{"id":69348,"date":"2024-08-17T10:55:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T15:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=69348"},"modified":"2024-08-17T10:55:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T15:55:57","slug":"the-holy-spirit-indwelling-and-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-holy-spirit-indwelling-and-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Spirit: Indwelling and the Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Don Blackwell<\/p>\n<h2>The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>God is in Christians<br \/>\nChristians are in God<br \/>\n(I John 4:11-16)<\/li>\n<li>Christ is in Christians<br \/>\nChristians are in Christ<br \/>\n(Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 3:17)<\/li>\n<li>The Spirit dwells in Christians<br \/>\nChristians are in the Spirit<br \/>\n(Romans 8:11; Galatians 5:16,25)<\/li>\n<li>The mind of Christ is in Christians<br \/>\n(Philippians 2:5)<\/li>\n<li>The word of Christ dwells in Christians<br \/>\n(Colossians 3:16)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Holy Spirit and the Word<\/h2>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Instructs<\/b><br \/>\nNehemiah 9:30<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Instructs<\/b><br \/>\nII Timothy 3:12-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><b>The Holy Spirit Quickens<\/b><br \/>\nJohn 6:33<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Quickens<\/b><br \/>\nPsalms 119:50<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Teaches<\/b><br \/>\nJohn 14:26<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Teaches<\/b><br \/>\nJohn 6:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Convicts<\/b><br \/>\nJohn 16:8<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Convicts<\/b><br \/>\nTitus 1:9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Comforts<\/b><br \/>\nActs 9:31<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Comforts<\/b><br \/>\nI Thessalonians 4:18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Gives Love<\/b><br \/>\nRomans 5:5<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Gives Love<\/b><br \/>\nI John 2:5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Saves<\/b><br \/>\nI Corinthians 6:11<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Saves<\/b><br \/>\nActs 11:14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Washes<\/b><br \/>\nI Corinthians 6:11<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Washes<\/b><br \/>\nEphesians 5:26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Sanctifies<\/b><br \/>\nRomans 15:16<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Sanctifies<\/b><br \/>\nJohn 17:17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Makes Us Free<\/b><br \/>\nRomans 8:2<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Makes Us Free<\/b><br \/>\nJohn 8:32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Dwells<\/b><br \/>\nEphesians 5:18-19<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Dwells<\/b><br \/>\nColossians 3:16&gt;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Strengthens<\/b><br \/>\nEphesians 3:16<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Strengthens<\/b><br \/>\nDeuteronomy 11:8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Leads<\/b><br \/>\nRomans 8:14<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Leads<\/b><br \/>\nPsalms 119:105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>The Holy Spirit Is a Witness<\/b><br \/>\nI John 5:6-8<\/td>\n<td><b>The Word Is a Witness<\/b><br \/>\nHebrews 10:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>We Are Born of the Spirit<\/b><br \/>\nJohn 3:5<\/td>\n<td><b>We Are Born of the Word<\/b><br \/>\nI Peter 1:23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 is in Christians (Philippians 2:5)&hellip;<\/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":[201],"tags":[219,86,85,94],"class_list":["post-69348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-bible","tag-holy-spirit","tag-indwelling","tag-word"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36070,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-godhead-dwells-in-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":69348,"position":0},"title":"The Godhead Dwells in Us","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Whit Sasser God Dwells in Christians II Corinthians 6:16 Ephesians 4:6 Philippians 2:13 I John 4:12-16 Christians Dwell in God I John 4:15-16 Christ Dwells in Christians Colossians 3:11 John 6:56 John 15:4-5 John 17:23, 26 Galatians 2:20 Galatians 4:19 II Corinthians 4:10-11 II Corinthians 13:5 Ephesians 3:17 Romans\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":60823,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-holy-spirit\/","url_meta":{"origin":69348,"position":1},"title":"The Holy Spirit (Fulford)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Hugh Fulford Quite possibly more confusion exists with reference to the Holy Spirit than any other Bible subject. 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