The Holy Spirit makes us confess that we dwell in the Son.
" 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God."(1John 4:13-15)
The work of the Holy Spirit sent by God is to make us know the Father through the Spirit of the Son. Only the Spirit of truth makes us know that we are in the Lord and He is in us. Therefore, it is very important to confess that you believe in the Holy Spirit and you believe in the Holy community and the communion of saints in your confession of faith.
The fellowship of the Holy Spirit means that the Holy Spirit knows the Son and the Father and also know us, so he acts as a mediator to communicate with each other. Therefore, without the indwelling work of the Holy Spirit, no one dares to call the Son, Christ, Lord.
Therefore, God made the crucified Jesus our Lord and Christ. Let us follow through repentance and baptism to the place where God calls us. So we must receive the remission of sins, receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38), and keep the position that dwells in the Son and in the Father. And when we get out, we have to come right back. Therefore, repentance is once, but confessions cannot be counted.
It is God's love that the Father sent the Son. We see him through the Holy Spirit and testify of his love. By testifying the gospel, we share spiritual gifts (Romans 1:11) like Paul. We clearly see and testify that Christ, the Son, is in us.
It is as if a person who has witnessed any shocking event testify to that event. The Holy Spirit and we are witnesses to the fact that Christ has come into us.(Acts 1:8) We tell that God sent his Son to be the Savior of the world, my Savior. God send the Son, and the world receives the Son and believes in him. However, many people believe him but do not properly accept him (John 1:1). If you receive Christ as your Lord through faith, you will receive eternal life and acquire the qualifications of children of God.(John 1:12).
We are witnesses to the event of God sending His Son, the Savior Jesus Christ, into the world. Confession (Homologeo) is faith in the Son of God.
It is not a simple testimony of faith, but a testimony of a truly great event in which God dwells in us and we dwell in God. The Jesus spoken of here is Jesus, the Savior. And after this Jesus died and rose again, he appeared as the Son of God, and only those who have God's love revealed in him can confess this Son of God. Those for whom this Lord's commandment of "Christ in me and I in Christ" have become the formula of their faith can confess that Christ is the Son. People in this state cannot avoid acknowledging the Son and the Father. You automatically become a confession.
If we want to receive the love that is in the Son and in the Father, we must first acknowledge that we dwell in the Son and in the Father through the Holy Spirit. For the word is near, in the mouth and in the heart; believing with the heart is justified, and confessing with the mouth brings salvation, it is a living faith.(Rom.10:8-9)
Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.
Translated by Nancy Chung
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