Bible Question: Is there a reson for the Holy Spirit to leave you when you are born again christian. |
Bible Answer: Wings of Hope, As Inmyheart has said, the Holy Spirit will never leave someone in whom He indwells. He has joined Himself to the Christian forever - 1 Cor 6:17. He will never leave us or forsake us. Nothing shall separate us from His love. We do see instances in the Old Testament where, because of sin, the Holy Spirit departed from people. The Spirit left King Saul. David prayed for the Lord not to take His Holy Spirit from him after his sin with Bathsheba. And there is the sad account in Ezekiel where the Spirit leaves the temple. But these were all scenarios before the cross where Christ dealt with sins once and for all. Under the New Covenant (New Testament), the Holy Spirit does not leave us because the only thing that could make Him do so, sin, has been forgiven because of Christ's blood. The writers of the New Testament (and the Holy Spirit Himself) well understood this. Unfortunately, most Christians don't understand this because they try to blend Old Covenant with New Covenant. God certainly doesn't change but His dealings with mankind do. Under the New Covenant, God says of His people, "There sins and lawless deeds, I will remember no more." - Heb 10:17. This is why the Holy Spirit, once He indwells a believer at conversion, will never leave that believer. Hope this helps you. McGracer |