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the Scriptures that no one is saved without
the Spirit of God. The Spirit gives us the gift
of salvation and eternal life.
In 2 Corinthians 13:5, as the apostle Paul
writes this letter, in closing he said, “Examine
yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove
your own selves. Know ye not your own
selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you,
except ye be reprobates?” Christ dwells in
believers. Romans chapter 8, verse 8, says,
“So then they that are in the flesh cannot
please God.” In other words, it’s just like
saying that those that are lost cannot please
God. And verse 9 says, “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
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