k0de
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Huh? Where ever I go He is there.
Where is the Holy Spirit?
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Huh? Where ever I go He is there.
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the action by which God takes up permanent residence in the body of a believer in Jesus Christ. 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 fact that the believer’s body is likened to a temple where the Holy Spirit lives helps us understand what the indwelling of the Holy Spirit is all about. 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). The believer in Christ becomes the habitation of the Holy Spirit of God. In fact, Scripture also says that the believer is indwelt spiritually by Christ (Colossians 1:27) and 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).
5) The indwelling Spirit helps the believer understand and apply the Scripture to his daily life (1 Corinthians 2:12).
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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God's Truth
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Are you kidding? Get back to your lies about me and deal with that first.
k0de
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Mark 12:34 (ESV): “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”
But wasn't it easier to say:
Mark 12:31 (ESV): The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
What about none believers. Can the Holy Spirit use them for His glory?
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You said some lying stuff about me and then took off real fast.
k0de
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Only you and the Holy Spirit would know the truth. So why are you so worried about things that I or what any else says? I'm sorry if I offended you.
Back to the Holy Spirit.....
I may appear patient, gentle, and kind when alone in my apartment, but what about when I am with the church?
How about you?
God's Truth
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What does that mean?
Who is worried, and what makes you think you can just say false things about another?
You aren't sorry about anything.
You started another thread and asked where everyone was, but you want to attack me for asking you where you went.
You said false things about me and then try to ridicule me for defending myself and calling you up on it.
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heir
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The Spirit of God dwells in the believer of 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV.
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
heir
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The Spirit of God is not dwelling in the person who has not trusted the Lord believing 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 KJV. All of those outside the body walk according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2 KJV).
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k0de
Where are you? Why don't you do more than insult and run?
Look at K0de, speaking of things he is guilty of doing.
Where are you? Why don't you do more than insult and run?
Look at K0de, speaking of things he is guilty of doing.
God's Truth
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Right, we have to obey to get in the body.
k0de
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Matthew 14:30 (ESV): “Lord, save me.”
Now what? Do I burn in hell or I'm filled by the Holy Spirit?
God's Truth
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Matthew 14:30 (ESV): “Lord, save me.”
Now what? Do I burn in hell or I'm filled by the Holy Spirit?
Peter is the one who said Lord save me.
In case you didn't know, Peter was an obedient believer in the Lord.
We have to believe and obey Jesus to receive the Holy Spirit.
k0de
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What makes YOU think that you are the only Christian that believes?
And are you saying that the Holy Spirit has solely fallen upon YOU?
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What makes you feel like that?
oatmeal
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The Holy Spirit as the Giver, God, is apparently everywhere.
That gift which the Giver gives of Himself,
I John 4:13
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
God, who is the Holy Spirit, gave of His spirit to us, thus we are sons of God by seed, incorruptible seed.
I Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
This seed, called by various names, ie, gift of eternal life/salvation/righteousness/holy spirit is received at the moment an individual meets the two requirements that God states in
Romans 10:9
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Anyone and everyone who meets those two requirements receives the gift of eternal life/salvation
And as a bonus, they can know if they have received it, for God does not want us to be ignorant of spiritual matters.
I John 5:13
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
I Corinthians 12:1
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
k0de
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Do you understand that we live in a world that is under a divine rescue? A divine rescue, based on unconditional love for all mankind.
What separates you from the rest of us?
God's Truth
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There is no such thing as unconditional love from God.when it comes to being an heir whom He makes His home with and gives eternal life.
genuineoriginal
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In the first century, the Holy Spirit was passed from believers to new converts through the laying on of hands.
| Acts 19:1-6 1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. |
Since this practice stopped, it is questionable whether any modern Christians have received the Holy Spirit or whether modern Christians are like the disciples in Ephesus who are believers but never received the Holy Spirit.