Sealed and Free: Salvation, Baptism and the Holy Spirit
Lawrence Muigai
- Most
- Christians
- live
- in
- quiet
- insecurity,
- wondering
- if
- they've
- done
- enough
- to
- remain
- in
- God's
- favor.
- They
- attempt
- to
- be
- good,
- repent
- sufficiently,
- pray
- hard
- enough—yet
- still
- live
- with
- anxieties
- about
- losing
- their
- salvation.What
- if
- salvation
- was
- never
- about
- what
- you
- do,
- but
- only
- about
- what
- Christ
- has
- done?The
- gospel
- is
- not
- a
- probationary
- contract—it's
- a
- finished
- work,
- sealed
- by
- the
- Holy
- Spirit.
- You're
- not
- trying
- to
- get
- a
- grip
- on
- God;
- He's
- getting
- a
- grip
- on
- you.
- But
- still,
- many
- struggle
- with
- questions
- like:What
- if
- I
- sin
- too
- much—will
- God
- take
- back
- His
- Spirit
- from
- me?
What
- if
- I
- die
- before
- I'm
- baptized—am
- I
- really
- saved?
Doesn't
- grace
- give
- me
- a
- license
- to
- live
- however
- I
- want?
How
- can
- I
- be
- sure
- that
- I
- belong
- to
- God?
This
- book
- cuts
- through
- the
- noise
- and
- gets
- you
- refocused
- on
- the
- simplicity
- and
- power
- of
- the
- gospel.
In
- Sealed
- and
- Free,
- we
- take
- away
- the
- weight
- of
- religious
- performance
- and
- return
- to
- the
- rock-solid
- assurance
- of
- salvation
- by
- grace:
?
- You
- are
- saved
- by
- grace
- alone—not
- by
- your
- works,
- your
- efforts,
- or
- your
- moral
- record.
?
- The
- Holy
- Spirit
- is
- no
- guest—He
- does
- not
- come
- and
- go
- based
- on
- your
- performance.
- He
- lives
- in
- you
- permanently.
?
- Baptism
- is
- a
- public
- declaration
- of
- an
- inward
- transformation—not
- a
- requirement
- for
- salvation.
?
- You
- are
- always
- a
- child
- of
- God.
- You
- are
- sealed,
- not
- on
- probation.Breaking
- Free
- from
- Religious
- Bondage
Too
- many
- Christians
- have
- been
- taught
- an
- unstable,
- fear-based
- Christianity,
- in
- which
- their
- security
- in
- Christ
- depends
- on
- their
- behavior.
- They
- end
- up
- anxious,
- exhausted,
- and
- never
- truly
- free.
- But
- the
- gospel
- is
- good
- news—not
- a
- list
- of
- requirements.This
- book
- dives
- deep
- into
- the
- Biblical
- foundation
- of
- grace,
- showing
- how:The
- strength
- of
- sin
- is
- the
- law—and
- Christ
- has
- freed
- us
- from
- its
- grasp.
Salvation
- is
- not
- probation—it's
- eternal,
- secured
- by
- the
- righteousness
- of
- Christ,
- not
- ours.
You
- don't
- have
- to
- "feel
- saved"
- to
- be
- saved—God's
- truth
- is
- larger
- than
- your
- feelings.
Grace
- doesn't
- give
- rise
- to
- sin—it
- gives
- rise
- to
- transformation
- through
- the
- power
- of
- the
- Holy
- Spirit.
A
- Personal
- Journey
- to
- Freedom
This
- is
- not
- theology
- only—it
- is
- personal.
- I
- know
- the
- horror
- of
- believing
- that
- I
- had
- to
- earn
- my
- place
- with
- God.
- I
- know
- what
- it's
- like
- to
- wonder
- if
- I
- had
- done
- enough,
- to
- cry
- out
- for
- the
- Holy
- Spirit
- as
- if
- He
- had
- left
- me
- because
- I
- had
- sinned
- too
- much.But
- then
- came
- grace.
- The
- day
- I
- discovered
- I
- was
- sealed
- by
- God,
- my
- faith
- was
- transformed.
- I
- no
- longer
- lived
- in
- fear
- of
- falling
- away,
- but
- in
- confidence
- of
- being
- held
- by
- Christ.
- This
- book
- is
- my
- testimony—and
- it's
- for
- anyone
- who
- wishes
- to
- experience
- the
- same
- freedom.Who
- Is
- This
- Book
- For?
?
- Christians
- who
- wrestle
- with
- assurance
- of
- salvation—this
- book
- will
- settle
- your
- faith
- in
- God's
- promises.
?
- New
- Christians—get
- a
- clear
- understanding
- of
- salvation,
- baptism,
- and
- the
- Holy
- Spirit.
?
- Those
- who
- have
- been
- burned
- by
- legalism—be
- healed
- and
- learn
- the
- true
- gospel
- of
- grace.
?
- Anyone
- who
- wants
- to
- grow
- deeper
- in
- their
- faith—understand
- the
- whole
- of
- God's
- plan
- for
- you.You
- Are
- Sealed.
- You
- Are
- Free.
You
- do
- not
- need
- to
- live
- in
- dread.
- You
- do
- not
- need
- to
- wonder
- if
- you
- are
- enough.
- You
- do
- not
- need
- to
- beg
- for
- what
- has
- already
- been
- given.You
- are
- not
- on
- trial—you
- are
- a
- child
- of
- God,
- sealed
- by
- the
- Holy
- Spirit,
- and
- completely
- free
- in Christ.
