What did Jesus say about the coming of the Holy Spirit

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What did Jesus say about the coming of the Holy
Spirit?

• I will ask the Father, and He will give you
  another Helper, that He may be with you
  forever... the Spirit of truth, whom the world
  cannot receive, because it does not see Him or
  know Him, but you know Him because He abides with
  you and will be in you.
• John 1416-17

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When did the Holy Spirit come?

• Behold, I am sending forth the promise of My
  Father upon you but you are to stay in the city
  until you are clothed with power from on high...
• Luke 2449
• ...He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem,
  but to wait for what the Father had promised...
  you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
  come upon you.
• Acts 14, 8 cf. 21-4

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The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
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The Arrival of the Holy Spirit Initiated the
Church

• More than just a new religion or a new
  gathering, the Holy Spirit is responsible for
  creating the Body of Christ, the Universal
  Church.
• If it had not been for the Holy Spirit coming
  into the world, He would not have been able to
  transform us into, and seal us as a new nation in
  Christ, and live within us to be Gods divine
  pledge to the body of Christ for Eternal Life (2
  Cor. 121-22 Eph. 113)

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The Residence of the Holy Spirit

• More than just being in us He dwells in us. He
  has literally made Himself at home (1 Cor. 619)!
• All believers are indwelt with the Spirit (Rom.
  89) at the moment of salvation (Jn. 737-39
  Acts 1117 Rom. 55 Gal. 31-5 46)
• Anyone who does not have the Holy Spirit is not a
  believer (Rom. 89 1 Cor. 212-14)

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The Residence of the Holy Spirit

• The delayed indwelling of Samaritans (Acts
  814-17).
• unique to its time and context. If they had not
  been introduced to Peter and John (Jerusalem),
  then they would have went on with another brand
  of Christianity/Judaism/outside influence
• These Samaritans may have been regenerated by the
  Spirit, but probably were not indwelt/baptized/ano
  inted with the Spirit. They did not receive the
  fullness of the Spirit, only what the disciples
  had the day before Pentecost.
• The delayed indwelling of Johns disciples (Acts
  191-7)
• Paul suspected something was missing from what
  they knew. They only knew as much as John the
  Baptist knew, the ministry of preparation for the
  Messiah. They were righteous by the OT
  requirements of faith in Yahweh, but they didnt
  know that Jesus was the Messiah. The Holy Spirit
  was imparted to these newly saved believers by
  Paul and not automatically upon their belief for
  the sake of their identity to the Church.

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The Residence of the Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit lives in you by grace!
• Cannot earn, deserve, or pray for the Holy Spirit
• Can a sinner, who believes the gospel, receive
  the Holy Spirit?... or do they need to stop
  sinning, receiving the Holy Spirit by obedience
  (Acts 532)?
• What if the sinner was a homosexual? adulterer?
  thief?
• Saints indwelled with the Holy Spirit (1 Cor.
  11-10 316-17 619-20), yet ridiculously
  sinful! Sinning is not a matter of salvation
  (or indwelling) its a matter of sanctification.
• Christians who sin not yielding to the Spirit

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Indwelling of the Holy Spirit Permanent?

• Does the Holy Spirit permanently dwell in you, or
  can He leave you if you fall into sin?
• Why shouldnt you believe that the Holy Spirit
  can leave you now, if the Bible shows that He has
  left people before?
• No New Testament (post-Pentecost) passage affirms
  that the Holy Spirit ever left a believer.
• Forever
• The security of the believers salvation and the
  indwelling of the Holy Spirit are integral parts
  of each other.

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Summary of the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit FORMED the Church
• The Holy Spirit DWELLS in believers
• at the moment of salvation
• forever
• The Holy Spirit CANNOT be received apart from
  salvation
• The Holy Spirit CANNOT be prevented from
  indwelling a sinning believers life
• Our Eternal Life in Christ is SECURE because of
  the Holy Spirit