SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT Randy Broberg MARANATHA BIBLE COLLEGE FALL 2016 LESSON 06A
What did Jesus say about the coming of the Holy Spirit? I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever... the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. John 14:16-17
The Spirit teaches or exhorts Jn 14:16,26 another is allos (same kind) not heteros (different kind) The Spirit testifies Jn 15:26 he will testify of me. Same word in Jn 15:27, disciples will testify. The Spirit guides Jn 16:24 The Spirit convicts Jn 16:8, convince someone of something, point something out The Spirit regenerates Jn 5:21 The Spirit intercedes Rom 8:26 The Spirit commands Acts 13:2, 4; 16:6 REVIEW 3
WHAT?
Ephesians 1:13-14 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having 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.
Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
WHAT: DEFINITION OF SEAL An ancient device, usually a signet ring or cylinder seal engraved with the owner s name or with some design, used to seal goods, show ownership, attest documents, or impress an early form of trademark (ZPEB, vol. 5, p.319).
SEAL OF JEZEBEL Jezebel placed King Ahab s seal on her letters concerning Naboth (1 Kings 21:8).
AUTHORITY So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew..."Now you write to the Jews as you see fit, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's signet ring; for a decree which is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's signet ring may not be revoked."he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horses, riding on steeds sired by the royal stud. Esther 8:7-10
AUTHORITY John 6 27 "Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal." SEAL OF KING AHAZ
WHY: SOURCE OR ORIGIN Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. Revelation 5:1
ELIGIBILITY Revelation 5:1-3 I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?" And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it.
ELIGIBILITY Revelation 8:1 When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
WHY? OWNERSHIP Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Song of Songs 8:6
OWNERSHIP "You shall also make a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a seal, 'Holy to the LORD.' Exodus 28:36
OWNERSHIP / PROTECTION Revelation 9:4 They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. the seal on the foreheads of the 144,000 will be the name of the Lamb and the name of the Father Revelation 14:1
SIGN OF AUTHORITY/PROTECTION Revelation 7:1-3 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads."
COMPLETION / VALIDITY "Now because of all this We are making an agreement in writing; And on the sealed document are the names of our leaders, our Levites and our priests." Nehemiah 9:37-38
COMPLETION/VALIDITY Jeremiah 32:9-11 "I bought the field which was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle's son, and I weighed out the silver for him, seventeen shekels of silver. I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
WHEN? SEAL OF BARUCH
WHEN? When We Repent "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit Acts 2:38
WHEN? When We hear the gospel And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation -- Ephesians 1:13a
WHEN? When We believe the gospel Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit Ephesians 1:13b
WHEN? When We become a child of God Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir. Galatians 4:6-7
AGATE CYLINDER SEAL FROM ASSYRIA
HOW LONG? TILL 2ND COMING we were sealed by the Spirit for the day of redemption (Eph. 4:30).
HOW LONG? TILL SECOND COMING UNTIL THE REDEMPTION OF THOSE WHO ARE IN GOD S POSSESSION Ephesians 1:4
WHY?
WHY? AUTHENTICATION Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 9:2
AUTHENTICATION Romans 15:28 Therefore, when I have finished this, and have put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will go on by way of you to Spain.
AUTHENTICATION 2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, SHIP ON ISRAELITE SEAL "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness."
AUTHENTICATION So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city. 1 Kings 21:8
WHY? AUTHENTICATION Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were sum-moned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman's orders to the king's satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring. Esther 3:12
AUTHENTICATION Romans 4:11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them,
WHY? CHAIN OF CUSTODY So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard. Matthew 27:66
Not Tampered With Daniel 6:16-17 Then the king gave orders, and Daniel was brought in and cast into the lions' den A stone was brought and laid over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed in regard to Daniel.
HIDDEN, CLOSED Revelation 10:4 When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven saying, " Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them." Revelation 20:3 and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time. Revelation 22:10 And he said to me, " Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
HOW?
HOW? INDWELLING (God) set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. 2 Corinthians 1:22
HOW? TESTIFYING the Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God Romans 8:16
HOW? EMPOWERMENT the Holy Spirit strengthen(s) (us) Ephesians 3:16 with power
Exhortations to the Sealed Heirs
Grieve Not the Holy Spirit Ephesians 4:30 transitive verb 1 : to cause to suffer : distress <it Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, grieves by whom me to see you him were this sealed way> for the day of redemption. 2 : to feel or show grief over <grieving the death of her son> 3 : to submit a formal grievance concerning <grieve a dismissal> intransitive verb : to feel grief : sorrow
Be Assured by the Spirit John 14:16-17 I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
Guard the Gospel through the Spirit 2 Timothy 1:14 Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.