Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
D&C 130:22; “A man may receive the Holy Ghost, and it may descend upon him and not tarry with him.”
Romans 8:8-9; “So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
This LDS scripture speaks volumes when you see what it really means to be a Christian in the Bible.
The Holy Ghost descending upon someone is reminiscent of the Old Testament days when God’s spirit would come upon His prophets and others whom God worked with.
The Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost of the New Testament era indwells the believer – always. He doesn’t come and go at will. He is with you forever as Jesus told us He would be in John 14:16 – “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;”
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