THE  FATHER  raiseth up the dead ---  and  quickeneth them ---

even so --- THE  SON  QUICKENETH  WHOM  HE  WILL ---

 

JOHN 6:63  it is the spirit that quickeneth  ---  THE  FLESH  PROFITETH  NOTHING  ---  THE  WORDS  THAT  I  SPEAK  UNTO  YOU  THEY  ARE  SPIRIT  AND  THEY  ARE  LIFE ---

 

PSALM 119:50  this is my comfort in my affliction  ---  FOR  THY  WORD  HATH  QUICKENED  ME  ---

PSALM 119:93  I  WILL  NEVER  FORGET  THY  PRECEPTS  FOR  WITH  THEM THOU  HAST  QUICKENED  ME

 

REVELATION 21:22  and I saw no temple  therein  for  ---   THE  LORD  GOD  ALMIGHTY  AND  THE  LAMB  ARE  THE  TEMPLE  OF  IT ---

 

REVELATION  21:27  AND  THERE  SHALL  IN  NO  WISE  ENTER  INTO  IT  ANYTHING  THAT  DEFILETH  NEITHER  WHATSOEVER  WORKETH  ABOMINATION  ---  OR  MAKETH  A  LIE  ---  but they which are written in the  LAMBS  book of life ---

 

LOVING  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST

Anyone feel quickened, as David felt? As in discernment, not emotion.

We need this so much. God's Spirit is life.