In this short sermon, the speaker asserts that the presence of the Holy Spirit within a believer is the unmistakable evidence of true salvation. Citing Romans 8, the speaker explains that believers are no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit, and that anyone lacking the Spirit of Christ is not saved. The speaker also references John 14:17, emphasizing Jesus' promise that the Spirit will both dwell with believers and be in them, distinguishing the past experience of the disciples (who were with the Spirit because they were with Jesus) from the future reality of the Spirit residing within each saved individual. The central claim is that if the Holy Spirit does not indwell a person, they are not truly saved, making the indwelling Spirit the foundational marker of salvation.
