The Children of the Seal—The Security They Murdered
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Yesterday we uncovered the murder. The assassins took “sealed” and redefined it to mean closed, finished, dormant. But “sealed” meant guaranteed, protected, marked for delivery.
They murdered the word. But they didn’t stop there.
EVERY TRUTH HAS CHILDREN
Every truth has children—the truths that flow from it, the realities it produces, the life it brings.
Every lie has children too.
Jesus Christ warned Thyatira about a false teacher producing spiritual offspring through her deception. His judgment? “I will strike her children dead” (Revelation 2:23).
The offspring of lies will not stand.
But here’s what the assassins don’t want you to know: when they murder a word, they’re trying to murder its children. And when they murdered “sealed,” they went after its whole family.
THE CHILDREN OF THE SEAL
When “sealed” is properly understood, it gives birth to these truths:
Security—You cannot be tampered with. The seal protects. No one breaks God’s seal.
Ownership—You belong to the One whose seal you bear. His name is on you. His authority backs you.
Guarantee—What’s inside WILL be delivered. The seal is God’s promise that He will finish what He started.
Protection—You are preserved until the day of redemption. Kept. Guarded. Held.
Authentication—You are certified genuine. Approved. Accepted. The real thing.
These are the children of “sealed.” This is what flows from the truth.
WHAT THE LIES PRODUCE INSTEAD
When the assassins murder “sealed” and replace it with “breakable,” they birth one family of lies:
Insecurity—Constant doubt about your standing. Am I really saved? Did I do it right? What if I’m not one of the elect?
Orphan spirit—Feeling like you don’t really belong. Like you’re on the outside looking in. Like God tolerates you but doesn’t want you.
Uncertainty—Questioning if God will come through. Maybe He saved me, but will He keep me? Will He finish what He started?
Vulnerability—Believing you can lose what He gave. One bad sin and it’s over. One season of doubt and you’re out.
Self-effort—Trying to prove you’re really His. Working to maintain what only grace can hold. Striving to keep what’s already guaranteed.
But some assassins went the other direction. They affirmed your security—then put you on a shelf. They birth a different family:
Passivity—You’re saved, now wait for heaven. The hard work is done. Just hold on.
Powerlessness—The Spirit sealed you, but don’t expect Him to move. Not like that. Not anymore.
Spectatorship—Watch God work in others. Read about what He did in Acts. Your role is to stay safe until He returns.
Cessation—That was for the apostles. The sign gifts ended. The supernatural sealed up. You have your Bible. That’s enough.
Two lies. Two families of murdered children. One leaves you striving in fear. The other leaves you sitting in safety.
Neither is the life the seal was meant to produce.
THE SEAL WAS NEVER PASSIVE
The assassins want you to think being sealed means being shelved. Locked away. Stored until needed.
But look at how seals worked in Scripture.
The king’s sealed letter (1 Kings 21:8)—Jezebel sealed letters in Ahab’s name, and people acted on them immediately. The seal didn’t make the letter dormant. It made the letter authoritative.
The sealed decree (Esther 8:8)—A decree sealed with the king’s ring could not be revoked. The seal didn’t freeze the decree. It activated it with irrevocable authority.
Daniel in the lions’ den (Daniel 6:17)—The stone was sealed so no one could rescue Daniel. But God was still at work inside that sealed space. The seal didn’t stop God’s activity. It just meant no one else could interfere.
Sealed things weren’t dormant. Sealed things were protected while active.
WHAT THE SEAL CANNOT BE BROKEN BY
Here’s what the children of truth know that the children of lies don’t:
Your sin cannot break the seal. It grieves the Spirit (Ephesians 4:30), but it doesn’t unseal you. If your sin could break God’s seal, it would be a pretty weak seal.
Your failures cannot break the seal. You will stumble. You will fall. But you are sealed “for the day of redemption”—not “until you mess up.”
External forces cannot break the seal. “Neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).
Time cannot break the seal. You are sealed “until we acquire possession.” The seal holds across decades, across seasons, across every moment between now and eternity.
Satan cannot break the seal. He can accuse. He can tempt. He can harass. But he cannot unseal what God has sealed.
SEALED INTO, NOT SEALED AWAY FROM
Here’s the final truth the assassins murdered:
You are not sealed away from the Spirit’s work. You are sealed INTO it.
Sealed into Active Relationship
“For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” (Romans 8:15-16)
The seal doesn’t distance you from the Father. It guarantees your access to Him.
Sealed into Active Presence
“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)
The seal doesn’t mean He finished and left. It means He’s with you—continuously, permanently, actively.
Sealed into Active Power
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses.” (Acts 1:8)
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.” (Ephesians 3:20)
The seal doesn’t mute the Spirit’s power. It guarantees it’s available.
THE DOWN PAYMENT, NOT THE FINAL PAYMENT
Remember the Greek word arrabon—down payment, deposit, first installment.
The Holy Spirit is God’s down payment on your inheritance. Not the final delivery. The guarantee of more to come.
You have received the Spirit. But you haven’t received everything the Spirit guarantees.
The seal doesn’t mean the account is closed. The seal means the account is active, funded, and guaranteed to pay out in full on the day of redemption.
STOP LIVING LIKE AN ORPHAN
The assassins murdered “sealed” because they wanted you neutralized. Either striving in fear or sitting in safety. Either doubting your security or denying your power.
Jesus Christ promised that the children of lies will be struck dead. They will not stand.
But the children of truth—the security, ownership, guarantee, protection, and authentication that flow from being sealed by the Holy Spirit—these are eternal.
These are yours.
Stop living like an orphan—afraid you’ll be abandoned.
And stop living like a pensioner—safe but sidelined, waiting to collect your inheritance while the Kingdom advances without you.
You bear the King’s seal. That seal means you’re secure AND sent.
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