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Jul 28, 2013

Signed, Sealed and Delivered... from Fickleness

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: The Holy Spirit

Category: 2 Corinthians

Summary:

Old/New Testament Readings - 1 Kings 19: 9-18; 2 Corinthians 1:14- 25

Detail:

The Holy Spirit #15  - “Signed, Sealed and Delivered...from Fickleness”

 

  2 Corinthians 1:21-22  Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

 

   God Will Enable You To Stand Firm in Christ and Not Waver in the Face of Difficulty

 

I. We Are Signed - The Holy Spirit Commissions Us and Equips Us for Service -

 

     22  Now it is God who...anointed us,

 

Luke 4:18   

Acts 10:38 

                               

     In OT prophets, Priests and Kings were 

 

1 Kings 19:15-16    

In Christ all 3 were 

In Christ we have 

 

Acts 1:8               Romans 12:5-6  

 

2. We Are Sealed - The Holy spirit Makes us God’s Possession and Protects Us

 

     Now it is God who... set his seal of ownership on us

 

Shows God’s 

John 6:27  

1 John 4:13

 

               Protects –

Revelation 20:3  

Ephesians 4:30  

John 10:27-28  

 

               Like a raised seal on a document can be seen and felt....

 

2 Timothy 2:19  

 

3. We Are Delivered – The Holy Spirit Gives Us An Authentic Guarantee of the Reward Awaiting Us

 

     22  Now it is God who... put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what

is to come.

 

                              2 Corinthians 5:4-5  

                              Eph. 1:14