Ephesians 1:11-14
English Standard Version (ESV)
I hate losing things. It's so frustrating to think that you had something and then it was gone, right from under your nose, as though you never had it in the first place. Whether it's car keys or a good book or some other possession, it can be so frustrating to lose something.
There is much anxiety in the world today about losing the love of Christ, about 'backsliding' and losing salvation. What Paul is saying here is that we who have hoped in Christ have been sealed in the Holy Spirit, wrapped in his love as the guarantee of our inheritance, the eternal life which has been grated to us in Christ. We have been given life, and we need not fear something tearing it from us, for in Christ we are held firmly, securely, forever. We will continue to falter, but in Christ we shall remain, from the seal of the Holy Spirit until well into forever, when we shall worship God in spirit and truth.
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