beameup
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The Holy Spirit was "upon" believers prior to Pentecost.
David prayed "take not thy Holy Spirit from me".
CAN WE FALL AWAY
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The Holy Spirit was "upon" believers prior to Pentecost.
David prayed "take not thy Holy Spirit from me".
genuineoriginal
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Nobody is "permanently sealed" by the Holy Spirit.
The people that believe in the false doctrine of Once Saved Always Saved are mistaken in their thinking that "sealed" means "conclude, establish, or secure (something) definitively, excluding the possibility of reversal or loss."
The true meaning of "sealed" by the Holy Spirit is: "fix a piece of wax or lead stamped with a design to (a document) to authenticate it".
Believers are marked as authentic when they have the Holy Spirit living in them.
beameup
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I can't believe you are unable to figure this out.
Holy Spirit "upon" + "sealed"
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Ephesians 1:13
genuineoriginal
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The scribes and Pharisees were condemned by Jesus for the way they interpreted the Law to see how much they could get away with.
Do you really want Jesus to condemn you for the same thing?
heir
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Paul's audience to whom the "word of this salvation is sent" at that time was only Jews and Greeks and they were Acts 13:16 KJV, Acts 13:26 KJV, Galatians 3:29 KJV. That's not us, as we in time past were likened to these Gentiles (Ephesians 2:11-12 KJV). Seems simple enough to me.
genuineoriginal
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Only those that turn away from Jesus will fall away.