When we are baptized into Christ (Galatians 3:27) we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38). So what are the benefits to the believer in having the gift of the Holy Spirit?
The greatest benefit the Holy Spirit provides to the believer is that He is our guarantee, our earnest payment, for our eternal salvation. Paul says in Ephesians 1:13-14, 13. In Him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14. Which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory.
The Holy Spirit also helps us by acting as intercessor with our prayer life. Paul states in Romans 8:26-27, 26. Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. 27. And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Jude adds in Jude 1:20, "But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;" (Jude 1:20).
I believe the Holy Spirit also can help prick out conscience when we begin to go astray. "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom you were sealed for the day of redemption," writes the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 4:30. He also bears us witness of our speaking the truth: "I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit," (Romans 9:1).
The Spirit is also the means in which we receive the love of God: "and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us." (Romans 5:5)
The Holy Spirit is also instrumental in bringing the believer righteousness, peace, hope and joy: "For the Kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;" (Romans 14:17). "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." (Romans 15:13) "And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit;" (1 Thessalonians 1:6).
The Spirit sanctifies us as being acceptable offerings to God: 15. But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God 16. to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:15-16)
It is through the Spirit's washing and renewal of us that we are regenerated, which is another word meaning reborn, in Christ: "He saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of His own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit," (Titus 3:5).
The greatest benefit the Holy Spirit provides to the believer is that He is our guarantee, our earnest payment, for our eternal salvation. Paul says in Ephesians 1:13-14, 13. In Him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14. Which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory.
The Holy Spirit also helps us by acting as intercessor with our prayer life. Paul states in Romans 8:26-27, 26. Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. 27. And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Jude adds in Jude 1:20, "But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit;" (Jude 1:20).
I believe the Holy Spirit also can help prick out conscience when we begin to go astray. "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in Whom you were sealed for the day of redemption," writes the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 4:30. He also bears us witness of our speaking the truth: "I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit," (Romans 9:1).
The Spirit is also the means in which we receive the love of God: "and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us." (Romans 5:5)
The Holy Spirit is also instrumental in bringing the believer righteousness, peace, hope and joy: "For the Kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;" (Romans 14:17). "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." (Romans 15:13) "And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit;" (1 Thessalonians 1:6).
The Spirit sanctifies us as being acceptable offerings to God: 15. But on some points I have written to you very boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given me by God 16. to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:15-16)
It is through the Spirit's washing and renewal of us that we are regenerated, which is another word meaning reborn, in Christ: "He saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of His own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit," (Titus 3:5).
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