Holy Spirit and assurance

The Holy Spirit makes an individual a member of Christ

Romans 8:9 NIV

You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.

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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 NIV

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

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The Holy Spirit assures believers that God loves them

Romans 5:5 NIV

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out 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 NIV

This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: 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 NIV

So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?

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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 NIV

these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

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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 NIV

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

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The Holy Spirit assures believers of their final victory in Christ

2 Corinthians 5:5 NIV

Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

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