Welcome To Ephesians Study 4

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Welcome To Ephesians Study 4
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Ephesians 113-14

• The Believers Riches in Christ
• Blessings from the Holy Spirit

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Ephesians 113-14

• And you also were included in Christ when you
  heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
  salvation. Having believed, you were marked in
  him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is
  a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the
  redemption of those who are God's possession--to
  the praise of his glory.

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• you were marked in him with a seal, the
  promised Holy Spirit

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• A. DEFINITION An ancient device, usually a
  signet ring or cylinder seal engraved with the
  owners name or with some design, used to seal
  goods, show ownership, attest documents, or
  impress an early form of trademark (ZPEB, vol. 5,
  p.319).

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• B. BIBLICAL USES

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL

• B. BIBLICAL USES
• 1) To guarantee the genuine character of a
  document
• Then on the thirteenth day of the first month
  the royal secretaries were sum-moned. They wrote
  out in the script of each province and in the
  language of each people all Haman's orders to the
  king's satraps, the governors of the various
  provinces and the nobles of the various peoples.
  These were written in the name of King Xerxes
  himself and sealed with his own ring. Esther
  312

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• B. BIBLICAL USES
• 2) Figuratively of a person as evidence of
  apostleship
• Even though I may not be an apostle to others,
  surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my
  apostleship in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 92

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• B. BIBLICAL USES
• 3) To mark ownership
• Place me like a seal over your heart, like a
  seal on your arm for love is as strong as death,
  its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns
  like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
• Song of Songs 86

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• B. BIBLICAL USES
• 4) To protect against tampering or harm
• So they went and made the tomb secure by putting
  a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
  Matthew 2766
• Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on
  the throne a scroll with writing on both sides
  and sealed with seven seals.
• Revelation 51

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• C. HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR SEAL?

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• C. HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR SEAL?
• 1) All of the above could be said of our
  relationship to the Holy Spirit

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• C. HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR SEAL?
• 1) All of the above could be said of our
  relationship to the Holy Spirit
• ? In Romans 816 the Spirit Himself testifies
  with our spirit that we are children of God
  (i.e. guarantee of our character)

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• C. HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR SEAL?
• 1) All of the above could be said of our
  relationship to the Holy Spirit
• ? In Romans 89 the indwelling of the Holy
  Spirit is considered evidence that we are truly
  Christs (mark of ownership).

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• C. HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR SEAL?
• 1) All of the above could be said of our
  relationship to the Holy Spirit
• ? In Ephesians 316 we find that the Holy
  Spirit strengthen(s) (us) with power (i.e. to
  some degree helping to protect against
  tampering or harm).

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• C. HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR SEAL?
• 2) The context of Ephesians leads us to proof
  of ownership as the central issue Paul has in
  mind.

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• C. HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR SEAL?
• 2) The context of Ephesians leads us to proof
  of ownership as the central issue Paul has in
  mind.
• ? He goes on to speak of the Holy Spirit as a
  deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the
  redemption of those who are Gods possession
  (Eph. 114 - more on this later).

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• C. HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR SEAL?
• 2) The context of Ephesians leads us to proof
  of ownership as the central issue Paul has in
  mind.
• ? He later says that we were sealed by the
  Spirit for the day of redemption (Eph. 430).

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• C. HOW IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR SEAL?
• 2) The context of Ephesians leads us to proof
  of ownership as the central issue Paul has in
  mind.
• ? So until that day of redemp- tion, the Holy
  Spirit is given to the Christian as evidence
  that we truly belong to God.

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• D. WHEN ARE WE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT?
• ? When the following occurs

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• D. WHEN ARE WE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT?
• ? When the following occurs
• 1) We hear the word of truth, the gospel
• And you also were included in Christ when you
  heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
  salvation
• -- Ephesians 113a

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• D. WHEN ARE WE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT?
• ? When the following occurs
• 2) We believe the gospel
• Having believed, you were marked in him with a
  seal, the promised Holy Spirit Ephesians 113b

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• D. WHEN ARE WE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT?
• ? When the following occurs
• 3) We become a child of God
• Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his
  Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out,
  "Abba, Father." So you are no longer a slave, but
  a son and since you are a son, God has made you
  also an heir. Galatians 46-7

