1.) He regenerates the believer, that is, He gives the
believer a new nature. {John 3:5,6 Titus 3:5}
(John 3:5 NIV) Jesus
answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God
unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
(John 3:6 NIV) Flesh
gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
2.) He baptizes the believer into the body of Christ.
{1 Corinth 12:13}
(1 Cor 12:13 NIV) For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or
Greeks, slave
or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
3,) He indwells the believer. {Romans 8;9;1 Corinth 6:19}
(Rom 8:9 NIV) You, however, are controlled not by the sinful
nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have
the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
4.) He seals the believer. {Eph 1:13, 4:30}
(Eph 1:13
NIV) And you also were included in Christ
when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were
marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
(Eph 4:30
NIV) And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of
God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
5.) He fills the believer. {Acts 2:4, 4:8, 7:55, 13:52}
(Acts 2:4 NIV) All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
(Acts 4:8 NIV) Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to
them: "Rulers and elders of the people!
(Acts 7:55
NIV) But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,
looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
(Acts 13:52
NIV) And the disciples were filled with joy
and with the Holy Spirit.
