Text: JOHN 3:3-8, 7:37-42, Rom 8:9
Memory Verse: John 4:14 ‘But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life’. (KJV)
INTRODUCTION
At salvation a believer automatically have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that that we are children of God.(Rom 8:16) Our spirit is made alive by the Holy Spirit through the word of God, then the Holy Spirit dwells in our spirit and we become the temple of the Holy Spirit(1 Cor 3:16, 6:19-20). Jesus described the indwelling of the Spirit as a’ well of water springing up into everlasting life (John 4:14). This well will become rivers at the baptism of the Holy Spirit. (John 7:37-39)
IMPORTANCE OF INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
- Brings life change (Born again) -John 3:3-8,Act 2:36-41
- Declaration of our ‘sonship’- Rom 8:14-16, Joh 1:12
- Put a seal of Ownership- 1 Cor 1:22, Eph 1:13, 4:30
- Gives power to witness- Mat 28-19,Mk 16:15-16,Luk 24:45-48,Act 1:8
CONCLUSION
Indwelling of the Spirit connotes the process whereby God’s life is imparted into a believer’s spirit (2 Pet 1:4, Joh 5:11). This transition from an old life of sin to new life of obedient to Jesus Christ brings the relationship that God desires from us during our probationary on earth.
