If you ask most Christians, 'which Person of the Trinity indwells believers?' Most Christians would answer the Holy Spirit. But would it surprise you to know that all three persons of the Trinity are actually inside a believer once they become born again? Let me back up this bold statement with some Bible verses:
Romans 8:11 starts out by saying: "If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you…" And here is what the Study Guide Commentary Series (R.J.D. Utley - Volume 5: The Gospel According to Paul: Romans) says about this verse: "the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you"
Which Person of the Trinity indwells believers? Most Christians would answer the Spirit. This is certainly true, but in reality, all three Persons of the Trinity indwell believers.
Here are the Bible verses cited by the Commentary:
1. God the Holy Spirit:
John 14:16–17 (ESV) - And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
Rom. 8:11 (ESV) – If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.;
1 Corinthians 3:16 (ESV) - Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 6:19 (ESV) - Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
2 Timothy 1:14 (ESV) - By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
2. God the Son:
Matthew 28:20 (ESV) - teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
John 14:20 (ESV) - In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
John 14:23 (ESV) - 23 Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
John 15:4-5 (ESV) - 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Romans 8:10 (ESV) - 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
2 Corinthians 13:5 (ESV) - Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
Galatians 2:20 (ESV) - 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Ephesians 3:17 (ESV) - 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
Colossians 1:27 (ESV) - To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
3. God the Father:
John 14:23 (ESV) - 23 Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
2 Corinthians 6:16 (ESV) - 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
So these verses show that the three persons of the Trinity, God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all present inside of a believer, helping the believer grow in faithfulness, holiness and righteousness. Praise God for His work in making us more Christ like! Amen, /s/Tom Wolff
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