2 Corinthians 1:20-22 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

How do you like the term “sealed the deal”? In our common speech it means nothing is going to cause our expectations to be dashed. Whether it be a car sale, a new home, or anything else we are buying, we know it is going to be ours. We put down earnest money, knowing we are not going to get it back if we should change our minds. It is a sign we are invested in the deal.

God did the same thing when He purchased us by the precious blood of His Son. Many times we look at it in terms of God’s promises, but rather than doing that, because promises have led to disappointments in our lives, look at it from God’s point of view.

God put down the earnest, not His money, Himself. He invested His Holy Spirit. He sealed the deal which means He cannot take back His earnest investment. Now the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead. God would cease from being God without Him. There is now way God could back down.

So much of what we look at in our issues with salvation are interactive, where we have a responsibility to work out our salvation. There are things we must do activate the earthly promises which God has made to us. The final promise, to be with Him in perfection is the eternal promise, promised from the beginning, earnestly unchanged by how well we avail ourselves of our daily salvation.

2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.