| Every true believer in Christ as Savior is indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and “if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.” This indwelling presence of the Third Member of the Godhead marks us off as belonging to God by redemption. “After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.” So “ye are not your own … for ye are bought with a price.” Therefore, believers “should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again.” Henceforth “we also should walk in newness of life.” “Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things He hath done for you.” So, “grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption,” but rather “be filled with the Spirit,” “building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,” never forgetting that the Holy Spirit is in us to glorify Christ, for our Lord said that “when the Comforter is come … He shall testify of Me.” |
