Welcome to Defenders, the teaching class of Dr. William Lane Craig.

Today, the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, Part 6.

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Last time we saw that there is a difference in the New Testament drawn between Christians who are indwelt with the Holy Spirit and Christians who are filled with the Holy Spirit.

All Christians have been baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ and are therefore

indwelt by the Holy Spirit.

But as we saw in 1 Corinthians chapter 2 and the first part of chapter 3, Paul says that

although all Christians are indwelt with the Holy Spirit, some Christians still

are living under the domination and influence of the flesh, that is to say, the fallen

human nature, and therefore do not produce the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Instead, these Christians exhibit the works of the flesh that Paul talks about in Galatians

chapter 5. And we saw that the signs of the spirit-filled life are not charismatic gifts,

like speaking in tongues or prophetic utterance

or working of healing miracles. The church in Corinth exhibited all sorts of charismatic gifts,

and yet was one of the most carnal churches in the New Testament. Rather, the evidence of the spirit-filled

life is the fruit of the Spirit that Paul talks about in Galatians chapter 5. Those who

are walking in the Holy Spirit, who are filled with the Spirit, produce the fruit of the Holy

Spirit in their lives rather than the works of the flesh.

Now the question then that I left us with is this,

why is it that so many Christians are not filled with the Holy Spirit?

Why is it that so many Christians seem to fall into

that category of carnal Christians, Christians who are still living under the domination and

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