Down Payment - Joel 2:28-32

When I go down to buy a new used car, I get to take it out for a test drive. Then I make my decision to buy it or not. Once I settle on the car I want we go into negotiations on the price and payments. After we come to terms I give them a down payment as a promise to pay for it all. God gave His Spirit to all believers as a down payment of more to come. This is talking about the second coming of Christ here in Joel. At Pentecost however we received the down payment and the promise from God. 

2 Corinthians 5:5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 

Pastor Patrick