Indwelling of the Holy Spirit<\/a>.” Is your church one who believes that the Holy Spirit indwells a Christian by way of the “word only” and that there is no supernatural indwelling?<\/p>\n\tAnswer:<\/h2>\n
In “And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him<\/em>” (I John 4:16), is the abiding supernatural or natural? (Notice that there are three “abiding”s listed.)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question: I have enjoyed several of the articles listed on your website. One I have a question about is regarding your article on the “Indwelling of the Holy Spirit.” Is your church one who believes that the Holy Spirit indwells a Christian by way of the “word only” and that there is no supernatural indwelling?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[219,86],"class_list":["post-33750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-bible","tag-holy-spirit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28763,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/indwelling-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":33750,"position":0},"title":"Indwelling (Sermon)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Download Audio Text: Psalm 139 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The concept of indwelling, specifically the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, is interesting because there are so many misconceptions given that a simple answer is commonly rejected. II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Who is the Holy Spirit? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The religious world holds many ideas regarding the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":567,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/indwelling\/","url_meta":{"origin":33750,"position":1},"title":"Indwelling (Article)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 2, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I was asked if I could explain the concept of indwelling, specifically the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. It is an interesting question because what is asked is not necessarily what the questioner intended to ask. Most who ask this question have numerous misconceptions that interfere\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69348,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-holy-spirit-indwelling-and-the-word\/","url_meta":{"origin":33750,"position":2},"title":"The Holy Spirit: Indwelling and the Word","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Don Blackwell The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit God is in Christians Christians are in God (I John 4:11-16) Christ is in Christians Christians are in Christ (Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 3:17) The Spirit dwells in Christians Christians are in the Spirit (Romans 8:11; Galatians 5:16,25) The mind of Christ\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Notes"","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44017,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-does-someone-know-if-they-have-the-holy-spirit\/","url_meta":{"origin":33750,"position":3},"title":"How does someone know if they have the Holy Spirit?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I always wondered this, but how does someone know if they have the Holy Spirit or they don't? Answer: \"Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, \"I know Him,\" and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18653,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/when-does-the-gift-of-the-holy-spirit-come-after-repentance-or-baptism\/","url_meta":{"origin":33750,"position":4},"title":"When does the gift of the Holy Spirit come, after repentance or baptism?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does the gift of the Holy Spirit come to dwell within us after we repent of our sins, or does it take up home within us after the act of baptism? 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