We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Blessed Trinity, though Omnipresent from all eternity, took up His abode in the world in a special sense on the Day of Pentecost according to the divine promise, and that He now dwells in each and all believers thus uniting them to Christ in one body, and that He, as the indwelling One, is the source of all power, and all acceptable worship and service. We believe that He never takes His departure from the Church, nor from the feeblest of the saints; but is ever present to testify of Christ, seeking to occupy believers with Him, and not with themselves, nor with their experiences. We believe that His abode in the world in this special sense will cease when the Church is completed and when Christ comes to receive His own.
John 14:16,17,
John 16:7-15,
I Corinthians 6:19,
Ephesians 2:22,
II Thessalonians 2:7
We believe that, in this age, certain well defined ministries are committed to the Holy Spirit, and that it is the duty of every Christian to understand these and to be adjusted to them in his own life and experience. These ministries are: The restraining of evil in the world to the measure of the divine will; the convicting of the world respecting sin, righteousness, and judgment; the regenerating of all believers; the indwelling of all who are saved; the baptizing into the one body of Christ of all who are saved; the anointing of believers to teach them all truth; the sealing of believers unto the day of redemption; and the continued filling for power and service of those among the saved who are yielded to Him and who are subject to His will.
II Thessalonians 2:7,
John 16:7-11,
John 3:6,
Romans 8:9 ,
I Corinthians 12:13,
Ephesians 4:30,
Ephesians 5:18,
I John 2:20-27.
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