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NASB | 1 John 3:24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 3:24 The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift]. |
Subject: How do we know that we are truly saved? |
Bible Note: Hi, Ray! I followed most of the arguments... I fully agree with you on the Holy Spirit; as He is God, the Holy Spirit does not seek to control us... rather, He desires our obedience (belief) and submission (yielding our wills to His)... "However, I do believe that there is a "perfect" understanding that we need to go back to and rediscover; or that will be revealed later in the will of God." If the Holy Spirit would be controlling us... would such statements as the one above not be unnecessary?... yet, since we are granted free will, we may choose to serve God or to reject Him (choosing death rather than life); that perfect understanding which you speak of is found in 1 Corinthians 2:16... sadly, our egoes do not allow us to surrender our will to God fully, otherwise we would live that perfect union which Christ called us to live ("be one" "love one another")... that special relationship between us and God through the Holy Spirit is seen in 1 Corinthians 2:6-16... it is by surrendering to the Holy Spirit that we can fully achieve that unity with Christ, with all Believers and, ultimately, with the Father! One more point, if God controlled us, how would we be able to choose death rather than life?, ...how would we sin, embracing the creatures while rejecting the Creator?, ...how would we be able to grieve the Holy Spirit, Ephisians 4:30, rather than obey and revere Him? ...Capitalization: I agree with you, our spirit, that essence of the Holy Spirit, indwelling in us, should be in lower case "s"--Romans 8:9; however, in 2 Cor 5:4, God did not give us the pledge of His spirit but rather of His Spirit--that is the seal which we have receive, the Holy Spirit which Jesus sent to the world from the Father. ...As far as translations, I rather enjoy my Bible's version of Roman 8:10: But when Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin but the spirit is alive because you have been justified; (The New Jerusalem Bible) ...it is a simple variation but it more clearly conveys that we have life because of Jesus, as we are justified by Him! God Bless! Angel |