The Holy Spirit Indwells Each Believer in Christ (TMF:843)

Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Peace to Live By: The Holy Spirit Indwells Each Believer in Christ (TMF:843) - Daniel Litton
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       The Apostle Paul would say, “Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him” (Romans 8:9, ESV). This contrasts from what we saw in the Old Testament, for back then the Holy Spirit could and would depart from believers (see 1 Samuel 16:14 & Psalm 51:11 for examples). But in Romans 8:10, Paul interchangeably uses the Spirit and Christ by saying “if Christ is in you.” And we know what Jesus told his disciples, for he said, “Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20, ESV). For each one of us who believes, the Holy Spirit is part of the salvation process. Paul told the Corinthians, “For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:13, ESV).