Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.
The believer is sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise as a fruit of redemption. Seal is for an identification where God is forever identified with you. Sealed as a guarantee with the Holy Spirit.
Hence in John 14, Jesus says the Holy Ghost will dwell in us forever.
Ephesians 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
A man cannot be said to be redeemed if he does not have the Holy Spirit in him. it is a result of being redeemed. Just as redemption is a function of Christ’s work, the Holy Spirit is given as the gift of Christ. The believer does not have to work to receive the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
The word “seal” was translated from the Greek word “sphragizo”. It means to put a permanent mark of ownership on something or someone.
Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
The word “Redemption” means to get back something you paid for. The indwelling of the spirit is a proof that this body has been paid for by the blood of Jesus.
Romans 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
2nd Corinthians 5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the self same thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
2nd Corinthians 1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
CONFESSION: I have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. Because I am redeemed, the Holy Spirit dwells in me.