Secure. Sealed. Identified. For ALL Time!

In his high school years, one of my son’s well-liked classes was pottery. In fact, it was a great disappointment to him to find out that the pottery studio at college was only available to art majors.

However, lingering around our home—and the homes of others—are multiple pots created by his hands. And they are all different. We’ve even gained a few more as an inheritance—gifts he’d given his grandparents.

Every pot is clearly identified, permanently, by his initials. Well, all but one. Somehow, discovered too late, one pot has another mystery student’s initials. That pot, even though in our home, clearly belongs to another child.

In Anne Graham Lotz’s new book, “Jesus in Me,” chapter 25 speaks to the seal placed on the followers of Christ by God when we are born again. Anne writes, “He has sealed you with His stamp of proof [of ownership], the Holy Spirit.” We are marked as belonging to God. In fact, “the seal apparently is visible to the unseen world because it identifies us throughout the universe as authentic children of God.” All spiritual powers—in the whole universe—know who you and I are. We are the beloved children of the Father, the Creator, the Most High God! Just like my son’s initials, baked into the clay, identified pots that belong to Him, each child of God is permanently marked.

Secure. Sealed. Identified. For ALL time!
 

And you also became God's people when you heard the true message, the Good News that brought you salvation. You believed in Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised.

Ephesians 1:13 (GNT)

 

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