{"id":7098,"date":"2006-08-20T21:08:40","date_gmt":"2006-08-21T02:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=7098"},"modified":"2024-11-16T10:30:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T16:30:16","slug":"what-is-the-role-of-the-holy-spirit-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-role-of-the-holy-spirit-today\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the role of the Holy Spirit today?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the role of the Holy Spirit today?<\/li>\n<li>What does it really mean by &#8220;indwell&#8217; vs &#8220;live in us&#8221; vs &#8220;body is the temple of God&#8221;? Do they mean the same thing?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a complete list of gifts that we can get from the Holy Spirit today?<\/li>\n<li>Upon water baptism, what does the new Christian get from the Holy Spirit? Is it just salvation? Does the Holy Spirit &#8220;indwell&#8221; at that moment henceforth?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Most of your questions have been addressed in other answers, articles, or sermons on this site. Rather than repeat them here, let me direct you to several. If you have a more specific question after reading them, please let me know.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/indwelling\/\">Indwelling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-are-the-gifts-of-the-holy-spirit\/\">What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-gift-of-the-holy-spirit-2\/\">The Gift of the Holy Spirit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-do-you-live\/\">Where Do You Live?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-holy-spirits-work\/\">The Holy Spirit&#8217;s Work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-work-of-the-holy-spirit\/\">The Work of the Holy Spirit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What is the role of the Holy Spirit today? What does it really mean by &#8220;indwell&#8217; vs &#8220;live in us&#8221; vs &#8220;body is the temple of God&#8221;? Do they mean the same thing? Is there a complete list of gifts that we can get from the Holy Spirit today? Upon water baptism, what does&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,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-7098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-holy-spirit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1417,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-the-spirit-physically-indwell-a-person\/","url_meta":{"origin":7098,"position":0},"title":"Does the Spirit physically indwell a person?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 4, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: If the Holy Spirit never physically indwelled anyone in the Scripture; how is one to explain the concept of \"the Spirit came upon them?\" Answer: I don't believe I ever said that the Holy Spirit never physically came upon anyone, though the Spirit is, well, spiritual and not physical.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29541,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-gift-of-the-holy-spirit-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":7098,"position":1},"title":"The Gift of the Holy Spirit (Bassford)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Matthew W. 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