5. Rev 3:19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline
Rev 3:19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. 20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
I am knocking
Open the door
If you open I will come in
We will eat together

7. How can God dwell within you?
By the work of the Holy Spirit.

8. Who is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is… God A person, not an “it”
Another way of describing God’s role
Father = creator
Son = God in the flesh
Holy Spirit =
presence,
indwelling,
comforter
power,
breath

9. The God who dwells within
Ez 36:  “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. 28 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people, and I will be your God. NIV

10. . 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
God’s Holy Spirit dwells within
God’s Holy Spirit moves us to keep God’s decrees
God’s Holy Spirit makes us careful to keep God’s laws

11. When God’s Holy Spirit dwells within the submitted heart
When God’s Spirit comes inside; He points out the things that are sin

12. When God’s Holy Spirit dwells within the submitted heart
John 16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; NASB

13. . 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
God’s Holy Spirit dwells within
God’s Holy Spirit moves us to keep God’s decrees
God’s Holy Spirit makes us careful to keep God’s laws

14. When God’s Holy Spirit dwells within the submitted heart
When God’s Spirit comes inside; He points out the things that are sin
When God’s Spirit comes inside, he makes you aware of sin and moves you to do what is according to God’s laws/ decrees

15. When God’s Holy Spirit dwells within the submitted heart
A spiritual battle takes place
Between you and God’s will
The evil one tempts you to do what is wrong
God patiently says “You know what is right.”
PEOPLE HATE THIS BATTLE
They run from it
They ignore it
They hide from it
They lash out at it

17. So What? Submit Relinquish Let the Spirit in Let the Spirit chip away
Let God mold you