The Importance of Identity

In the first century and you were a Gentile, this was incredibly good news. The Holy Spirit in you is the promise of that in your life. Think about an undocumented immigrant today who lives in perpetual fear they'll be found out and deported. They yet to know that when you enter into the kingdom of God, you get full standing as citizenship. This is what Paul wants them to know. You belong. The Spirit has marked you out and he sealed you.