A Spirit Sealed Inheritance

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A Spirit Sealed Inheritance

• Ephesians 111-14

By David Turner www.BibleStudies-Online.com
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Our Inheritance is Secure because

• The Father Selected Us (13-6)
• Before the foundation of the world
• With every spiritual blessing in heavenly places
• The Son Saved Us (17-10)
• Redeemed (purchased) Us
• Forgiven Us
• The Holy Spirit Is Our Seal (111-14)

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Ephesians 11114 (ESV)

• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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Our Inheritance is In Christ

• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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Gentiles and Jews are included
Gentiles and Jews are included

• We Jews
• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• You Gentiles
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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Our inheritance was secured in advance

• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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Our inheritance is assured by hope in Christ

• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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No Assurance under Law

• Rabban Jochanan ben Zakkai, the contemporary of
  the apostles, wept when his pupils cames to his
  death-bed to receive a final blessing from their
  dying master. When asked why he wept, he
  answered There are two ways before me, the one
  to the Garden of Eden, the other to Gehinnom, and
  I do not know on which they lead mehow can I
  help weeping? This is said by the very man whom
  his disciples described as the lamp of Israel
  and the strong hammer.

John 545  Do not think that I will accuse you to
the Father. There is one who accuses you Moses,
on whom you have set your hope.
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• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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Sealed When We Believed

• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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The Spirit is your Guarantee (earnest)

• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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There Is More To Come

• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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Its a promise we can be sure of

• 2 Corinthians 12022 20 For all the promises of
  God find their Yes in him. That is why it is
  through him that we utter our Amen to God for his
  glory. 21 And it is God who establishes us with
  you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who
  has also put his seal on us and given us his
  Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

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Inheritance includes a transformation of our
bodies

• Romans 82223 22 For we know that the whole
  creation has been groaning together in the pains
  of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the
  creation, but we ourselves, who have the
  firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we
  wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption
  of our bodies.

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The presence of the Spirit is a down payment for
the changed body

• 2 Corinthians 525 2 For in this tent we groan,
  longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if
  indeed by putting it on we may not be found
  naked. 4 For while we are still in this tent, we
  groan, being burdenednot that we would be
  unclothed, but that we would be further clothed,
  so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by
  life. 5 He who has prepared us for this very
  thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a
  guarantee.

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We can grieve Him, but He wont leave us.

• Ephesians 42930 29 Let no corrupting talk come
  out of your mouths, but only such as is good for
  building up, as fits the occasion, that it may
  give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not
  grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were
  sealed for the day of redemption.

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Seal Implies

• Authenticity
• Authority
• Ownership
• Security
• Protection

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Our Inheritance is Imperishable

• 1 Peter 135 3 Blessed be the God and Father of
  our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great
  mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a
  living hope through the resurrection of Jesus
  Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is
  imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in
  heaven for you, 5 who by Gods power are being
  guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be
  revealed in the last time.

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It Cant be taken away

• Romans 83339 33 Who shall bring any charge
  against Gods elect? It is God who justifies.
  34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who
  diedmore than that, who was raisedwho is at the
  right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for
  us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of
  Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or
  persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger,
  or sword? 36 As it is written, For your sake we
  are being killed all the day long we are
  regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. 37 No, in
  all these things we are more than conquerors
  through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that
  neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers,
  nor things present nor things to come, nor
  powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything
  else in all creation, will be able to separate us
  from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Why Do We Receive It?

• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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Our Part in the Inheritance?

• 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having
  been predestined according to the purpose of him
  who works all things according to the counsel of
  his will, 12 so that we who were the first to
  hope in Christ might be to the praise of his
  glory.
• 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of
  truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed
  in him, were sealed with the promised Holy
  Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee of our
  inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to
  the praise of his glory.

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• Believe In Jesus.
• Receive An Inheritance That is Sealed.