140.John 14:23-God’s Dwelling in Us
📖 God’s Dwelling in Us
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📖 John 14:23 — The Promise of a Dwelling
“…If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.”
Jesus reveals a powerful truth:
💡 God is not just near — He lives in a person.
This is not a metaphor, but a real, deeper closeness with God.
Not distance, but inner presence.
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🕊 Romans 8:10 — Life Within
“If Christ is in you… the spirit is alive because of righteousness.”
God’s presence is not static.
👉 It brings life to the inner person
👉 It gives power to live righteously
💡 If God is in you — your inner life changes.
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🧍♂️ Ephesians 3:17 — Where God Dwells
“that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith”
This dwelling is not about physical organs.
👉 It is the heart, the inner person
💡 God lives in you as a person — in your thoughts, decisions, and desires.
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🏛 2 Corinthians 6:16 — We Are the Temple
“you are the temple of the living God… I will dwell in them and walk among them”
John says “dwelling,” Paul says “temple.”
It is the same reality.
💡 If God lives in you — you become His temple.
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🔁 1 John 2:24 — Abiding Through the Word
“If what you heard from the beginning abides in you… you also will abide in the Son and in the Father”
God’s presence is connected to His Word.
👉 The Word in you
👉 You in God
👉 God in you
💡 Dwelling is about relationship, not just status.
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🚪 Revelation 3:20 — A Personal Response
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock…”
God does not force His way in.
👉 He invites
💡 You choose whether to open or not.
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⚖️ How This Affects Life
If you are God’s temple:
👉 life is no longer “whatever I want”
👉 but it’s also not just a list of rules
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The real question is not “is it allowed?”, but
“does this fit someone in whom God lives?”
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🏕 The Big Biblical Picture
• God was with people
• then among people
• 👉 now — in people
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This is the peak of God’s plan — to be as close as possible.
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🎯 Summary
💡 God’s dwelling is the real presence of God in a person, received through faith, connected to His Word, and transforming life from within.