How do you know you have the Holy Spirit inside of you? When does one receive the Spirit? Is it immediately among believing on Jesus for salvation or later on?
How do you know you have the Holy Spirit inside of you? When does one receive the Spirit? Is it immediately among believing on Jesus for salvation or later on?
My thoughs on your questions are as follows:
When does one receive the Spirit? Is it immediately among believing on Jesus for salvation or later on?
Salvation
Acts 10:
43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
(NOTE: vs 43, Whomever BELIEVES receives remission/PARDON of their sins. vs 44, Clearly these gentiles believed & IMMEDIATELY they received the Holy Spirit. Eph 1:13 mentioned a few times in this thread teaches the same.
How do you know you have the Holy Spirit inside of you?
Faith & Sanctification
Romans 16:26 but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith
(NOTE: Gentiles are brought to obedience/repentance/godly living thru Faith)
Rom 1:5 Through him we received grace & apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake.
(NOTE: Faith leads us to obedience)
KJV Dictionary SANCTIFICA'TION definition: The act of making holy, the act of consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose.
So, to sanctify, something is to set it apart for special use. The moment we believe/trust place our faith in Christ's Sin atoning death, burial & resurrection. God saves/judicially justifies (sealing us via His Holy Spirit) & sanctifies (sets us apart, for a work/mission Eph 2:10).
At the moment we truly make the decision to trust Christ we are justified/SAVED (DONE DEAL). Our salvation is forever secure. Also, at this same point in time: Salvation/receiving the eternal seal, God's indwelling Holy Spirit, we are also SANCTIFIED (set apart for a sacred purpose) BOTH at the same time.
However, Sanctification is a process, that continues, "which we must work through" (Phil 2:12) until the day of our final redemption. When we meet the Lord & receive a new incorruptible/heavenly body. This reply is My Opion only!