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CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT When God accepts you into His family, He justifies you (all sins are forgiven) and His Holy Spirit indwells you. If you have the Holy Spirit living in you, you are a Christian. If the Holy Spirit does not live in you, you do not belong to God at all (Rom. 8:9). He is a person (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and when He arrives, you may not feel it, but Jesus promised He would be there. When the Holy Spirit is working within you, you will believe that Jesus Christ is God’s Son and that eternal life comes through Him (1 John 5:5); you will begin to act as Jesus directs (Rom.8:5; Gal.5:22-23); you will find help in your daily problems and in your praying (Rom. 8:26-27); you will be empowered to serve God and do His will (Acts 1:8); Rom. 12:6ff); and you will become apart of God’s plan to build up His church (Eph. 4:12-13). NOTE: A Christian is anyone who has the Holy Spirit of God living in them. Bible Application