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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 36
YOU ARE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE
Now the Book of Ephesians is a doctrinal Book - that is a step up from Paul's earlier Books of Romans, Galatians, and Corinthians. Paul tells us in Philippians -
Ephesians 1:11
Now verse 12. Ephesians 1:12a
"To glorify God, and enjoy Him forever!" Ephesians 1:12
Ephesians 1:13
"In whom (Christ) ye also trusted,..." Neither does it have the two words after `trusted.' Ephesians 1:13
"In whom having heard the word the truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom having believed, you were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise." Ephesians 1:13a
"In whom ye also trusted,..." Always remember these words that are synonymous in Scripture. Then you also have the word faith which is believing. Verse 13 again.
Ephesians 1:13a
"In whom (Christ) ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth,..."
Truth of course is manifested by the Word of God, and it's to that Word we always have to fly to when we see these things coming upon us. Ephesians 1:13b
"...the word of truth..."
Not from some TV preacher, not from Les Feldick, not from somebody else, but having heard God's Word. Now that reminds me of a verse in Romans. Come back to Romans chapter 10 for a moment, and this is in the light of having heard the Word of truth. Here Paul puts it so explicitly. Romans 10:14a
Ephesians says-
Ephesians 1:13a
"In whom ye have trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth,..." Romans 10:14b
Romans 10:15
Now verse 17 -
Romans 10:17
"So then faith (trust, believing) cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Looking at verse 17 again we find.
Romans 10:17
"So then faith (or believing) cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Or in simpler terms, "When God Speaks It!" Now we know that God speaks through the printed page, through the writers, and in this case, through the apostle Paul. Always remember that Paul is the apostle of the Gentiles. Romans 11:13a
Now Ephesians verse 13 again, Paul says -
Ephesians 1:13a
"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, (and what is the word of truth?) the gospel of your salvation:..."
I Corinthians 15:1
"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;" Now that's our position. We are positioned by virtue of our having believed the Gospel. Verse 2.
You have to understand what the Word of truth is all about. Now here comes the Gospel of truth.
It had been kept secret in the mind of God until Paul received it. He received our Gospel from the ascended Lord in Glory. Now coming back to Ephesians chapter 1, and verse 13 again. As you read this verse constantly ask yourself this question. "Is what I've been taught growing up in this verse?" Here is the basic truth -
Ephesians 1:13a
"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: (as we looked at in I Corinthians 15:1-4 in which Christ is the center. (you placed your trust, your faith in that Gospel, and that was it.)
Now let's finish the verse, and we'll see the first thing that God does when He sees us believe the Gospel.
Ephesians 1:13b
"...ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"
This seal never lost it's meaning all the way back through Scripture, or ahead through Scripture. Jude 1:1
"Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:"
It's preserved, it's sealed. Forever! So looking at verse 13 again in Ephesians.
Ephesians 1:13
"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"
Now it's interesting that in the Greek the word "Spirit" is the Pneuma. And the moment we believe we receive the "Pneuma," the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is the One who has become our brand, He is the One who denotes ownership that we belong to God. Now in the short time we have left let's begin verse 14. Ephesians 1:14a
Now in order to compare Scripture with Scripture let's compare verse 14 and 11, this is essential for good Bible study.
Ephesians 1:11a
Well what's the inheritance? Romans 8:14
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, (the Pneuma) they are the sons (or the children, or born ones) of God. Now verse 15.
Romans 8:15-17a
16. The Spirit (the Pneuma) itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;..."
In other words everything that belongs to Christ also belongs to us, and that's our inheritance. Now the next word for that next verse is the Pneuma Hagion.
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