**Adapted from a chart created by Dave Brewer Three Positions on the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit Only through the Word This position believes that it is through the Word of God that the Holy Spirit figuratively indwells the Christian. This indwelling is said to be a representative indwelling in that it denies the premise that the Holy Spirit actually indwells the body of the believer. As the word of God dwells in us the Spirit dwells in us. Where is the passage that actually teaches this position? In Conjunction with the Word This view holds that it is through the Word of God (the gospel of Christ) that one is convicted of sin and converted to Christ. However, it is the Spirit of God that is working in this process to save and transform the Christian (Titus 3:5; Ezek 37:13-14). One is saved by obeying the commands of God revealed in His Word (Heb. 5:8-9). It is from the Word of God that we learn that the Spirit indwells our bodies (Rom. 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 6:19). Without the Word of God there would be no indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the believer. Without the revelation of Scripture we would not even know the Spirit dwells in us (cf. 1 Cor. 6:19 or know ye not ). Over-Reactionary Response? Separate and Apart From the Word Some believe that the Holy Spirit dwells in every Christian in a distinctly miraculous way, separate from the influence that comes through hearing and believing the Word. This indwelling is alleged to be evidenced through manifestations of His presence through signs, gifts, and inspiration. In this way enlightenment comes through the prompting of the Spirit. This is given precedence over the revelation that comes from the Holy Scriptures. There is NO credible evidence that the Holy Spirit is working in this manner today. (Will deal with this view in a later lesson)
The Spirit Does Whatever The Holy Spirit Nehemiah 9:30 John 14:26 John 16:8 John 3:5 John 6:63 John 16:13 1 Cor. 6:11; Rom. 15:16 1 Cor. 6:11 1 Cor. 6:11 Acts 9:31 Rom. 8:16 Rom. 5:5 Eph 5:18 Rev. 22:17 Eph. 3:16 2 Cor. 3:17 Psalms 104:30 The Word Does? Operation Instructs Teaches Convicts Gives new birth Revives Guides Sanctifies Saves Washes/Comforts Witnesses Perfects love Fills Calls Builds up Makes free Rejoices the heart Creates The Word 2 Timothy 3:16-17 John 6:45 Titus 1:9 James 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:23 Psa. 119:50 2 Timothy 3:16-17 2 Thess. 2:13; John 17:17 James 1:21 Eph. 5:26 / 1 Thess. 4:18 John 5:39 1 John 2:5 Col. 3:16 2 Thess. 2:14 / Eph. 1:13 Acts 20:32 John 8:32 Psalms 119:111 Hebrews 11:3
We should not be surprised that there are verses like this that show parallels between the Spirit and the word Ex. Mechanic Illustration From Last Lesson If there is even one thing that is done by the Spirit that is not done by the word, the premise of these kinds of charts (that whatever the Holy Spirit does the word does, equating the word and the Spirit) is void!
Three Things The Spirit Does that the Word Does NOT Do The Holy Spirit Operation Ephesians 1:13 2 Corinthians 5:5 Romans 8:26-27 James 4:5 Seals. Becomes the earnest /down payment of our inheritance. Aids our prayers, makes intercession for us. The Spirit (who dwells in us) yearns jealously Passages Which Teach The Word Does These Things Today?
The Spirit Dwells In Us The Same Way As The Father And Son Do The Argument: Does scripture teach that the Father and Son dwell in us? PREMISE: Based on this fact, once we find out from scripture how the Father and Son indwell us, then we will know how the Spirit indwells us Does the Father LITERALLY dwell in you? Does the Son LITERALLY dwell in you? Then this proves that the Spirit does not literally indwell the believer
The Spirit Dwells In Us The Same Way As The Father And Son Do? Problems With This Argument: Where Is The Passage That Teaches/Proves The Premise? Argument Assumes What It Needs To Prove (That The Spirit Must Indwell Us The SAME Way As The Father And Son Do) Scripture Teaches That The Whole Godhead Dwells In Us THROUGH The Spirit 1 John 4:12-13 1 John 3:23-24 Ephesians 2:19-22
Partaking of Spirit Partaking of Word For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance (Heb 6:4-6).
The Prophets Promised the Spirit Himself to Christians The Spirit Of God Is Promised To Us As God s People: Ezekiel 36:26-27 Ezekiel 37:14 Isaiah 44:3 Why not take these passages at face value?
Jesus Promise "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16 "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. 18 "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. -John 14:15-18
Jesus Promise Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water. 39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (John 7:37-39). Fulfillment of Isaiah 32:15?
Where Does The Spirit Dwell? Romans 8:10-11 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
1 Corinthians 6:15-20 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! 16 Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, "THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH." 17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 18 Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
**Adapted from a chart created by Dave Brewer Where Does The Spirit Dwell? In this context, what activity is the apostle seeking to stop? Fornication; the body is not for fornication (v13) Whose body is under consideration? Your bodies (that of the Christian) (vs13, 15) Is this a physical or a figurative body? Physical What does verse 19 say the Holy Spirit is in? you your body What argument does Paul make to convince us that we should not commit fornication with our bodies? your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you. vs. 19 Not Be Holy SO THAT the Spirit will dwell in you more (word only view) but Be holy BECAUSE the Spirit dwells in your body
When Do We Receive the Spirit? At Conversion Acts 2:38; Acts 5:32 Titus 3:4-5 At Conversion, The Holy Spirit Indwells The Believer, Sanctifies The Believer, Washes The Believer s Sins Away By The Blood Of Christ, and Indwells the Believer