Kings of old would often use a wax seal to mark/protect a message as being from them. They would then send off the messenger to deliver it. This seal was royal and very important but; it did not mean the messenger or someone could not break it prematurely. They could do so but; that would bring the King's wrath!
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A brother encountered a false teacher on line trying to stumble him into once saved always saved using Eph 4;30 and sealing.....
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Eph 4:30
Calvinist once saved always saved false teachers like to use this verse to say ...we are sealed and this CANNOT lose out on salvation!
This is a lie easily refuted with good bible study habits.
The word sealed in this verse in the Greek is.... sphragizō
and it means to mark.
Believers are marked with the Holy Spirit .... but seals can be broken ( see Israel )
Sealed in NO WAY means a guarantee of salvation and I can prove it using God's Word.
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2 Cor 1:22
Earnest in the Greek is.... arrabōn
It is like a down payment for a deal yet to be completed. We MUST complete our faith walk by staying in a saving faith and not breaking the blood covenant via faith that we have with Christ. This seal is ONLY as good as your saving faith that maintains it.
As more proof .... I offer this article with MANY... IF... verses that warn you have the hope of eternal life ...if... you remain.
Also lets remember....
The Jews were sealed with circumcision....
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith
Romans 4:11
But we know the Jews could and did turn away from their faith MANY times to their demise not salvation. ( Romans 11 tells how they were cut off over this and it warns..... the gentiles can be cut off too! )
See this article on Romans 11:29 and the irrevocable lies:
This sealing in Eph 4:30 is a mark upon God's people but it is in NO WAY a guarantee of eternal life; UNTIL we remain in a saving faith .... to the end as Jesus said in Matt 24!
To say otherwise means you have left scripture for mans false theology!
To say otherwise means you have left scripture for mans false theology!
Do not be deceived by scripture twisters and calvinist wolves......
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