Sealing of The Holy Spirit, Part 3

The point: Have biblical perspective regarding the person and ministry of the Holy Spirit to avoid being tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine.

Explains why the doctrine of the Holy Spirit is susceptible to error: it's easier to counterfeit intangible, subjective experiences than tangible, physical objects, just as evil spirits operate in the same realm as the Holy Spirit.

Now we might go into, to some opinions as to why the doctrine of the Holy Spirit is more susceptible to error than other doctrines, but I think two things should be very obvious. First of all, it's because we're dealing with that aspect of salvation which is subjective and personal and experimental. You see, it's very difficult to produce a counterfeit of something that is a tangible physical object, but of that which has to do with the inward and the intangible, to the physical senses, it is in this realm that there is more latitude for error. And then perhaps secondly, the spirit of error wo...

2:29 - 3:11 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin begins to unpack the phrase 'sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,' explaining that the Spirit is 'the promised Spirit' and 'the Holy One,' and outlines three lines of…

Illustrates how the Holy Spirit, when He seals, always comes 'in terms of the promise' and 'as the Holy One,' just as a brother would be identified by specific characteristics (height, coat color) when met at an airport.

Well, Paul says He is the promised Spirit, He is the Holy One. So wherever He is present in His sealing work, He will always be present in terms of the promise, and in terms of being the Holy One. If I were to tell you, please go to the airport and meet my brother, and I would say, he will be the one who is, six feet three inches tall, and will be wearing a black coat. You know that any man who doesn't wear a black coat, and isn't six feet three, is not my brother.

7:36 - 8:10 Read in full sermon

The point: Beware of any and all teaching on the person and work of the Spirit which moves away from the Spirit's work being all of grace and accomplishing what the promises predicted.

Illustrates that if the Holy Spirit comes as the 'Spirit of promise,' He will accomplish precisely what was promised (e.g., enabling obedience, making Christ real), just as a promised wealthy friend would pay debts and provide a holiday.

If I say to you I have a wealthy friend and when he comes he will bring with him sufficient wealth to pay all your debts and to send you on the three month holiday. Why then you know if my wealthy friend has come according to my promise all your debts will be paid and you're on your way for a three month holiday. If it's the friend that I promised he will come in terms of the promise that I made. So when the Holy Spirit comes to seal us as the spirit of the promise he will accomplish precisely what the promises said he would accomplish.

27:33 - 28:13 Read in full sermon

Driving home: God who is love God who is justice God who is omnipotence he is holy love he is holy justice he is holy omnipotence and therefore the Holy Spirit shares in that foundational attribute he's the gracious spirit he's the po…

Recounts Isaiah's vision of God's throne and the seraphim crying 'Holy, Holy, Holy' to establish holiness as God's foundational attribute, which the Holy Spirit shares.

May I say reverently that the foundational attribute of the Godhead is holiness. You remember in the sixth chapter of Isaiah very familiar passage to most of us. Isaiah said in the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord high and lifted up seated upon the throne and his train filled the temple and then he saw in this vision for this was not a corporal physical thing he couldn't reach out and touch them it was a prophetic vision and he said in that vision I saw these seraphim six winged creatures two wings they covered face two wings covered their feet two wings they flew.

29:26 - 30:10 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin introduces the 'sphere' of sealing, which is 'in whom' (in Christ), emphasizing that all spiritual blessings, including sealing, are given only in vital union with the…

Illustrates the concept of a 'sphere' in which experiences occur, explaining that being 'in Uncle Sam's army' means experiencing specific conditions like shorn hair and baggy clothes, just as sealing occurs 'in Christ'.

we've looked at the meaning of the sealing to be stamped as authentic to be identified as God's own to be rendered secure we've looked at the agent in the sealing he was sealed with the Holy Spirit two things about that agent he is the promised spirit he is the Holy Spirit now having considered the meaning of the sealing the agent in the sealing the third division of thought in these two verses is the sphere in which the sealing takes place if someone were to say in Uncle Sam's army you are shorn of all your hair

37:25 - 38:07 Read in full sermon