My friend Cheryl has posted an awesome entry about the difference between being led by the Spirit and being led by your emotions. Pop on over and read her entry, Feelings…Nothing More Than Feelings.
Awesome post!
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Did you know that God is a canner?
Now, many of you who LOVE to can, must have already known this, but it was news to me!
I wrote a few days ago about the fact that when you accept Christ, your spirit is made righteous and holy.
“…put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” Ephesians 4:24
At that moment, your spirit is instantly changed as it talks of in II Corinthians 5:17.
Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: behold all things are become new.
Our spirit is then “sealed” with the Holy Spirit as it says in Ephesians 1:13:
In whom (in Christ) 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,
Now, the word sealed can have several different meanings. For example, you can stamp an official seal on a document to warn people not to open it. And this is the way that several other versions I looked at translate this passage.
However, you can also take an illustration from canning. When you put up jelly, you “seal” the fruit with paraffin. The paraffin keeps out contaminants. In the same way, our spirit is sealed with the Holy Spirit and this protects us from the sin that we continue to commit despite our best efforts.
My spirit is sealed by the Holy Spirit and no impurities can come in and contaminate it. Why is this so important? Because my spirit is the part of me that communicates with God.
Thank You, Holy Spirit, for sealing my spirit! Amen
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