The Holy Spirit

Part 4

The Indwelling

The Spirit is a Person …..

• He has the mind of a person– Will, knowledge, choice

• He has the actions of a person– Speaks, teaches, leads, forbids, etc.

• He has the treatment of a person– Received, resisted, and grieved, etc.

• He is a person with Divine Nature, “GOD”– Eternal, w/all knowledge, power, presence, etc.

• He had/has a 7 fold work– Teaching, reminding, convicting, advocate, edifying,

Confirming, interceding

Romans 8:9

However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But, if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him.

• Was the Lord in the bush?– Exodus 3:4-5…..v.2

Exodus 3:4-5; When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush….

Exodus 3:2;

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of

a bush…

• Was the Lord in the bush?– Exodus 3:4-5…..v.2

• Was the Lord in the cloud?– Exodus 13:21….14:19

Exodus 13:21; And the Lord was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light…

Exodus 14:19;

And the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

• Was the Lord in the bush?– Exodus 3:4-5…..v.2

• Was the Lord in the cloud?– Exodus 13:21….14:19

• Was the Lord with Moses?– Exodus 3:12…Acts 7:35

Exodus 3:12And He said, “Certainly I will be with

you and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who sent you….

Acts 7:35This Moses whom they disowned…is

the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

Deity presents self in a representative

manner.

• Was the Lord in the bush?– Exodus 3:4-5…..v.2

• Was the Lord in the cloud?– Exodus 13:21….14:19

• Was the Lord with Moses?– Exodus 3:12…Acts 7:35

Representation is Common

Metonymy (pronounced /mɨˈtɒnɨmi/) is a 

figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something

intimately associated with that thing or

concept.

Representation is Common

 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the

Prophets; let them hear them.’

(Luke 16:29 ESV)

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus

the Lord, so walk in him,

(Colossians 2:6 ESV)

Representation is Common

This figure of speech (i.e., shepherd, v.2) Jesus used with them, but they

did not understand what he was saying to them. [7] So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to

you, I am the door of the sheep. (John 10:6-7 ESV)

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. (John 15:1 ESV)

Representation is Common

Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it

and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” [27] And

he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them,

saying, “Drink of it, all of you, [28] for this is my blood of the covenant,

which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

(Matthew 26:26-28 ESV)

Representation is Common with The Spirit also

•  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (John 3:5 ESV)

• Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, [26] that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, (Ephesians 5:25-26 ESV)

• he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, (Titus 3:5 ESV)

Representation is Common with The Spirit also

Is Acts 5:32 a true statement? • And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the

Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.” (Acts 5:32 ESV)

Then Acts 8:15-17 is metonymy, I.e. figurative•  …Peter and John, [15] who came down and

prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, [16] for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. (Acts 8:14-16 ESV)

FACT: Most descriptions of the Spirit’s work are figurative.

• Acts 10:44- He fell

• Acts 10:45- He was poured

• Acts 11:15-17- a gift given

All of these refer to the same occasion!

FACT: Most descriptions of the Spirit’s work are figurative.

• Acts 1:5- baptized in…

• Acts 1:8- would come upon…

• Acts 2:4- filled with…

All of these refer to the same occasion!

FACT: Most descriptions of the Spirit’s work are figurative.

• 1Corinthians 12:13 - drink of…

• Romans 8:9 - indwells…

• Gal. 5:16, 18 - Walk by, led by

All of these refer to the same occasion!

HOW does the Spirit Indwell?

The Spirit dwells in YOU!

Romans 8:9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the

Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ

does not belong to him. (Romans 8:9 ESV)

2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the

earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we

have a building from God….

2 Peter 1:13For I consider it right, as

long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir

you up by way of reminder, knowing that the laying aside of my

earthly dwelling is imminent…

HOW does the Spirit Indwell?

The Spirit dwells in YOU!Romans 8:9

YOU dwell in your body!2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Pet. 1:13-14

The indwelling is not literal,

He is in the inner man Ephesians 3:14-16; 2 Cor. 4:16

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, [15] from whom every family in

heaven and on earth is named, [16] that according to the riches of his glory he may

grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith… (Ephesians 3:14-17 ESV)

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is

being renewed day by day.

(2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV)

Note How Jesus Uses the Term… John 17:21

Christ indwells the Father __ __

Father indwells Christ __ __

Believers indwells both __ __

Literally

Figuratively

 …that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us,

so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (John 17:21 ESV)

To “dwell in” implies relationship

The Spirit was represented…• In the apostles by ALL the gifts• In early Christians by partial gifts• In us today by the word and the fruit

of the Spirit

…strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts

through faith… (Ephesians 3:16-17 ESV)

Shall We Claim a Personal, Literal, Actual Indwelling?

Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always

being ready to make a defense to

everyone who asks you to give an

account for the hope that is in you…

1 Peter 3:15

Shall We Claim a Personal, Literal, Actual Indwelling?

1 Peter 3:15

Need to explain HOW and WHY.

• Does He reveal something the word doesn’t?

• Answer questions the word doesn’t?

• Give guidance the word doesn’t?

Is the Spirit Working In Us Apart from the Word?

If so…..

Miracles?Signs?Visions?Voices?Demons?Burdens?Slayings?Laughter?

Is the Spirit Working In Us Apart from the Word?

If so…..

Feelings?Beliefs?Opinions?Convictions w/out scripture?Permissiveness?Personal desire?Agendas?

Is the Spirit Working In Us Apart from the Word?

If so…..

The world is in need of accurate Biblical truth.

Will you seek the Spirit,

receive the Spirit,

be led by the Spirit,

walk in the Spirit, etc ?

 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

(Acts 20:32 ESV)