Question:
Benefits of Christianity (continued): (All of these benefits the believer has and the world does not have.)

Answer:
1. The fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22, 23).
2. Persecution a privilege as we live for Christ (1 Peter 3:14 & 4:14).

3. The Spirit indwells the believer (John 14:16-33).

4. The bond with other Christians (John 17:21).

5. The prospect of being with Christ in the glory (John 17:24).

6. To be separated unto Him by the Word (John 17:17).
We need to have a balance between the Word and the Spirit. We can’t have one without the other. We each need to be a skilled workman to blend the Word and the Spirit together.
When we’re saved, we get the Spirit. He doesn’t come and go (Romans 8:9). But we should be “filled” or controlled by the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18). We may have the Spirit, but not have spirit, and vice versa.
He doesn’t give the Spirit by measure (John 3:34). You either have Him or you don’t have Him—you can’t cut Him in half. The more we take away self, the more the Spirit can shine through us. Not that we get more of the Spirit, but that He gets more of us.The Spirit is the “seal” of ownership (Ephesians 1:13, 14), having the Spirit shows that we are God’s. “Sealed” in verse 13 is in the past tense. “Filled” in Ephesians 5:18 is an ongoing thing.