Indwelling of Holy Spirit

The indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the OT

Genesis 41:38 ESV

And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?”

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Exodus 35:31 ESV

and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship,

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Numbers 27:18 ESV

So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

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1 Samuel 10:6–7 ESV

Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. Now when these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, for God is with you.

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Isaiah 59:21 ESV

“And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”

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Haggai 2:5 ESV

according to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains in your midst. Fear not.

The Holy Spirit indwells Jesus Christ

Isaiah 11:2 ESV

And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.

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The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is promised to believers

John 14:17 ESV

even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

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Ezekiel 36:27 ESV

And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

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Ezekiel 37:14 ESV

And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”

The Holy Spirit indwells believers

2 Timothy 1:14 ESV

By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.

Believers are described as the temple of the Holy Spirit:

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Results of the Holy Spirit’s indwelling in believers

The Holy Spirit guarantees life

Romans 8:11 ESV

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

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The Holy Spirit assures believers that they belong to God

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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Wisdom and insight are received

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Strength is received

Ephesians 3:16 ESV

that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

Preaching and public testimony is aided

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The moral law is obeyed

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The fruit of the Spirit is displayed

Galatians 5:22–23 ESV

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

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Those without the Holy Spirit’s indwelling are not Christlike

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