For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 2 Cor 5:4&5
And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. 2 Corinthians 1:21&22
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. 1 John 3:24
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, & from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, & a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. Eze 36:25-27
not by works in righteousness which we had done, but according to His mercy, He saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, Titus 3:5
Verses for; 2. HAVING RECEIVED FAITH!
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. Romans 12:3
And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Romans 10:17
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Romans 4:4
for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. Galatians 3:26
Obtaining the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:9
Verses for; 3. BEARING THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22&23
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5
So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Matthew 7:17&18
What was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a 100 fold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.” Matthew 13:23
Verses for; 4. HAVING A REAL TWO WAY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD OUR FATHER
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ Ephesians 2:12&13
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. John 10:27&28
To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. John 10:3/Romans 8:30
Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:10
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel Colossians 1:21-23
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:12&13