The Indwelling of God
God indwells every believer for fellowship and relationship.
If you are indeed a believer in the finished work of Christ on the cross, you are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. But do we truly realize what that means? Do we understand the significance of the indwelling of God?
No one else in the world can read your mind except the Lord. That makes our relationship with Him special. But, this is only half the story because God has given us “the mind of Christ” so we can read His mind (2 Corinthians 2:16). Now our relationship is complete.
The Holy Spirit uses the Bible doctrine we have studied and learned to “speak” to us, to guide us, to light our path, to give us hope, and to sustain us in the difficult times of life. He cannot accomplish this if we have little to no doctrine stored in our souls.
The importance of studying and learning the Word—the literal mind of Christ—cannot be overstated.
We, as believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, live with God’s divine empowerment and we are sealed by the Holy Spirit forever. A mind is a terrible thing to waste, and we have the mind of Christ. Do you waste it?
Study and learn God’s Word. Don’t waste it. Learn it, store it in your soul, and use it daily.
It is a shame that blinded men (humanity) gathers in Jerusalem at the Wailing Wall and places where Jesus walked, when Christ offers to dwell believer. In worship, we attend a church building on Sunday, or Saturday, or whenever, but church (worship) is with us—in us. The true location of worship is within the real God-designed, Christ-provided temple, which is inside our earthen vessels. Worship is internal, not external.
Our human body is the house of worship. Inanimate structures have no feeling, no heart, and no life. Therefore, God created and designed man to fellowship with Him in true soul-worship.
Now, by indwelling our being, He has taken up residency in every believer. God’s indwelling is permanent since Christ died and rose again. God could not indwell us until Christ removed the barrier between God and man through His victory at the cross.
Man has external perceptions of God manifested by structures and human religion. God has remained external in His relationship with unbelieving man, which has been the case since the Fall.
Open the door to your heart and God will come in and make his temple within you (Revelation 3:20; Acts 16:31; 1 Corinthians 6:19,20).
What a wonderful thing.