“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. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” (Romans 8:9-11)

Paul wrote that the same Spirit of God that dwells in us is the Spirit of Christ. Of course, the Holy Spirit can be called the “Spirit of Christ” because the Son of Man is the mediator of God who dispenses the Holy Spirit through His blood.

However, Paul also personally equates the Spirit of God with Christ. We read:

“If Christ be in you…”

Of course, the term “Christ” means “the Anointed One” or the Messiah—God incarnate in human flesh. Since it is not possible for the man Christ Jesus to literally dwell in our hearts, Paul identifies the person who is Christ as the Spirit of God! Since Jesus taught that the Father dwells in Him (John 14:10,) the connection is obvious. God is one Spirit, and Jesus is the incarnation of this Spirit in human flesh.

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