Aunty Jane
Well-Known Member
If I may respond to this....?Didn't Paul say that we were sealed by the Holy Spirit after we believe, which is the down payment on our inheritance? Eph. 1:13-14
How is it that you say you don't have the Holy Spirit if you are a believer? Something is wrong with this
Ephesians 1:13-14 is speaking of God's "elect"......so this 'sealing' does not take place with those who are NOT chosen for a role in heaven as a fellow 'ruler' with Christ and as "priests" in his Kingdom, where he is himself, "High Priest". (Hebrews 3:1)
Paul made the differentiation in 1 Corinthians 1:2....
"To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours".
Do you see that the "saints" are "called"......"together with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus, BOTH THEIR LORD AND OURS".....
The elect are called to be "saints" but not all Christians are so called, and will NOT therefore go to heaven. Jesus is the "LORD" of both groups.
Those who go to heaven are chosen by God, not men....and the rest will live on the earth where God intended for us to "live forever".