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THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLS BELIEVERS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
1 John 4:12-15
John 16:7-15
 
“… if I go not away, the Comforter
will not come unto you; but if I depart,
I will send him unto you.”
 
THE HOLY SPIRIT INDWELLS BELIEVERS
 
When there is love for one another, God dwells in us. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity and is fully God. Jesus had promised His disciples before His ascension that He would not leave them comfortless but would send the Holy Spirit to be with them. The day of Pentecost is the watershed of the coming of the Holy Spirit. He remains in the church since then. He is a guide to believers and the love of God is perfected in His presence.
 
The Apostle John spoke of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit thus in 1 John 4:13: “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.” The gifts of God are gifts of grace. There is nothing that we can give to God in exchange for these gifts. The gift of the Holy Spirit is by grace, the same as all other gifts of grace. Every believer has a testimony of salvation, but cannot explain exactly what made him believe. Some had prohibiting backgrounds, but they were still brought to the Lord when the time came. Man’s activities cannot challenge the sovereign will of God. This is brought up here because there is much talk about the Holy Spirit among the Charismatics. Some have gone to the extent of dispensing the power of the Holy Spirit to others.
 
Believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit from the time of their call to salvation. He enables them to persevere and constantly causes them to be filled with His power in attending to the duties of their callings. Salvation begins with knowing Jesus Christ as Saviour. The Holy Spirit implants that faith in their hearts. This leads to the confession of sins and the whole process of salvation takes effect. The Lord uses different ways to convict the hearts of sinners to come to Christ, but the Holy Spirit is the chief agent.
 
THOUGHT: The Comforter, the Holy Spirit, from heaven has come.
PRAYER: Let me always submit to Thy sovereign will, O Lord.

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