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Indwellingof the

SPIRIT(PART 2)

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IN THE LAST LESSON

• THE NATURE OF THE INDWELLING OF THE SPIRIT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD WITH• THE INDWELLING OF THE FATHER• THE INDWELLING OF THE SON• THE INDWELLING OF THE TRUTH

• INDWELLING OF THE SPIRIT SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS SOME MYSTERIOUS FORCE THAT OVERCOMES ONE

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IN THIS LESSON

• DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE HOLY SPIRIT’S “PERSON” AND “PRESENCE”

• SHOW THE INDWELLING IS NOT LITERAL

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PERSON VS PRESENCE

• THE SPIRIT IS NOT:• A MYSTICAL, INDEFINITE, INDEFINABLE

FOG THAT MOVES THROUGH THE EARTH• AN IRRESISTIBLE FORCE (ACTS 7:51; NOT

CONTRADICTORY OF 6:10)• THE MIND OR DISPOSITION OF THE

FATHER• A MERE INFLUENCE

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PERSON VS PRESENCE

• THE SPIRIT IS A PERSON AS SEEN BY HIS:• OWN WILL

“But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills” (1 COR. 12:11)

• GRIEVING“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption” (EPH. 4:30)

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PERSON VS PRESENCE

• THE SPIRIT IS A PERSON AS SEEN BY HIS:• ABILITY TO HEAR, SPEAK, GUIDE

“However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come” (JN. 16:13)

• ABILITY TO TESTIFY“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me” (JN. 15:26)

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(see also Heb. 4:14)

(Rev. 3:1; 4:5; etc.)

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PERSON

• SPIRIT AS A PERSON• PERSON NECESSITATES LOCALITY –

HEAVEN• LOCALITY NECESSITATES

SEPARATION/DISTINCTION• DISTINCT FROM FATHER, SON,

CREATION

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PRESENT BUT SEPARATE

• JESUS IS IN THE MIDST OF WHERE TWO OR THREE GATHER TOGETHER IN HIS NAME (Mat. 18:20)• YET HIS PERSON REMAINS IN HEAVEN

(Heb. 8:1)• HIS PERSON WILL RETURN ONCE MORE

“So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation” (Heb. 9:28; cf. 1 Cor. 11:26)

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LITERAL INDWELLING?• SATAN’S INDWELLING?

• “But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?’” (ACTS 5:3)• “A man’s heart or mind is full of a thing when he is

intent on it…” (Albert Barnes)

• IF THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTLY AND LITERALLY ENTERS MAN, THEN WHY NOT SATAN’S PERSON TOO?

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TruthOr

Error

SATAN

the Father of Lies

(Jn. 8:44)

Ananias

“…Why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of

the price of the land for yourself?” (ACTS 5:3)

CHOICENot

Direct Indwelli

ng!

TruthOr

Error

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“And supper being

ended, the devil having

already put it into the

heart of Judas Iscariot,

Simon’s son, to betray

Him” (Jn. 13:2)

Judas

“Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot,

who was numbered among the twelve” (Lk. 22:3)

CHOICE

“What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” (Matt. 26:15)

Not Direct

Indwelling!

Who Are You Influenced By:

• “We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one” (1 Jn. 5:19)

• “in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others” (Eph. 2:2, 3) 13

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LITERAL INDWELLING?• SATAN’S INDWELLING?

• “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells” (REV. 2:13)

• DID PERGAMOS HAVE A LITERAL PHYSICAL THRONE FOR SATAN?• OR WAS IT A PLACE THAT WAS SO FILLED AND

INFLUENCED WITH EVIL THAT IT WAS SAID TO BE SATAN’S THRONE?

• A SPIRITUAL BEING ON A PHYSICAL THRONE?

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ROMANS 7:17-20 – INDWELLING OF SIN

17 But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

19 For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.

20 Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

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ROMANS 7:17-20

• SIN DWELLS IN US WHEN WE ARE INFLUENCED BY LAWLESSNESS

• TRUTH DWELLS IN US WHEN WE ARE INFLUENCED BY THE WORD OF GOD

“So the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why

has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be

accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you

should rule over it” (GEN. 4:6, 7)

“because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever” (2 JN. 2)

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JAS 1:13-15

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be

tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.

Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown,

brings forth death.WHAT DO YOU

DESIRE?

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WHAT WOULD THE HOLY SPIRIT DO WITHIN US TODAY THAT IS NOT

DONE THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE WORD?

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THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD

• GIVE FAITH?• A NEW BIRTH

• ROMANS 10:17• 1 PETER 1:23

having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever

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THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD

• GIVE FAITH?• A NEW BIRTH• GIVE LIGHT

• ROMANS 10:17• 1 PETER 1:23• PSALM 119:130

The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.

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THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD

• GIVE FAITH?• A NEW BIRTH• GIVE LIGHT• GIVE WISDOM

• ROMANS 10:17• 1 PETER 1:23• PSALM 119:130• PSALM 19:7

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the

simple;

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THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD

• GIVE FAITH?• A NEW BIRTH• GIVE LIGHT• GIVE WISDOM• CONVERT

• ROMANS 10:17• 1 PETER 1:23• PSALM 119:130• PSALM 19:7• PSALM 19:7

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of

the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

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THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD

• GIVE FAITH?• A NEW BIRTH• GIVE LIGHT• GIVE WISDOM• CONVERT• OPEN OUR EYES

• ROMANS 10:17• 1 PETER 1:23• PSALM 119:130• PSALM 19:7• PSALM 19:7• PSALM 19:8

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is

pure, enlightening the eyes

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THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD

• GIVE FAITH?• A NEW BIRTH• GIVE LIGHT• GIVE WISDOM• CONVERT• OPEN OUR EYES• SANCTIFY US

• ROMANS 10:17• 1 PETER 1:23• PSALM 119:130• PSALM 19:7• PSALM 19:7• PSALM 19:8• JOHN 17:17

Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

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THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD

• GIVE FAITH?• A NEW BIRTH• GIVE LIGHT• GIVE WISDOM• CONVERT• OPEN OUR EYES• SANCTIFY US• SAVE US

• ROMANS 10:17• 1 PETER 1:23• PSALM 119:130• PSALM 19:7• PSALM 19:7• PSALM 19:8• JOHN 17:17• JAMES 1:21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of

wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD

• GIVE FAITH?• A NEW BIRTH• GIVE LIGHT• GIVE WISDOM• CONVERT• OPEN OUR EYES• SANCTIFY US• SAVE US• BUILD US UP

• ROMANS 10:17• 1 PETER 1:23• PSALM 119:130• PSALM 19:7• PSALM 19:7• PSALM 19:8• JOHN 17:17• JAMES 1:21• ACTS 20:32

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The Close Connection of the Spirit to the Word

THE REASON FOR:WORD IS NOT THE SPIRIT, BUT. . .

• THE SPIRIT REVEALED THE WRITTEN WORD

• THE WRITTEN WORD IS THE SPIRIT’S WORD

• RECEIVING THE SPIRIT’S WORD IS THE WAY WE ABIDE IN GOD“Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us” (1 Jn. 3:24)

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WHAT ABIDES IN YOU?

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