In our biblical worldview we are looking at the Godhead a little bit. Particularly we are looking at the Holy Spirit and what He is, who is He, and what He does? We have seen already that He is God, a person, and a member of the Trinity. We have seen His ministry to the world in general as He convicts the world in sin and righteousness and judgment. We are going to spend the next several times talking about what He does for us as believers. What is His ministry to you and me if we are Christians?
First, we are going to look at the fact that He lives in us. He indwells us. Romans 8:9 tells us that the mark of the Christian is that the Holy Spirit is in us. Therefore, if we do not have the dwelling of God within us then we are not believers. That is the ultimate mark of salvation. In 1 Corinthians 6, it explains it this way, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?” This is a marvelous verse of Scripture on several levels. The NASB version tells us that or body is a temple. The Legacy Translation says our body is a sanctuary because that is a particular speaking of the Greek word here. It is the idea of a dwelling place of God. The place where God lives. It says that we are the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit. Can you comprehend that? We are the dwelling place of God in the form of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It says, “who is in you.” He lives in us. How do we understand that? It is not a physical thing. We can’t reach in and touch Him, but He is there spiritually within our physical bodies if we are Christians and we have received that from God. You are not your own.
In 1 Corinthians 6:20 it continues, “For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.” The argument is not just about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, but what that means to us. That is that we have been purchased for God. The Holy Spirit lives in us. We belong to Him. We are not our own and therefore, our whole lives should have the purpose of glorifying God in our body. That is a wonderful take away for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. What joy! This should bring you a wonderful day in the Lord to know that God lives in you if you are a believer! . . .
