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The Seal Of Love

by lareina morgan  
2/21/2017 / Salvation

Ephesians Ch 1 13-14



And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you 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.

I remember when my former pastor preached about the seal of salvation. He said you are sealed with the holy spirit, which is the guarantee of your salvation and your inheritance. The Holy Spirit only comes into those who truly believe with all their heart, and He lives inside those whose faith is sincere. So, then, the evidence of the Holy Spirit in a person's heart should be enough for everyone to believe they are saved. Is this evidence to prove that you or that I am a true believer?

First of all, if you are reading this, I am going to assume that you are a believer, and you have heard sermons or read commentaries about what it means to be saved. Everyone has their own opinion on how to tell the believers from the fakers; if you confess with your mouth that you believe in Jesus Christ, does that automatically make you a christian?

The Word says:



Romans ch 10:9



that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.



Your confession is important, but you must also believe the words that you are speaking from your mouth; belief is essential. There are many people who make confessions of believing in Jesus Christ, but these confessions never come from their heart; they believe with their mind, but not with their heart. That is why they seem to have a form of godliness, but with no manisfestation of the power of God in their lives. They seem to talk the talk and walk the walk when it is necessary to appear to be godly, but when you find them in situations where the power of God is needed to bring a resolution that could only come from the Lord, you will find that they are not equipped for the battle; it is very likely they will be defeated.

The Lord is about to bring about the last great revival, and it is almost harvest time; in fact some people declare that the harvest has begun. This is important, because now we will be able to see who are the true believers and who are the fakers. The true believers will follow His Word, will be able to hear His voice in their hearts, who will follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and they will not give up their faith, no matter how tough the issues and the promblems of life become. This is never easy, but with the power of His Word in our hearts, and the power of the Holy Spirit to guide and protect us, we will persevere.



The Seal of Love is the Holy Spirit, the comforter, the teacher, the Father manifested in our hearts. He will never leave you or forsake you. The only time that you see the Holy Spirit move out of a person's heart, is when that person serves Him an eviction notice! Yes, a believer can grieve the Holy Spirit to the point when in sorrow and grief, He decides to leave, because His son or daughter no longer wants Him around. They decide that they want to do things their own way, live by their own standards and not God's standards. They selfishly declare that they don't need God in their lives anymore, or they will pretend that God doesn't exist at all; this is not backsliding this is total denial of the truth and brings about the persecution of our Lord Jesus Christ; it makes His sacrifice on the cross seem to be of no value.



So, what if you have believed in Jesus Christ and confessed Him as your Lord and Savior, yet you haven't been living a godly life, one that lived for His will and for His glory? Well, that depends. Do you feel convicted in your heart? Are you concerned that you may be one of the fakers because you never felt the power of Holy Spirit in your life, and never heard Him speaking to you in your heart? You might be a faker, I can't really say. No one can, only the Lord knows for certain who His children are, and some some of His children have been living 'good' lives, going to church, doing all the right rituals so that everyone else believes that they are righteous, yet if we could see what they were thinking while the pastor was preaching, or if we could see into their hearts, we would find some dark and shocking things, the most shocking being unbelief. But this isnt the end of the story.

We all have issues that only the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word can cleanse. The real issue is whether a believer is willing to confess that they have issues and allow The Holy Spirit to deal with them. If you know for a fact that you believe in Jesus Christ and that you confessed Him from your heart, yet you still don't have a real relationship with Him, consider the cost of not pursuing Him right now. There will be countless people on judgement day that will come before Jesus and sware up and down that they knew Him. They will state their own case: "I went to church every sunday, gave you my tithes, feed the poor, prayed for the sick and they got well, I was an upstanding citizen in my community; of course I knew about you Jesus, I did everything the pastor said I should do, I helped a lot of people, those people probably would not be standing over there with you if it wasn't for me...ask them, they are my witnesses......where is my advocate who will speak for me?.........."

You see, His own words will convict him, he KNEW ABOUT Jesus, but He did not KNOW Jesus, and He never surrendered his life to God.
The pretenders think they know who Jesus is and what he wants, they make a case for themselves everyday when they pretend to believe in Him when in fact they believe that their good works and good intentions will get them to heaven; this is the oldest deception straight from satan's heart. You cannot do anything 'good' for the Lord unless you know Him and believe in His Word, and you cannnot be saved from your sins if you do not repent, confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, and decide to live for Him instead of living for yourself.



The seal is the key; you may not be listening to the Holy Spirit when He tries to guide you, you may think that the small still voice you hear sometimes when He is trying to help you is just your imagination. You must open your heart to His presence in your life, and seek His guidance and understanding, The Holy Spirit is a gentlman, He will not force you to obey Him, but you will be very happy if you do. Please dont shut Him out, as long as you are willing to let Him live in your heart, you are sealed with God's approval, declared righteous in His eyes, and you will forever be His child.

If you have never confessed Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, I urge you to say a prayer for repentance and confess Him now as your Lord and Savior. If you have confessed Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior but you know that you don't have a real relationship with Him and you have been pretending to believe in Him, repent now, and confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior right now, and this time you must truly believe with all your heart and soul, and then welcome the Holy Spirit into your heart and wait for His warm answer of love and appreciation - you will never be the same again!




Prayer of Salvation



Lord,



I repent for trying to be master of my own life. I change my mind about who I want to be in charge of my life. I turn from my useless and unproductive thoughts that I am the center of my universe and choose to believe in the living God who created everything, including me (Acts 14:15). I have lived without a purpose but now I will live to hear and obey You, God (Jn. 5:19, 20,30).



I confess with my lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. I believe that God so loved the world He sent His only Son Jesus to shed His blood to wash away the barrier of sin (Jn. 3:16)



I receive You, Jesus as MY Lord and Savior (Jn. 1:11,12).



I welcome You, Holy Spirit, into my life to rescue and empower me and to restore me to intimacy with my heavenly Father (Acts 2:38).



If you just confessed this prayer, you are saved! I welcome you into the family my (brother/sister) I pray for peace, joy, and happiness in your life as you allow the Lord to love you and bless you and give you assurance of everlasting life with Him forever and ever......PRAISE GOD!



May the Lord keep you and Bless you this day....AMEN

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