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Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
What is the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit?
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When one accepts Christ as personal Savior, the Holy Spirit gives him the life of God - eternal life - which is really His very nature. and the Holy Spirit, third Person of the Trinity, comes to live within him spiritually. This is the new birth Jesus spoke of.
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The indwelling Spirit helps the believer understand and apply the Scripture to his daily life. The indwelling Spirit seals the believer unto the day of redemption so that the believer’s arrival in the Lord’s presence is guaranteed after this life.
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In the Old Testament, the Spirit would come
and go from the saints, empowering them for service but not necessarily
remaining with them (see
Judges 15:14; 1 Chronicles 12:18; Psalm 51:11; Ezekiel 11:5).
Jesus revealed to
His disciples the new role the Spirit of Truth would play in their lives: “He lives with you and will be in you” (John 14:17).
The apostle Paul
wrote, “Do you not know that your body is
a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you
are not your own? For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in
your body” (1
Corinthians 6:19–20).
These verses are telling us that the
believer in Jesus Christ has the third Person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit,
living in him.
When an individual accepts Christ as
personal Savior, the Holy Spirit gives the believer the life of God, eternal
life, which is really His very nature (Titus 3:5; 2 Peter 1:4).
And the Holy Spirit comes to live within
him spiritually.
The word “temple” is used to
describe the Holy of Holies, the inner sanctum in the Old Testament tabernacle
structure.
There, God’s presence would appear in a
cloud and meet the high priest, who came once a year into the Holy of Holies.
On the Day of Atonement, the high priest
brought the blood of a slain animal and sprinkled it on the mercy seat of the
Ark of the Covenant.
On this special day, God granted
forgiveness to the priest and His people.
Today, there is no Jewish temple in
Jerusalem, and the animal sacrifices have ceased.
The believer in Christ has become the inner
sanctum of God the Holy Spirit, as the believer has been sanctified and
forgiven by the blood of Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:7).
In fact, Scripture also says that the
believer is indwelt spiritually
o by Christ (Colossians 1:27) and
o by
God the Father (1
John 4:15)
— the Trinity is
involved.
As the Holy Spirit lives in the believer,
He brings about some life-changing results:
1) The indwelling
Spirit comes to a soul dead in sin and creates new life (Titus 3:5). This is the new
birth Jesus spoke of in John 3:1–8.
2) The indwelling
Spirit confirms to the believer that he belongs to the Lord and is an heir of
God and fellow-heir with Christ (Romans 8:15–17).
3) The indwelling
Spirit installs the new believer as a member of Christ’s universal church. This
is the baptism of the Spirit, according to 1 Corinthians 12:13.
4) The indwelling
Spirit gives spiritual gifts (God-given abilities for service) to the believer
to edify the church and serve the Lord effectively for His glory (1 Corinthians
12:11).
6) The indwelling
Spirit enriches the believer’s prayer life and intercedes for him in prayer (Romans 8:26–27).
7) The indwelling
Holy Spirit empowers the yielded believer to live for Christ to do His will (Galatians 5:16). The Spirit leads
the believer in paths of righteousness (Romans 8:14).
8) The indwelling
Spirit gives evidence of new life by producing the fruit of the Spirit in the
believer’s life (Galatians
5:22–23).
9) The indwelling
Spirit is grieved when the believer sins (Ephesians 4:30), and He convicts
the believer to confess his sin to the Lord so that fellowship is restored (1 John 1:9).
10) The indwelling
Spirit seals the believer unto the day of redemption so that the believer’s
arrival in the Lord’s presence is guaranteed after this life (Ephesians 1:13–14).
When you accept Christ as your Savior (Romans 10:9–13), the Holy Spirit takes up residence in your heart, bringing with Him an entirely new life of love, relationship, and service to the Lord.
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