The ultimate guarantee

‘...Having believed, you were marked...with a seal...’ Ephesians 1:13 NIV

Jesus said, ‘I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it…’ (John 10:28 AMP) As parents we understand this. When our children fall we pick them up. We correct them, but we don’t disown them. They were born with our DNA and will die with it. And God has the same relationship with us. When we believe and become ‘children of God’, He alters our lineage, redefines our spiritual parenthood, and in doing so secures our salvation. To accomplish this, He seals us with His Spirit. ‘…Having believed, you were marked…with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.’ (Ephesians 1:13 NIV) Max Lucado writes: ‘For a short time in college I worked in a vacuum-cleaner plant. We assembled the appliance from plug to hose. The last step on the assembly line was ‘sealing and shipping’. By this point the company had invested hours and dollars in the machine. So they took extra care to protect it. They mummified it in bubble wrap, secured it with Styrofoam, wrapped the box with tough-to-tear tape, stamped the destination on the box, and belted it inside the truck. That machine was secure. But compared to God’s care for His saints, the machine [might as well have been] dumped into the back of a pick-up truck. God vacuum-seals us with His strongest force: His Spirit. He sheathes His children in a suit of spiritual armour, encircles us with angels, and indwells us Himself. The Queen of England should enjoy such security.’ Good news: God has ‘…identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption.’ (Ephesians 4:30 NLT)