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Earnest?
7/20/2006 12:44 pmLast Read: |
Eph 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, Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. What is earnest? Isn't it a small portion of the whole? A promise of what is to come? A sample? A taste? So the Holy Spirit, when we receive Him is an earnest of our inheritance. Do you remember when you received the Holy Spirit? What joy filled me when I was filled with the Holy Spirit! If that was only a taste, a sample of the joy yet to come, my mind cannot encompass what it will be like. The Spirit has lead me to such truths, I have gained so much knowledge by His presence in my life. If all this is but a portion I am struck speechless by all that I will know when I get home. The Spirit has been my companion through so much heartache, through trials and tribulations. He has been ever present to comfort and console me. If this is just a small part of what I will know in heaven how glorious, how marvelous, how magnificent it will be. We do not yet have the vocabulary to describe what is awaiting us. We know only in part. We are like small children only starting school, just learning our ABC's with no idea of how to communicate what lies ahead. How beautiful it is to ponder! I long for home. Don't you? Ephesians 6:13 . . .and having done all, to stand 
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7/20/2006 3:55 pm |
exactly - well said and yes whenever GOD is ready to take me home i am ready to go. i totally trust HIM to take me home at exactly the right moment.
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