THE SECOND RELATIONSHIP
The second Greek word, en, in, is a primary preposition indicating (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and describes the relationship of the Holy Spirit with men, where He comes in and takes up residence in the heart of the believer, as Jesus said, “…and will be in you.” The Holy Spirit is in every one who believes in Jesus Christ, without exception. Jesus said, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” (John 14:23). Jesus was declaring to us that God the Holy Spirit would come and make His home in us. Some have trouble with this concept. They doubt whether God really dwells in our hearts. However, Jesus said that it is the case in the life of every believer, so we do best not to argue with Him.
It is our conviction that at this point the Apostles to whom Jesus were speaking to in John 14 were not yet born again. We believe that they were born again when Jesus spoke to them in John 20:22, “And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’” The Holy Spirit was with (para) them, and upon being born again He is now dwelling in (en) them.
2 comments:
some teach (my chruch included) that you do not receive the Holy Spirit til you speak in tongues. but what i read here that youm are saying and I wholeheartly agree is that we receive the holy spirit the moment we accept Jesus into our hearts. I wonder where my church finds that in the bible. that you do not have the HOly spirit til you speak in tongues
Mary: That is because it is not in the Bible. I will address it in the next few posts. Glad you are enjoying it. God bless your day and your nephew!
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