How would you like to have a personal therapist who would live in your home and help you heal from past hurts, assist you in mediating conflicts between you and your wife and kids, interpret life for you in a positive way, and encourage you to greater things every day? (Good luck finding a therapist who would want the job!)
Well, you do, in fact, have a resident counselor—He is the Holy Spirit. However, unlike a resident counselor who would only be there to advise you, the Holy Spirit is there to rule you!
Jesus made a radical statement when He pronounced that the Holy Spirit would come “upon” (Acts 1:8) you and be “in” you (John 14:17). Many believers have never truly experienced this very personal “in” and “upon” relationship with the Person called Holy Spirit. To them He is more of an advisor on the outside rather than a Person on the inside. Though the Holy Spirit is resident in each one of us, how many really want Him to be president!?
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