human flesh. Only God’s Holy Spirit can produce spiritual life. A test of saving faith is the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. “You can be certain of your salvation,” Paul is saying, “if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.” Oikeō (dwells) has the idea of being in one’s own home. In a marvelous and incomprehensible way, the very Spirit of God makes His home in the life of every person who trusts in Jesus Christ. The opposite of that reality is also true: But if anyone does not have the
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