The In-dwelling of the Holy-Spirit

No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.

By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit. (1 John 4:12-13)

The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.

For I will not continually accuse, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirits would grow faint before me, even the souls that I have made. (Isaiah 57:15-16) Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name. For the LORD is good;

His mercy and lovingkindness are able everlasting

His faithfulness [endures] to all generations. (Psalm 100:3-5)

God is Spirit, and those who worship God must be led by the Spirit to worship him according to the truth. (John 4:24)

Guard [with greatest care] and keep unchanged, the treasure [that precious truth] which has been entrusted to you [that is, the good news about salvation through personal faith in Christ Jesus], through [the help of] the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. (2 Timothy 1:14)

The Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive [and take to its heart] [He indwells and lives inside you. He speaks to your conscience in a way that this world doesn't understand because it doesn't have a relationship with Him] because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He (the Holy Spirit) remains with you continually and will be in you. (John 14:17) Those who are in the flesh [living a life that caters to sinful appetites and impulses] cannot please God. However, you are not [living] in the flesh [controlled by the sinful nature] but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God lives in you [directing and guiding you]. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him [and is not a child of God]. If Christ lives in you, though your [natural] body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness [which He provides. (Romans 8:8-10) By admitting that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose]. (John 1:9) The righteousness of God consists of His perfect character, His ways, holiness, and the provision of righteousness which is a gift to us through faith in Him.

For the LORD is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright [those In-right standing, having a relationship with Him] shall see His face. (Psalm 11:7) By placing faith and trust in Jesus Christ as savior; faith allowing and receiving Christ's righteousness as a gift, which covers sins and allows us to be in a right standing relationship with Him.

But in every nation the person who fears God and does what is right [by seeking Him] is acceptable and welcomed by Him. (Acts 10:35)

The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs— How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow]. (Proverbs 20:7)

He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross [willingly offering Himself on it, as on an altar of sacrifice], so that we might die to sin [becoming immune from the penalty and power of sin] and live for righteousness; for by His wounds you [who believe] we are healed. (1 Peter 2:24) If you know that He is absolutely righteous, you know [for certain] that everyone who practices righteousness [doing what is right and conforming to God’s will] has been born of Him. (1 John 2:29)

See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. (1 John 3:1)