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The Catechism of the New Apostolic Church
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- 8.3.1 Concerning the term "sealing"
- 8.3.2 The promise of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
- 8.3.3 Jesus' anointing with the Holy Spirit
- 8.3.4 The outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost
- 8.3.5 Further attestations of Holy Sealing in the New Testament
- 8.3.6 The proper dispensation of Holy Sealing
- 8.3.7 Prerequisites for receiving Holy Sealing
- 8.3.8 Holy Sealing as an act of God
- 8.3.9 The effects of Holy Sealing
8.3.8 Holy Sealing as an act of God
Like Holy Baptism with water, Holy Sealing is also an act of God upon a human being. That which was begun in Holy Baptism is completed in Holy Sealing, namely the rebirth out of water and Spirit. Both sacraments are acts of God's grace upon a human being and are only performed once. The life received thereby is nourished and preserved above all by regularly partaking of Holy Communion.
The new creation (2 Corinthians 5: 17) which comes into being through the rebirth is a reference to the sanctification and renewal which occurs through God, the Holy Spirit.