BIBLE COMMENTARY/Ephesians 4: 30
EPHESIANS 4: 30 – And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
– The Holy Spirit is the Power of God. He is so important that Jesus had warned that we Christians should not commit the sin of blasphemy against Him (Matthew 12: 31).
– He is the Seal of God that has been stamped on our hearts to prove that we are God’s children and to distinguish us from non-believers on the day Jesus comes back to Earth (Matthew 25: 31-32)
– The Seal was stamped on our hearts because we believed in Jesus Christ, and lived according to His teachings (Revelation 3: 20, John 14: 23, 1John 3: 24).
– Like a seal in real life, the Seal of the Holy Spirit could fade over time because of the sins Christians commit, by disobeying God’s commands, or refusing to follow His standards (Ephesians 4: 31-32).
– If we have disobeyed him, we should repent right away and God will forgive us (1John 1: 9), then the Seal of the Holy Spirit will be there always until the day we receive the salvation from Jesus when He comes back to Earth.
QUOTED VERSES:
MATTHEW 12: 31 – Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
MATTHEW 25: 31-32 – When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory, and before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.
JOHN 14: 23 – Jesus answered and said unto him: If a man love me, he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
1JOHN 1: 9 – If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1JOHN 3: 24 – And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us.
REVELATION 3: 20 – Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.