"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 1:13-14
I have read these verses a million times before, but I read them and meditated on them last night and it is sooooo cool!!!
First of all we are "included in Christ"! Such a cool thought to be INCLUDED in Christ.
The word of truth = gospel of our salvation
We were included in Christ when we heard and believed the word of truth-the gospel which brought us our salvation!
We were marked in Christ with a seal of the Holy Spirit. The "promised" Holy Spirit. God "deposits" the Holy Spirit in us. This deposit guarantees our inheritance in Christ. We are God's possession. He is going to redeem us.
And all of this is for the "praise of his glory". Have you ever actually broken down the idea that we are for the PRAISE. OF. HIS. GLORY.? Our lives should be a living praise for Him. For His glory. So cool!
But the coolest part of this whole passage that I had never really seen before was the type of vocabulary used. All throughout the passage there is vocabulary related to money, banking, etc.
~marked
~seal
~deposit
~guaranteeing
~inheritance
~redemption
~possession
I don't really know why I didn't see this before, but it is such a cool parallel!
And in Spanish it reads:
"En él también ustedes, cuando oyeron el mensaje de la verdad, el evangelio que les trajo la salvación, y lo creyeron, fueron marcados con el sello que es el Espirítu Santo prometido. Este garantiza nuestra herencia hasta que llegue la redención final del pueblo adquirido por Dios, para alabanza de su gloria." Efesios 1: 13-14
Que padre!!! God's possession = el pueblo adquirido
Como esta escrita en la canción-- "SOMOS EL PUEBLO DE DIOS! EL PUEBLO DE DIOS!"
NUESTRAS VIDAS SON PARA LA ALABANZA DE SU GLORIA!!!
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