"You were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit," Ephesians 1:13.
You? You who? You who heard the Good News. (What Good News? The Good News of salvation in Jesus!) More specifically: You who believed in Christ. When did you get the Spirit's seal? When you heard the true word, and, more to the point, when you trusted in Christ to save. That's when. OK. So what's that prove? It's the guarantee. The Spirit is God's guarantee. Guarantee of what? Guarantee that the inheritance God promised will become your possession. Your possession. In God's time. To God's glory.
When we visit with a brother or sister today in our present troubles, we share in confident assurance of the Holy Spirit. And, heirs together of his promises, we praise God.
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