*LIVING SEEDS DEVOTIONALS*
(Life Transforming Words)
Day: 89 Tuesday March 30th 2021.
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*GUARANTEE OF OUR INHERITANCE*
*Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession to the praise of his glory.*
Eph 1:14 (KJV).
Through faith in Christ we have received an *inheritance* , the hearth filling joy of beholding God’s glory in Christ forever.
(Eph 1:11; Col 1:12; 1Peter 1:3-4). This inheritance is most naturally understood as the heart filling joy of beholding God’s glory, because Paul says the inheritance is in light (Col 1:12) and light often describes God’s glory in Christ(2 Corin 4:3,6; Rev. 21:23); and because Peter also says this inheritance will be revealed to us, and later says that what will be revealed to us is God’s glory (1 Peter 5:1). So, because you are trusting Christ, you have an inheritance, the all-satisfying joy of beholding God’s glory in Christ forever and ever and ever. Not only does God give us this inheritance, he gives us the Holy Spirit as the guarantee of this inheritance (Eph 1:13-14; 2Corin. 1:22; 2 Corin 5:5).
But how is the Holy Spirit the guarantee? This is because we trust Christ we have the Spirit, and since the Spirit will keep us in the faith, we can be assured that we will receive the inheritance.
The Greek word translated guarantee has to do with money. If someone wants buys a property, he would give the seller a guarantee, which mean he would give some money as first installment or a deposits with a guarantee that the rest would be paid. This deposit was an actual first installment of the total money to be paid. Earnest or guarantee money was given with the promise that the full payment was to come later. The holy spirit was given as a guarantee, or assurance that there was the possession yet to come of all that God promised. That is exactly what God does for us through the Holy Spirit. When God gives us the Holy Spirit as a guarantee, he takes a portion of what we will experience in heaven, and gives it to us now as a first installment, so we can know for sure heaven is real, and that it is all satisfying(Rom 5:5).
The Holy Spirit enables us to behold the glory of the Lord.
Heaven is where we will receive the full revelation of God’s glory in Christ (1Peter 4:12-13; Rev 21:23).
*How Can one experience this* ?
God is sovereign. He pours out this gracious work of the Spirit where and when he chooses. And he promises that as we fight to hear his word with faith, he will provide us with this work of the Spirit(Gal 3:5; Ephesians 6:17; John 6:35; John 7:37-38). God promised, that as we seek him with fervent prayer and meditation on God’s Word, he will give us times when we so feel his love, so behold his glory, that we will experientially know heaven is real and its worth it all.
That’s how the Holy Spirit is the guarantee of our inheritance.
*_Shalom_* !!!
*SHALL WE PRAY*
Father in the name of Jesus, thank you for granting me your inheritance through the Holy spirits.
*THE BIBLE THROUGH* Judges 20,21
*MEDITATION*
Hebrew 1:1-5
*SURE PROPHECY* .
I decree the standard of God shall arise and fight your case in Jesus name. Gifted hands
*©Apostle Thomas & Testimony Adegbile. The Senior, Revealed life international Christian centre Akure. www.rlcc.org.ng 08035868741* .
