"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed you were marked with Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession-to the praise of His glory." Ephesians 1:13-14 NIV
The Holy Spirit is our guarantee of salvation. The Holy Ghost guarantees our salvation, and there is absolutely no better guarantee to be had. I have a good friend Brad, who really understands this Truth. Brad is very active in a church that let’s just say is not as accepting of it. One night He asked Beth and I to go to a service, and at this service the preacher asked him to make a comment, well he did, and was it a great one! The preacher had been talking about salvation and he used an example of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. Well, Brad jumped up and said, without hesitation and with no reservations, and in a bold voice, "the neat thing about a butterfly is that it can never go back to being a caterpillar!" It took all of one second for that preacher to jump right up and say, "but we know we can all fall away from our salvation." Through the power of the Holy Spirit Brad knows who he is in Christ and was openly confessing his faith; the preacher had no idea who he could be in Christ. But in Jesus' Name he will! The preacher did not have the Holy Ghost in him confirming and guaranteeing who he is, yet Brad does. Just because a person stands behind an altar and is called a preacher means nothing. 1 John 4:2, a spirit that confesses Christ is in the flesh, means everything! In Jesus' Name that preacher and all who agreed with him will accept and live the Truth of God! Brad is not at that church by coincidence, he is there because that is where God wants him!
The Holy Spirit is our guarantee of salvation. The Holy Ghost guarantees our salvation, and there is absolutely no better guarantee to be had. I have a good friend Brad, who really understands this Truth. Brad is very active in a church that let’s just say is not as accepting of it. One night He asked Beth and I to go to a service, and at this service the preacher asked him to make a comment, well he did, and was it a great one! The preacher had been talking about salvation and he used an example of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. Well, Brad jumped up and said, without hesitation and with no reservations, and in a bold voice, "the neat thing about a butterfly is that it can never go back to being a caterpillar!" It took all of one second for that preacher to jump right up and say, "but we know we can all fall away from our salvation." Through the power of the Holy Spirit Brad knows who he is in Christ and was openly confessing his faith; the preacher had no idea who he could be in Christ. But in Jesus' Name he will! The preacher did not have the Holy Ghost in him confirming and guaranteeing who he is, yet Brad does. Just because a person stands behind an altar and is called a preacher means nothing. 1 John 4:2, a spirit that confesses Christ is in the flesh, means everything! In Jesus' Name that preacher and all who agreed with him will accept and live the Truth of God! Brad is not at that church by coincidence, he is there because that is where God wants him!
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