When does the Holy Spirit enters a person?

[Fez]

When does the Holy Spirit enter a person? When you feel Him in you, and others see Him in you.

When you leave a room full of people, no matter how joyous or tense the situation may have been, and you leave the fragrance of the Spirit behind. And people know what it is, and they want what you have. You have then just witnessed to the Glory of Jesus...........

[GoldenEagle]

To me this thread is as much about salvation as it is the Holy Spirit... So with that in mind... I thought this was an interesting perspective:

http://libertyforcaptives.com/2012/11/28/a-believers-assurance-in-christ/

The Bible essentially creates a three-legged stool of assurance {of salvation}, where there are three main “legs” of supporting evidence that help to indicate whether a person is genuinely saved.

These are:

1. God’s promises (Jn 1:12; 3:36; 5:24; 14:1; Acts 10:43; 16:31; Rom 8:1; 10:9; 2 Cor 4:16-18; Heb 10:10, 14, 18-23, 35-36, 39; 11:6; 1 Jn 5:13; etc.).
   
2. The inner witness of the Holy Spirit in a believer’s life (“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children” Rom 8:16; cf. also Eph 1:13; 4:30; 2 Cor 1:21; 5:5; 1 Jn 2:20, 27; 5:7-11).
   
3. The evidence of spiritual fruit in a person’s life (“We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands” – I Jn 2:3; cf. also Jn 14:15, 21, 23; 15:1-17; Gal 5:22-25; Eph 4:22-24; 5:8-12; Jas 2:14-26; 1 Jn 1:6-7; 2:3-6).
   

While each of these three areas is an important component of a believer’s assurance, the first “leg” is by far the most important. Why?

Because it is ultimately only the promises of God which act as a final resting place for our assurance.

This is because our inner climate may be full of conflicting voices which drown out the Spirit’s quiet witness (leg #2), and our lives are often conflicted in our struggle against sin (leg #3, cf. Rom 7, for example).

In the final analysis we must “Trust in the Lord and do good” Ps 37:3, whether we feel like it or not, believing that God “exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Heb 11:6b).

This is faith not in ourselves but in the gracious and merciful character of our wonderful God who has made every provision for our salvation and who did not spare his own Son but joyfully gave him up on our behalf (cf. Is 53:10 – The word translated “will” in the NIV is actually “delight” or “joy” in the Hebrew. It was God’s “delight” to crush his Son in order to accomplish our salvation).

Therefore, our hope and confidence is ultimately grounded in God’s character and in his promises. And we know that God’s promises are certain and unchangeable because God’s character does not change and it is impossible for God to lie (Heb 6:13-20). We have this hope as an anchor for our soul, firm and secure (Heb 6:19).

Put your faith in the character and promises of God, not in your own ability to obey or in your transitory feelings.

If you have believed in Jesus Christ, then you may rest in God’s promises and receive his blessed assurance.

[enoob57]

Perfect....

[HawkBlue27]

You receive the Holy Spirit when you get saved Ephesians 1:13

[DiscipleDave777]

I believe that according to the Word of God the Holy Spirit is given to them that obey Him

Acts5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

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[DiscipleDave777]

You receive the Holy Spirit when you get saved Ephesians 1:13

Has anyone told you, that you look like Peter Parker?

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