In this lesson we look at the final three of our 14 important points concerning the promise, oath, and seal of God. We treat these points briefly here, and expand on them in following lessons.

(12) The seal cannot be hindered or delayed.

The seal of God is an immediate blessing, not a “second blessing” for which the new convert must wait. By the seal, the new convert is identified as God’s own heir. If one has to wait for this, then one has to wait to belong to God (2Tm 2:19 Rom 8:9). If one has to wait for the Holy Spirit, then one has to wait for forgiveness (Acts 2:38-39, Acts 5:31-32).

(13) The seal cannot be broken

No power in the universe, not even the mighty hand of Satan, can break the seal of God. When Jesus gives eternal life, no one can take it away. No temptation is able to overpower God’s own. They are secure in the hand of Jesus Christ (Rom 8:35-39, Jhn 10:14,27-29, 1Co 10:12-13).

The above point —the hight point of this lesson— has been greatly misunderstood. Therefore we must lay another equally valid truth along side of it (point 13 below). So important is this corollary, that we are going to spend as much time on it as we have on all the previous points together. We merely introduce it here, in this lesson. A later lesson will be entirely devoted to it.

(14) The seal of God is conditional

The security of the seal of God ensures that we cannot be forced to part from Christ (Rom 8:35-39). However that security, God does not forces us to remain in Christ.

The truth is that you are saved "if you continue in the faith" (Col 1:23) and there is a promise, oath, and seal of God, which guarantees you can do that if you want to.

The only time the scripture links the term "impossible" with the term "fall away" is in Hebrews 6:6. This is about those who have been made "partakers of the Holy Spirit". Now note what it does not say. It does not say, "It is impossible for them to fall away." What then does it say? It says, "If they fall away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance..." This shows that not only is it possible for the saved to fall away from grace, but also that they can fall so completely that it is impossible to restore them to a state of grace again. But having said that, we must also recall that no one but we ourselves can break the seal, not even Satan. No one can force us to fall away —this God guarantees.

Index to the 14 points