God, the Holy Spirit, is here upon earth, not merely in each believer as an individual, but corporately, in the Church of God. The individual believer is indwelt by the Spirit of God—anointed, sealed (Rom. 8:9, etc.; 1 Cor. 6:19; 1 Cor. 12:13; 2 Cor. 1:21, 22; Eph. 1:13, 14, etc.), baptized by the Holy Spirit into one body, with all other believers. The baptism of the Holy Spirit does not leave him an isolated person. Its action connects him with all other believers, as a body, and with Christ the Head of His body (1 Cor. 12:12, 13). The promise of the Lord as to the Comforter was that He should not only be with them, but in them. The Lord was with them-the Holy Spirit, in His absence, would be both with them and in them, consequently the Holy Spirit at Pentecost not only "filled all the house," but He "sat upon each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit," etc. Acts 2:2-4 JND. He not only filled each one, in Acts 4:31, at the gathering for prayer, but manifested His presence collectively in their midst, by shaking the place where they were assembled.
F. G. Patterson