Yes — salvation is complete for the soul and spirit the moment a person believes, but the body awaits its full redemption in the resurrection.
Les Feldick teaches that the moment of faith triggers every aspect of salvation — forgiveness, justification, sanctification, glorification, baptism into the body, sealing, and filling. However, since a person is body, soul, and spirit, the body is still unredeemed and will be changed only at the future redemption of the body. The Holy Spirit is the down payment guaranteeing that God will complete the whole transaction.
Ephesians 1:13-14 — Paul shows that believers are sealed with the Holy Spirit upon believing, and that the Spirit is the earnest until the redemption of the purchased possession.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 — This verse reveals that the whole person — spirit, soul, and body — is in view, which is why redemption is not complete until the body is redeemed.
Paul writes to the Ephesians that believers, after hearing the word of truth — the gospel of their salvation — believed in Christ and were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise (Ephesians 1:13). He then describes the Spirit as "the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory" (Ephesians 1:14). The word "earnest" means a down payment or guarantee, showing that something is secured now and another part is still to come. Scripture also presents the human person as spirit, soul, and body. In 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Paul prays that the believers' "whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." This indicates that the Bible is concerned with the complete salvation and preservation of the whole person, not only one part.
Les Feldick teaches that salvation is an all-inclusive work of God accomplished "the moment we believe" — forgiveness, justification, sanctification, glorification, baptism into the body, sealing with the Holy Spirit, and filling with the Holy Spirit all happen instantly by an act of God (Clip 6). He says the believer's soul and spirit are already redeemed in full (Clips 1 and 4). Yet Les is emphatic that the transaction is not yet completely finished. Because a human being is body, soul, and spirit, the body still remains unredeemed, still in the flesh and under the curse. The Holy Spirit is God's down payment that He will complete the whole transaction — redeeming body, soul, and spirit together (Clips 1 and 2).
In Ephesians 1:13-14, Paul says that after a person believes, he is sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. Les Feldick calls this sealing a mark of ownership and a mark of preservation, guaranteeing that the believer is preserved until the day of redemption (Clip 5). He also stresses that the Holy Spirit is the earnest, or down payment — a holding pattern until the later consummation of redemption (Clip 0).
Les says yes — absolutely. For a believer, the soul and spirit have already been redeemed in full (Clips 1 and 4). He describes salvation as an all-inclusive act of God: forgiveness, justification, sanctification, glorification, baptism into the body, sealing, and filling — all instant the moment a person believes. Faith rests on what the book says, not on feelings (Clip 6).
Les teaches that the body remains in the flesh, under the curse, and is still prone to pain, accidents, sickness, sin, and death. Even after salvation, believers experience the same physical weaknesses as unbelievers (Clips 2, 4, and 5). The body has not yet been changed, and it must be, because a complete person in eternity requires body, soul, and spirit (Clip 1).
The final step is the redemption of the body. Les points to the future day when believers will have a new body, changed to be like Christ's glorious body (Clips 3 and 5). That is exactly what Paul means in Ephesians 1:14 by "the redemption of the purchased possession." The Holy Spirit is the down payment that guarantees God will complete the whole transaction, redeeming body, soul, and spirit together (Clips 1 and 3).
The Holy Spirit as Down Payment
Les explains that the down payment of the Spirit is a holding pattern until the later consummation of redemption, showing salvation is not yet fully completed.
Body, Soul, and Spirit Must Be Redeemed Together
Les teaches that the soul and spirit are already redeemed at belief, but the body remains unredeemed; the same Holy Spirit guarantees God will redeem the whole person.
The Redemption of the Purchased Possession
Les reads Ephesians 1:13-14 and points out that the part of the believer not yet redeemed is the body.
The Final Redemption of the Body
Les connects Ephesians 1:14 to the future redemption of the body, saying this is exactly what is still waiting for every believer.
Soul and Spirit Redeemed in Full
Les explains that believers are saved and redeemed completely for all eternity in soul and spirit, but the body is what remains.
Sealed and Preserved Until the Body Is Redeemed
Les shows that the sealing of the Spirit is a mark of ownership and preservation, and that the body will one day be changed to be like Christ's glorious body.
Instant, All-Inclusive Salvation
Les lists everything God accomplishes at the moment of belief — forgiveness, justification, sanctification, glorification, sealing, filling — showing salvation is instantly complete for the inner man.
God's Concern for the Whole Person
Les emphasizes that God is not concerned only with the soul but with the salvation and redemption of body, soul, and spirit.
Ephesians 1:13: In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
This verse shows that the sealing with the Holy Spirit takes place at the moment of believing the gospel.
Ephesians 1:14: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
The Holy Spirit is the down payment that guarantees the future redemption of the purchased possession — the full salvation of the believer.
1 Thessalonians 5:23: And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This verse reveals the whole person — spirit, soul, and body — as the complete object of God's sanctifying work.
Yes, for the soul and spirit. The moment a person believes the gospel, God forgives, justifies, sanctifies, glorifies, seals, and fills him. But Les Feldick is careful to say the body is not yet redeemed and awaits the resurrection.
The redemption of the body is the future work of God that will change the believer's physical body and make it like Christ's glorious body. This completes the whole transaction of salvation, because a person must be body, soul, and spirit to function as a complete entity in eternity.
The Holy Spirit is the earnest, or down payment, God gives to believers. It is a guarantee that the full purchase will be completed — the body will be redeemed just as the soul and spirit have been. Until then, the Spirit holds the believer securely.
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