Tuesday, November 1, 2016

II Corinthians 1:21,22



II Corinthians 1:21,22 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. We believe in One God in three persons. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We have all three persons mentioned here in our verses for today. Paul reminds the church in Corinth that it was Jesus Christ who saved them, and it was the same Jesus Christ Who saved him. It was God the Father who selected Paul to be an apostle and to preach the Gospel to them. And lastly, Paul said that it was the Holy Spirit Who indwelled their hearts. The word earnest means a down payment. When you buy something, you give the owner part of the money as a down payment. You give them a partial payment with the intention of paying them the rest of the money later. So the Holy Spirit is the down payment of our salvation. We get the Holy Spirit now, which is our down payment of heaven. And because the Holy Spirit indwells us, we are assured of heaven; we know for sure that we will make it there safe and sound. God always finishes what He starts.

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