“D.” As believers, the Holy Spirit dwells in us. Having believed, we are sealed until (for) the day of redemption, and He is the earnest of our inheritance (Eph. 1:13, 14). He will eventually quicken our mortal bodies, as we find in Romans 8. Is there any thought in Scripture as to his dwelling in us forever?
A. There are no specific Scriptures that I know which state that the Holy Spirit will abide in us forever. But His action in spiritual power is essential to our power in life. The Spirit is life, and it surely is not to be taken away as power of enjoyment in heaven. “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free” (Rom. 8:2). We are to be fully conformed to the image of God’s Son; and we find Him a Man risen from the dead, giving commands through the Holy Spirit after His resurrection (Acts 1:2). We shall have the Holy Spirit thus after our resurrection, and His divine energy will be wholly free to guide and direct in the service committed to us by our God, and in unhindered power of joy and worship. This is now checked, because of His now giving power to restrain and mortify the flesh in us,
Words of Truth 4:103, 104.