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Ephesians 4:30 - You Were Sealed For The Day Of Redemption.

Ephesians 4:30 (NKJV) And do not grieve the 
Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for 
the day of redemption.  

Ephesians 4:30 (NIRV) Do not make God's Holy 
Spirit sad. He marked you with a seal for the day 
when God will set you completely free.  

Ephesians 4:30 (NLT) And do not bring sorrow 
to Gods Holy Spirit by the way you live. 
Remember, he has identified you as his own, 
guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of 
redemption.  

Ephesians 4:30 (AMP)  And do not grieve the 
Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or 
sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, 
branded as Gods own, secured), for the day of 
redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from 
evil and the consequences of sin). 

COMMENTARY PEARL

   I think it's important that we notice 
that the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul 
before an evil spirit came. Christians read those 
words about "an evil spirit from God" and they 
fear that could happen today. I've heard 
evangelists use that as a tool to shock Christians. "You 
continue to walk in the flesh," they say, "and God 
will lift His Spirit from you, and you won't have 
God's presence within you as you once had." Then 
they'll quote this verse or the one in Judges 16 
where Samson is in Delilah's lap, and it says, "He 
did not know that the LORD had departed from 
him." Or the one in Psalm 51:11 that says, "Do not 
take Your Holy Spirit from me." That's a fearful 
thought, that God could lift His Spirit from us and 
we'd be lost, having once been saved. 
   So let's go on record right now with a 
good dose of theology. Before the Holy Spirit 
came at Pentecost (Acts 2), the Spirit of God 
never permanently rested on any believer except 
David and John the Baptizer. Those are the only 
two. It was not uncommon for the Spirit of God to 
come for a temporary period of strengthening or 
insight or whatever was the need of the moment and 
then to depart, only to return again for another 
surge of the need of the moment, then to depart 
once again. 
   However, at Pentecost and from that time 
on, all the way through our present era, when 
the Spirit of God comes into the believing 
sinner at salvation, He never leaves. He comes and 
baptizes us into the body of Christ. That happens at 
salvation. We remain sealed by the Spirit from that 
time on. We're never exhorted to be baptized by 
the Spirit. We are baptized into the body of 
Christ, placed there by the Spirit, sealed until the 
day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30). That's the 
day we die. So He's there, and He never leaves. 
Furthermore, our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit 
in which the Spirit of God dwells. He 
permanently resides within us and will never, ever 
depart. So, rest easy, Christian friend. The Lord 
has come to stay. [Chuck Swindoll 
www.insight.org.] 

LINK FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THIS TOPIC

Ephesians 4:30: Grieving the Holy Spirit 
Leads to the Unpardonable Sin.  
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2008/20080929-1022.html 

YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs  

LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT

Most Important Decision in Life: 
http://www.youtube.com/embed/WGnEuGwvXqU?rel=0 

A Man without Equal by Bill Bright: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVa7UoruIo 

Seeking God Made Real: 
http://vimeo.com/31489782 

Prayer Made Real: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8VdMV26VE 

Importance of Choice: 
http://creationhealth.com/CREATION-Health/Choice [click on video]  

Medical Seminar on Healthful Living by David 
DeRose, MD, MPH: 
https://www.smartlifestyletv.com/lifestart 

LINKS FOR BIBLE STUDIES 

Lifting Up Jesus Bible Studies: 
http://www.liftingupjesus.net/ 

Amazing Facts Bible Studies: 
http://www.amazingfacts.org/bible-study/bible-study-guides.aspx  

Glow Tract Video Bible Studies: 
http://www.bibleresearch.info/ 

LINKS FOR BIBLE PROPHECY SEMINARS

The Last Day of Prophecy by Pastor Doug 
Batchelor: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmGvdtMCf1aJTiC59-lPtuUMEq_uEn0BK 

Prophecies Decoded by Pastor Ron Clouzet: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A435C5373550657