Sealed

Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. – 2 Corinthians 1.21-22

The question of the security of our salvation is one of those hotly debated issues and sources of disagreement in the church. The question is really pretty basic – if I am truly saved is it possible to lose my salvation?

I am one of those simple folk who just cannot see the debate. Jesus tells us that He holds us in His hands, that the Father enfolds us in His hands, and that no one can pluck us out.

So there we have the Father and the Son and here we have the Holy Spirit by whom are eternity is sealed and who serves as the earnest, or the guarantee of our salvation.

If the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit are all securing my salvation and Peter tells us that our inheritance is preserved in heaven for us who do we think we are that we can override all that and choose to drop our salvation?

For those of us who are true saved we know that it was all the work of God. It is that same work that keeps us in the palm of His hand.