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The Holy Spirit is the seal,
The foretaste, earnest, and the pledge.
He designates us as God's own
And guarantees our heritage.
The foretaste, earnest, and the pledge.
He designates us as God's own
And guarantees our heritage.
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'Twas after we believed in Christ,
The word of truth, the gospel, heard,
The Holy Spirit us did seal
To show that we belong to God.
The word of truth, the gospel, heard,
The Holy Spirit us did seal
To show that we belong to God.
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This Spirit as the living seal,
To us God's image now imparts;
Conforming us unto the Son,
He stamps His image in our hearts.
To us God's image now imparts;
Conforming us unto the Son,
He stamps His image in our hearts.
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This Spirit also is the pledge,
Our earnest and our foretaste true.
He witnesses that we are sons,
With God's inheritance in view.
Our earnest and our foretaste true.
He witnesses that we are sons,
With God's inheritance in view.
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'Tis by this Spirit God does spread
Into our mind, emotion, will;
By sealing every inward part,
He will our very being fill.
Into our mind, emotion, will;
By sealing every inward part,
He will our very being fill.
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Oh Lord, we would cooperate
With all Thy Spirit's inward move;
That we'd become Thy masterpiece,
Th' eternal purpose thus to prove.
With all Thy Spirit's inward move;
That we'd become Thy masterpiece,
Th' eternal purpose thus to prove.
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Irvine, CA, United States
I was browsing this site searching for a tune to match a new hymn I am writing, using this meter, when I discovered this song. I was so happy to see it published here. I wrote these lyrics during the Ephesians conference, based on Ephesians 1:13-14.
It is such a beautiful thought, that when we believed in Christ, the Holy Spirit sealed us as God's possession, and that he continues to conform us to God's image. Moreover, the same Spirit is an earnest, a foretaste of our inheritance, until we are fully to the praise of His glory!
Oklahoma City, OK, United States
seal
To show that we belong to God.
United Kingdom
Oh Lord, Thou has’t chosen us and sealed us. From the depths we thank Thee. Oh Lord may we cooperate, with all Thine Spirit’s inward move, That we’ed become Thine masterpiece, the eternal purpose thus to prove.