“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.” (Galatians 4:4-7)

According to the apostle Paul, the “Spirit of the Son” is what God sends into our hearts. Certainly, it is possible that Paul used this terminology because the Son of Man is God’s mediator who dispenses the Holy Spirit. However, since other passages (examined in this section) equate the Holy Spirit personally with Christ, Paul may have simply taught that the one God of Israel (who is Spirit and was incarnate in Christ) is the same person!

We read that we are an “heir of God through Christ.” Since “Christ” means “the Anointed One” or “Messiah,” Paul wrote that we are heirs of God’s Spirit through the Son of Man, the human being who is the one God in a lesser, human form.

Remember, Jesus said “the Father dwells in me” (John 14:10.) Since the Holy Spirit is God “breathing” His own essence into time and space, the one who was incarnate in Christ does literally dwell in your hears--as Paul wrote.

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