Bible Question:
When you greive the Holy Spirit does He retreat or does He go to a quiet place in your soul? He never leaves us or if you do blaspham the Holy Spirit then does He leave you? When you turn away from Holy Spirit and your heart becomes hardened then does He leave you? |
Bible Answer: Your question was answered quite ably by Searcher 56. My comment is merely to note that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit occurs simultaneous with regeneration and He abides with the believer for all time. The eternal security of the believer testifies to the reality that the blood of Christ is able both to save us and keep us saved. If our salvation were so tenuous that the first sin a regenerate believer committed after salvation would cancel it, and the first repentence restore it, we would have a salvific relationship with Christ that would be much like a light switch, off and on, off and on, and Satan would be in control of the switch and hence of our salvation. No such off-and-on relationship is taught in Scripture. --Hank |