Holy Spirit and assurance

The Holy Spirit makes an individual a member of Christ

Romans 8:9 ESV

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

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The Holy Spirit assures believers that they have been born anew

The true sign of belonging to God is not any outward mark on the body, but the regenerating power of the Spirit within.

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The Holy Spirit assures believers that they are God’s children

Romans 8:14–16 ESV

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

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The Holy Spirit assures believers that God loves them

Romans 5:5 ESV

and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

The Holy Spirit assures believers that Jesus Christ lives in them and they in him

1 John 4:13 ESV

By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

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The Holy Spirit assures believers that God’s power is within them

Galatians 3:5 ESV

Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith—

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The fruit of the Spirit is evidence of the believer’s standing in Christ

Spiritual gifts alone are not a sufficient basis for assurance.

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The Holy Spirit assures believers of the significance of Jesus Christ

1 Corinthians 2:10–12 ESV

these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

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The Holy Spirit is the first instalment of the believer’s inheritance in the kingdom of God

2 Corinthians 1:21–22 ESV

And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

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The Holy Spirit assures believers of their final victory in Christ

2 Corinthians 5:5 ESV

He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

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