EPHESIANS 1:11\u201314<\/b><\/p>\n
Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance \u2026<\/i><\/p>\n
(Ephesians 1:13b\u201314a).<\/i><\/p>\n
Sometimes we see banks named \u201cDeposit Guaranty.\u201d These banks are assuring us that if we place our deposits with them, our money will be safe. That is because the federal government insures banks in order to protect depositors. But there has never been a bank that cannot fail, and there has never been any civil government on this earth that has lasted more than a few centuries.<\/p>\n
Ephesians 1:13\u201314 tells us that God has given us the Holy Spirit, who is a seal of our salvation and also a deposit guarantee of our inheritance. First, then, the Holy Spirit seals our salvation. When we want to make a document certain, we have it notarized. The notary watches us sign our name, and then he signs his name as an assurance that our signature is authentic. He then seals the document with a notary seal, which makes him liable under law if he has lied. Similarly, in premodern times, a document was known to be authentic if it was sealed by the impress of the author\u2019s signet into a bit of wax. No one but the author would have this particular signet ring or stamp, and so the presence of the seal would show that the author approved the document.<\/p>\n
Now, the Holy Spirit has put God\u2019s mark on us. We are the wax, the clay, and we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit. We are documents, living epistles, and the Spirit shows that God approves us. Because God is guaranteeing our authenticity, we can never lose our status as His people.<\/p>\n
Secondly, the Spirit is a deposit of our inheritance. If we want to buy a house and cannot pay for it outright, we need to go to a lending agency to get a loan. We give a deposit to the seller, so-called \u201cearnest money,\u201d so that he won\u2019t contract with anyone else while we negotiate the loan. That deposit is part of the total amount we are promising to pay, and the deposit is our pledge to pay it all.<\/p>\n
The Holy Spirit is the deposit God has given us. He is the pledge that God will give us all the things promised in His Word. Since the Spirit is God Himself, there is no way we can fail to receive the total inheritance He has guaranteed us.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Leviticus 8\u201310<\/p>\n
According to verse 14, why doesn\u2019t God just go ahead and give us all the inheritance now? What is He waiting for? What is your part in bringing to pass what God is waiting for? Seek encouragement from the Word as you think about and set about doing that task.<\/p>\n
For further study: Ezek. 36:22\u201332 \u2022 Rom. 8:1\u20139 \u2022 2 Cor. 1:12\u201324<\/i><\/p>\n
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