How Can We Be Sure That The Spirit Of God Dwelleth In Us?

How Can we be sure that the Spirit of God is with us?
King James Bible
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.


According to Bro.Eli Soriano, The Presiding Minister of the Church of God International ( based in the Philippines but with membership worldwide)
We have to love our enemies. Feed them and give them a drink. Pray for them and treat them good.

Recommended readings:
Mathew 5:46-48
Mathew 5:44-45
John 1:12-13
2 cor 6:17-18
Romans 8:14, 15
This means that we must stay away from persons who are sinning. Like: gamblers,idol worshippers, adulterers, and most especially the sins agains the Holy Spirit.

2 tim 2:19 Everyone that worship God stay away from doing bad things.
How? accdg to Luke 6:35: Love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you, Lend money with out expecting return, Stay away from Idol worshippers, adulterers etc.

How can we be sure that the Spirit of God is with us?
Gal 5:22-23


The Fruit Of The Spirit - Galatians 5:22-25

“22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.” (Galatians 5:22-25)

Paul explained to the Galatians the meaning of “walking in the Spirit”; then he reminded them of the works of the “flesh”. Now he examines the “fruit of the Spirit”. This is how we recognize each other as Spirit indwelt believers. The bottom line on this fruit is that it is an identifier. One person of faith can recognize another simply by sensing the values being displayed. Unbelievers will always give themselves away and I won’t go into that here. (They’ll have to figure that out for themselves).

There is not one law written against love, joy or peace. These are things we always prefer to see in people. The true love is the love of God, from who stems all proper forms of love. There are plenty of improper forms as discussed in the previous verses. Adultery, fornication and sexually immoral practices between people in the heat of lust are not proper forms of love at all.

We know that Jesus taught love of God as the first commandment. Without that love, all other ideals of love are whatever men determine. We’ve seen such determinations in the recent killing of little girls by sex offenders and the trials of famous celebrities who enjoy the company of little boys. The ideals of love as stressed by men take on some very hideous forms.

“Gentleness and Goodness” are traits that are absent from “road rage” and the checkout lines at supermarkets. I have found that a smile, in the right circumstance, points anger away. I still will open the door for the woman, the child and the elder man.

This blog isn’t to show you what a great Christian I am. It is to help us understand our responsibilities. Jesus said that a light under a bushel doesn’t do anyone a whole lot of good in the dark. (Yes, I paraphrased.)

Paul says that if you are Christ’s, then you have “crucified” the flesh with its inherent lusts. Going back to the forms of Christian self- examination, only we can answer such things for ourselves.

In the New International Version of the Bible (NIV) verse 25 reads: “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” This is great advice for the true child of faith.

Keeping in step with the Spirit will keep us on the right path. The Spirit of God never strays from the message of Christ. Jesus told the disciples that when he (the Spirit of truth) comes, he would not speak of himself, but would plainly address those things that Jesus taught.

So this is for my friends in the true faith. My prayers remain for you.

You can also visit Bro Eli Soriano's website at http:www.angdatingdaan.com.
and esoriano.wordpress.com.