+DEV+ S – Sealed by the Holy Spirit

Date: October 4, 2009 9:35 PM
Topic: +DEV+ S – Sealed by the Holy Spirit

S – Sealed by the Holy Spirit

“Having believed, you were marked in with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit, guaranteeing our inheritance.” (Ephesians 1:13-14)
Scripture Focus: Ephesians 1:3-14

Registered mail has always been impressive to me. I became keenly aware of this protective postal service while working part-time at Jarecki’s Jewelers during my high school days.

I Pity the people in the line behind him as he set on the post office counter a large canvas bag filled with parcels of diamonds, gold, and silver. Each package seemed to receive countless red rubber stamps sealing every seam of its brown wrapping paper before it was assigned a unique number and was logged into a separate record. Adding extra insurance required more rubber stamps and another form in triplicate. It wasn’t uncommon to hear groans behind him as he also asked for a return receipt on each item. The only ones authorized to open those packages were the sender and the receiver.

Believers in Christ are like registered letters sent from God to Himself. The Holy Spirit is the seal. Only God (who is both Sender and Receiver) can open the seal, and He has promised not to do so until we are safely in His presence.

Insight: Praise God for His promised protection of the new life that He has placed within you.

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