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I. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR SEAL (v. 13b)

• D. WHEN ARE WE SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT?
• ? When the following occurs
• 4) We obey the gospel of Christ
• "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in
  the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of
  your sins. And you will receive the gift of the
  Holy Spirit Acts 238
• We are witnesses of these things, and so is the
  Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey
  him. Acts 532

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• (The Holy Spirit) is a deposit guaranteeing our
  inheritance until the redemption of those who are
  God's possession--to the praise of his glory.
  Ephesians 114

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• A. DEFINITION OF DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING (one
  word in Greek)

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• A. DEFINITION OF DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
• 1) Used to refer to money given as a pledge or
  downpayment that the full amount will
  subsequently be paid.

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• A. DEFINITION OF DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
• 2) In the LXX (Septuagint Greek translation
  of the Old Testament) the word is translated
  pledge three times in Genesis 3817-20.

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• A. DEFINITION OF DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
• 3) In modern Greek this word is used for an
  Engagement Ring.

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• B. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING OUR
  INHERITANCE

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• B. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING OUR
  INHERITANCE
• 1) God has given the Holy Spirit in our hearts
  as a deposit
• (God) set his seal of ownership on us, and put
  his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit,
  guaranteeing what is to come. 2 Corinthians 122

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• B. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING OUR
  INHERITANCE
• 2) He is a guarantee of what God has prepared
  for us (see next slide for text)

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• Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in
  is destroyed, we have a building from God, an
  eternal house in heaven, not built by human
  hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed
  with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are
  clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we
  are in this tent, we groan and are burdened,
  because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be
  clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what
  is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now it is
  God who has made us for this very purpose and has
  given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing
  what is to come.
• 2 Corinthians 51-5

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• B. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING OUR
  INHERITANCE
• 3) While we wait for the glory that will one
  day be ours, here are some biblical examples of
  what the Holy Spirit can do for us now

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• 3) While we wait for the glory that will one day
  be ours, here are some biblical examples of what
  the Holy Spirit can do for us now
• May the God of hope fill you with all joy and
  peace as you trust in him, so that you may
  overflow with hope by the power of the Holy
  Spirit.
• Romans 1513

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• 3) While we wait for the glory that will one day
  be ours, here are some biblical examples of what
  the Holy Spirit can do for us now
• I pray that out of his glorious riches he may
  strengthen you with power through his Spirit in
  your inner being Ephesians 316

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• 3) While we wait for the glory that will one day
  be ours, here are some biblical examples of what
  the Holy Spirit can do for us now
• the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
  patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  gentleness and self-control. Against such things
  there is no law. Galatians 522-23

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• C. THE HOLY SPIRIT SERVES IN THIS WAY UNTIL THE
  REDEMPTION OF THOSE WHO ARE IN GODS POSSESSION

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• C. THE HOLY SPIRIT SERVES IN THIS WAY UNTIL THE
  REDEMPTION OF THOSE WHO ARE IN GODS POSSESSION
• 1) Gods Spirit in our lives is Gods promise
  that He will finally claim us for His own and
  take us home to heaven.

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II. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING
(v. 14)

• C. THE HOLY SPIRIT SERVES IN THIS WAY UNTIL THE
  REDEMPTION OF THOSE WHO ARE IN GODS POSSESSION
• 2) At the moment when believers receive their
  full inheritance, which includes a glorious
  resurrection body, the redemption of Gods own
  possession takes place, that is, the full
  release to Him of that which is His by virtue of
  the fact that He both made it and bought it
  Hendriksen

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III. WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A SEAL AND A
GUARANTEE WHAT SHOULD OUR REACTION BE?

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III. WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A SEAL AND A
GUARANTEE WHAT SHOULD OUR REACTION BE?

• A. FOR THE THIRD TIME (16,12,14) PAUL SAYS
  THESE BLESSINGS ARE TO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY

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III. WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A SEAL AND A
GUARANTEE WHAT SHOULD OUR REACTION BE?

• B. OUR REACTION SHOULD BE THE SAME AS PAUL
  STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SECTION
• Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord
  Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly
  realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
• Ephesians 13

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