Truly Loved + Wholly Surrendered

For the next couple of posts, at least, I would like to share my thoughts on three things that happen in us as a result of accepting Yeshua as our Savior. Granted, there are more than three, praise God, however, these three deal with who we are in Messiah: justification, sanctification, and glorification. In my last post , I talked about how we can know, as believers, that our faith in Him is secure. However, the security of our faith, while important, mentions more of how the Holy Spirit works in us in order to have that secure faith. Now that faith is established, I think it's important to know what else comes as a (positive) consequence of it. Justification comes by faith. There are numerous verses in the Bible that talk about justification and being justified, which I personally take as a sign that it's something that God wants His children to understand. If we can't grasp on what occurs in us, how will we be able to explain our faith in the Lord? But, in order to

Have you ever wondered what it means to be secured in the Messiah? Or how does you know  that you're completely protected in His hands? I, myself, have wondered, not necessarily because I doubted, but I just wondered how I could explain how I know that I belong to the Lord, other than just saying that I just know . I recently came across three verses that answer this question for myself. I don't know if it will answer yours in the same way, and if not, I hope and pray that you will find your own answer to these questions as you continue your walk with God. If you haven't yet come to know Messiah as your Savior, then I pray that this might help you learn more about what it's like and what it means to be held in the hands of the Almighty Father. The first verse I came across that jumped out at me and screamed within me that this was the answer  I was looking for is 2 Cor. 1:22: "who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee." In t