How do we know we have the Holy Spirit?

[Johann@P]

 

[CallofChrist]

2 Corinthians 1:21-22

And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. (ESV)

 

[Johann@P]

2 Corinthians 1:21-22

And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. (ESV)

Excellent scripture, there are people who want to know how and when did this happen, there are even pastors asking this question.
Blessings
J.

 

[aiki]

Didn't watch the video. Sorry. But I don't need to. Scripture tells me how I know the Spirit dwells within me:

1.) Conviction (John 16:8)
2.) Strengthening (Ephesians 3:16; Philippians 2:13; Romans 8:13; Philippians 4:13)
3.) Illumination (John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:10-16)
4.) Comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3-5)
5.) Discipline (Hebrews 12:5-11)
6.) Transformation (Galatians 5:22-23; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 5:9)

Some of the effects of the Spirit's work in me will be:

- a love of the brethren (1 John 3:14)
- a desire for holiness (1 John 2:4-6; Galatians 6:14)
- a hunger for the word of God (Jeremiah 15:16)
- an ever-deepening desire to know and commune with God (Philippians 3:7-10; Psalms 42:2; Psalms 63:1)

When I'm discipling men, I emphasize particularly what the Spirit does in them rather than the effects of his work manifesting in their conduct. On a superficial level, we can manufacture the effects of the Spirit's work - obedience to God's laws, religious activity, Bible study, etc. - but the things the Spirit does to us cannot be counterfeited.