Sermons

The next blessing in Paul's list is the sealing of the Holy Spirit. This sealing happens when we believe. It was the same sealing for the Ephesians as at Pentecost, and it is the same 2,000 years later: the mark that Christians belongs to God. We are marked out as His possession and protected by Him. We know we are sealed by our having sought forgiveness from sins. The evidence of the Spirit's indwelling will be seen in us. We will want to be holy and love our brothers and sisters in Christ. Our likeness to the Spirit will grow.