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Ephesians 1:13-14 (JDV)

Ephesians 1:13 In him you also were sealed with the promised Sacred Breath¹ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your rescue,² and when you believed

Ephesians 1:14 who³ is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the acquisition,⁴ to the praise of his glory.

down payment

Paul explains how the third person of the divine trinity has been given to believers as a down payment. He seals us by his creative, animating power until our full inheitance – the acquisition arrives on resurrection day. The empowerment we receive when He comes into our lives is not immortality, but it is the same power which raised Christ from the dead. It is not the full rescue, but it does show us that the full rescue is in our future.

Thank you Lord, for your empowerment today, and your promise for a future which will glorify you.