Text: Isaiah 43:18-19

18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.  19 Behold, I will do a new thing;  now it shall spring forth;  shall ye not know it?  I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.    

Thursday, 18^th April 2024 

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS YOUR SEAL

Text: Isaiah 43:18-19

Memory verse: 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Three most amazing things will happen, the moment of our salvation when we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior. The first thing is that you will get automatic forgiveness for all your sins, all past, present, and you become positioned for the future and forgiveness of every other future error and sin. The second thing that will occur is that you will make it to heaven because you are now saved and born again.

However, there is a third major thing that will occur that some Christians do not have a full understanding of. The moment you accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior and have become saved and born again, you also instantly “receive” the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit Himself. The Bible tells us that both God and Jesus live in heaven. However, when we become saved and born again, we receive the Holy Spirit Himself. He comes to live inside you. Then your body becomes the temple of the Holy Spirit because He is now living in you. And not only does the Holy Spirit come to live in you because you have accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, but the Bible also tells us that we have now become “sealed” with the Holy Spirit. To be “sealed” means “to confirm, authenticate or guarantee, to covenant.” The Bible tells us that we are given the Holy Spirit by God the Father as a “guarantee” and as a “deposit.”

When God says that you are sealed by His Holy Spirit at the point of salvation in Christ Jesus, He is giving you a very powerful revelation on what is happening in the spiritual realm. Not only are you receiving the presence of the Holy Spirit, but you are also being sealed with His actual presence. This seal now becomes a very powerful, spiritual bond between you and God.

In Acts 2:38 ‘then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost’. When you “repent” and you are getting “remission” for your sins, you are in the process of getting saved by accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. You cannot truly repent and receive full forgiveness and remission for your sins unless you are first willing to accept Jesus as your personal Savior. You will receive the Holy Spirit right then and there, not later.

CGDS HYMN 28: SS&S 190: 

COME, HOLY SPIRIT, COME

1. Come, Holy Spirit, come;

Let Thy bright beams arise,

Dispel the darkness from our minds,

And open all our eyes.

2. Revive our drooping faith,

Our doubts and fears remove,

And kindle in our breasts the flame

Of never-dying love.

3. Convince us of our sin,

Then lead to Jesus' blood,

And to our wondering view reveal

The secret love of God.

4. ‘Tis Thine to cleanse the heart,

To sanctify the soul,

To pour fresh life in every part,

And new-create the whole.

5. Dwell therefore in our hearts,

Our minds from bondage free ;

Then we shall know, and praise, and love

The Father, Son, and Thee !  

   Prayers:

1.  Lord Jesus, thank You for baptizing me with the Holy Spirit afresh.

2.  LORD God Almighty, reveal Your secret to me concerning all things by Your Spirit in me in Jesus’ name. Amen.    

3.  Pray for others in this regard.