Ephesians 1:13 tells us that when we hear the word of truth, which is the gospel (the good news) of our salvation, and believe it, the Holy Spirit places a seal on us, which functions as the earnest of our inheritance until the final redemption of our bodies.
In this Scripture, the Greek word for, “believed” is an aorist participle, which means this word is referring to someone, who believed at a time in the past, as opposed to someone who continues to believe into the future. This signifies that the Holy Spirit sealed us in the past when we believed, and this seal is not contingent upon future belief.
How could this be?
Yeshua knows that once we repent, and He seals us, He will give us the desire and strength to believe to the end. According to this Scripture, Yeshua’s presence in us is His promise that He will keep us until the day He resurrects or raptures our body, and glorifies it by giving us the full measure of His Spirit. The grammar of this verse indicates that, Yeshua’s presence in us is not contingent on our continued belief until the end, because He commits Himself to keeping us in belief until the end.
This principle is verified by the grammar that used in Ephesians 2, verse 8. In this verse, Yahweh says, “For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God”. In this verse, the English word, “saved” is translated from the Greek word, “sesosmenoi”, which is a perfect passive participle. It means that salvation took place at some point in the past, and continues into the future, and is accomplished solely by Yah. We are simply the recipients of salvation.
This is clearly spelled out by Paul, in Romans 5, verses 15-18. In these verses Paul says repeatedly that justification, and righteousness is a free gift from Yahweh through His Son Yeshua. We simply receive the gift. Will Yahweh take the “free gift” back if we do not act right, do enough good works or endure (believe) until the end? If so, it wasn’t a free gift.
In Romans 8, Paul takes it a step further. Paul says, “Whom Yahweh foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”
Yahweh says that our salvation is a done deal! Yahweh foreknew us, and predestinated us to be like Yeshua. Consequently, Yahweh called us. And since Yahweh called us, He also justified us. And since Yahweh justified us He also glorified us. Sounds like Yahweh will not fail to keep us!
Paul explains further. Yeshua is glorified, and sitting at the right hand of Yahweh (and we are seated with Him, hence, we are already glorified) making intercession for us. Yeshua is in heaven praying for us, and the Holy Spirit in us answers His prayers. Yeshua’s prayers moves the Holy Spirit to do what is necessary to inspire us to act right, do good works, and preserve (believe) until the end, because Yahweh has ordained it.
Because Yahweh has foreknew us, predestinated us to be like Yeshua, called us, justified us, and glorified us (Eph 2:6), and Yeshua’s prayers are bringing His words to pass in our lives, all things work together for our good, and NOTHING can separate us from Christ and His love. Therefore, NOTHING can separate us from Yahweh, and eternal life!
Yahweh’s word will not return to Him void. It will accomplish what He sends it out to accomplish. Yahweh says it is finished, so it is finished.
This lines up with what happened to Abram in Genesis 15. Yahweh cut a covenant with Abram, but He knew that Abram could not keep up his end of the covenant, so He put him in a deep sleep, and walked through the bloody pieces alone. This meant that Yahweh promised to uphold both sides of the covenant. All Abram had to do was believe Yahweh.
Abram believed Yahweh, and He accounted his belief as righteousness. After that, Yahweh changed Abram into Abraham. The addition of the “ha” to his and his wife’s names indicates that Yahweh put His Spirit in them, so that He could bring His promise to pass through them.
Abraham failed to trust Yahweh, but He still protected him, and kept him. Abraham didn’t trust Yahweh to save him from Pharaoh, so on two separate occasions, he lied, and said that his wife was his sister, but He kept him until the end. Why? Because Yahweh promises to never leave, nor forsake His children. (Hebrews 13:5)
In Romans 15, verse 13, Paul says, “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
In this verse, Paul says we will abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Since, biblically, hope is a firm expectation of Yahweh keeping His promises, Paul is telling us that the Holy Spirit will empower us to keep on believing, and trusting Yahweh. In other words, the Holy Spirit will give us the power to endure (believe) until the end.
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This is wonderful to know!!