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NASB | 1 John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 4:13 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. |
Subject: Holy Spirit Living |
Bible Note: There's been much ado on the forum recently regarding claims of salvation on the basis of spiritual experience, supernatural manifestations, or pious practices. Redemption always results in the observable fruit of a changed life, but even that is not the grounds on which we are to base our assurance (Matthew 7:20-27; cf 1 Peter 1:18-19). "True grace is no dull, inactive, ineffectual principle; it is a powerful thing; there is an exceeding energy in it. And the reason is, that God is in it; it is a divine principle, a participation of the divine nature, and a communication of divine life, of the life of a risen Savior, who exerts Himself in the hearts of the saints 'after the power of an endless life.' They that have true grace in them, 'they live'; but not by their own life; 'but Christ lives in them.' His Holy Spirit becomes in them a living principle and spring of divine life, the energy and power of which is in Scripture compared to fire...True piety is nothing remainingly only in the head, or consisting in any speculative knowledge or opinions, or outward morality or forms of religion; it reaches the heart, is chiefly seated there, and burns there. There is a holy ardor in everything that belongs to true grace. True faith is an ardent thing, and so is true repentance; there is a holy power and ardor in true spiritual comfort and joy; yea even in true Christian humility, submission, and meekness. The reason is that divine love or charity is the sum of all true grace, which is a holy flame enkindled in the soul. ... "The power of godliness is exerted in the first place within the soul, in the sensible, lively exercise of gracious affections there. Yet the principal evidence of this power of godliness, is in those exercises of holy affections that are practical, and in their being practical; in conquering the will, and conquering the lusts and corruptions of men, and carrying men on in the way of holiness, through all temptation, difficulty and opposition." --Jonathan Edwards |
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