| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Salvation past, present, and future” Our Bible verse for today: “The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.” Ephesians 1:14 (CSB) Our thought for today: “It was only the down payment” In his great little book, “The Doctrine of Salvation,” Dr. Darrell Robinson explains, “Salvation encompasses the total life of the believer – past, present, and future. It may be viewed in three stages: as an instantaneous act, a continuing process, and a glorious consummation. The believer can say, “I have been saved” (see Romans 10:9-10), “I am saved” (see 1 Corinthians 1:18), and “I will be saved” (see Romans 13:11). In Ephesians 1:14 the Apostle Paul writes that the Holy Spirit was given to us as a down payment of our inheritance. A down payment is a first payment that is made to initiate a transaction, and it comes with the promise that more payments will be made and will continue to me made until the full transaction has been completed. We have already learned that in the moment you were saved you were given the Holy Spirit as a gift from God. When Paul tells us here that the Holy Spirit is the down payment of what we will inherit from our heavenly Father, he means that the gift of the Spirit was just the first part of receiving a full inheritance as a child of God. From that point forward, there will continue to be installments paid out to you as you continue to receive more and more of your inheritance. Those installments come to you during the present state you are currently living in as a saved person. In this lifetime God bestows upon you many of the blessings and gifts He wants you to have. The final installments will be given to you once you arrive in heaven – especially when you receive your resurrection body. Then you will have received your full inheritance as a child of God. The sad part is that some people are not allowing God to give them their full inheritance. They did receive the downpayment of the Spirit, but since then they have not been open to receiving more from God. They have essentially closed the account and are not allowing Him to make additional deposits into their life. An important part of the sanctification process is to continue to place yourself in a position before God every day whereby He can deposit into your life all He wants you to have. The gift of the Holy Spirit was only the down payment. There is much more you are entitled to as a child of God and which your heavenly Father wants to give you. Are you receiving your full inheritance? God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you are reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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