The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in 1 John 3:24b,
“This is how we know that he [God] lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.”
There is an experiential validation of our new life in Jesus Christ. This validation comes in the person of the Holy Spirit. In the wisdom and love of God, he has chosen to dwell within us as his children through the Holy Spirit. Throughout this letter, John points to the changes the Holy Spirit brings in the lives of believers so that his readers can tell who false teachers are (who are missing these changes) and take encouragement in recognizing these very same validating changes within themselves.
Where God dwells in a sinful and fallen world, change takes place! The Holy Spirit starts a wonderful transformation in our lives that bring a richness and fullness in life as we begin the process of being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ, Romans 8:29. From the well-known passage in Galatians 5:22-23 we know these changes include: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
The Holy Spirit enables us to live our lives in ways that are pleasing to our God. We are now enabled to “clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:12-14. God’s people are the most pleasurable and wonderful people to spend time with!
There are so many wonderful things that come into our lives as believers because the Holy Spirit dwells within us. He acts as a seal upon each of our lives guaranteeing our inheritance in eternal life, Ephesians 1:13-14. He gifts us with talents and abilities to serve one another and motivates us to do so, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. The Holy Spirit illuminates our minds by revealing to us the truths contained in the Scriptures and the things of God, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16. He is our counselor, our teacher, he guides us into all truth, he brings us peace and confidence and he reveals the things of Jesus Christ to us in such a way that we find ourselves in glorious awe and admiration of him. John 14:25-27 and John 16:12-15.
How wonderful it is that we have the Holy Spirit dwelling within us!
There is an experiential validation of our new life in Jesus Christ. This validation comes in the person of the Holy Spirit. In the wisdom and love of God, he has chosen to dwell within us as his children through the Holy Spirit. Throughout this letter, John points to the changes the Holy Spirit brings in the lives of believers so that his readers can tell who false teachers are (who are missing these changes) and take encouragement in recognizing these very same validating changes within themselves.
Where God dwells in a sinful and fallen world, change takes place! The Holy Spirit starts a wonderful transformation in our lives that bring a richness and fullness in life as we begin the process of being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ, Romans 8:29. From the well-known passage in Galatians 5:22-23 we know these changes include: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
The Holy Spirit enables us to live our lives in ways that are pleasing to our God. We are now enabled to “clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:12-14. God’s people are the most pleasurable and wonderful people to spend time with!
There are so many wonderful things that come into our lives as believers because the Holy Spirit dwells within us. He acts as a seal upon each of our lives guaranteeing our inheritance in eternal life, Ephesians 1:13-14. He gifts us with talents and abilities to serve one another and motivates us to do so, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. The Holy Spirit illuminates our minds by revealing to us the truths contained in the Scriptures and the things of God, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16. He is our counselor, our teacher, he guides us into all truth, he brings us peace and confidence and he reveals the things of Jesus Christ to us in such a way that we find ourselves in glorious awe and admiration of him. John 14:25-27 and John 16:12-15.
How wonderful it is that we have the Holy Spirit dwelling within us!
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