GAL 3:26-28 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit. At the moment of faith in Christ every believer is permanently indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and this indwelling presence becomes the believer’s resource for power and guidance. This indwelling also creates a temple of the Holy Spirit in the body of every believer and in this temple the Shekinah Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ resides, guaranteeing blessings for time and eternity.
1CO 3:16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1CO 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body.
The Sealing Ministry of the Holy Spirit. The sealing ministry of the Holy Spirit is God’s signature guarantee that we belong exclusively to Him and are therefore entitled to all of the benefits of salvation. The Spirit Himself is the Seal, and all who have the Spirit are sealed. The sealing represents a completed transaction. The one who seals becomes responsible for the one who is sealed. “The Lord knows them that are His [ 2TI 2:19].”
EPH 1:13-14 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation — having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.
EPH 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
2CO 1:22 Who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. |
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