When you are buying a house, you sign an earnest money contract. What is your earnest money contract? You go and you see the house and you say, I wanna buy the house. And you write a contract and your contract says, I will buy the house at this price. You attach a check and the check says, here is money to let you know that I am serious.
I’m so serious that if you accept this contract and I don’t show up on closing day with the rest of the money, you get to keep both the house and my check.
Voddie Baucham, Analysis of the 144,000 Mentioned in the Book of Revelation
Illustration’s point: The Holy Spirit is the guarantee or earnest of the believer’s inheritance. God has given His Spirit as a guarantee that He will complete the work of redemption.
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