Walking through Ephesians - Day 14
versebyverse | October 29, 2007 21:03
Thought: To me, the Holy Spirit is indeed God, indeed powerful and indeed personal. He is as much God as is the Father or the Son.
Question: Is my inheritance set in the future--in God's Kingdom?
Scripture: Ephesians 1:14 (NIV): "who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory."
The Holy Spirit, that third member of the Trinity, is brought into us while we're here on earth, as a down-payment. (Like earnest money). The rest of the installments and the final pay-off come later. They come in Heaven where our redemption is gloriously finalized. We don't have the substance of our inheritance just yet, do we? But like a son alive at home with his Dad, the money is there waiting until his death puts it into his hand. So when we die, the reality that God "possesses" us then becomes vivid and apparent. The Holy Spirit comes to us because The Father cannot, and The Son already did and is now returned to The Father, bodily. This Holy Spirit enters, seals and guarantees our inheritance. Could anyone break such a guarantee? No. It's unbreakable, and therefore, once again, brings tremendous praise to the Name of Our God. What a God we have!! What a God to be possessed by!!
Prayer: Most High God, thank You for possessing me, redeeming me, giving me an inheritance from You and with You and guaranteeing it through the work of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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