Settled! - Parent Connection


 Objective - Students will learn that the sealing of the Holy Spirit guarantees their eternal life and will be encouraged to live with confidence knowing their salvation is settled.

 

Key Scripture –

Ephesians 1:13-14 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

 

Key Thought - Your salvation is settled if you’re sealed by the Spirit. 

 

Lesson Summary - Today’s lesson was the third lesson in a four-part series about the Holy Spirit entitled Never Alone: Walking in Step with the Spirit. As a follower of Christ, we are never alone because we have been given the Holy Spirit. For this lesson, we talked about another aspect regarding the Holy Spirit called the sealing of the Spirit.

 

Have you ever doubted your salvation? Do you think your student has ever questioned their salvation? We used the sealing of the Spirit to address these doubts. We focused on three truths that can help anyone who might doubt their salvation.

 

These three truths are:

1.       The sealing of the Holy Spirit secures your standing before God.

2.       The sealing of the Holy Spirit guarantees your inheritance in Heaven.

3.       The sealing of the Holy Spirit empowers you to live with confidence.

 

After explaining these three truths, we applied them to a series of doubts that believers sometimes express. The goal was for the students to learn that the sealing of the Holy Spirit guarantees their eternal life and encourages them to live with confidence knowing their salvation is settled.

 

Tonight, before you send your teen to bed and ask them if they have any doubts about their salvation. Talk with them, listen to them, and have prayer with them. You might be surprised how long you will chat.

 

If that doesn’t seem to work for you, the next time you’re in the car together, turn off the radio and break the awkward silence by asking them how they’re doing. If you get the standard “fine” answer, don’t settle. Let them know that you got this Parent Connection sheet and saw that tonight’s lesson was about doubting. Let them know that you care enough to ask them if they have ever had any doubts about their salvation. If you have ever had doubts about your salvation, talk with your student about them. Find out what they learned from the lesson. If you have any questions about salvation, be sure to contact us here at the church. We would love to talk to you about the salvation found in Jesus Christ.

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