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This word is generally used of what dwells in us, not of our dwelling in Christ. Indwelling is both absolute and conditional. The Holy Ghost always dwells in every believer (Rom. 8:9-11⁹But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. ¹⁰And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Romans 8:9‑11), &c.). Christ as our rife also dwells always within us (Rom. 8:10¹⁰And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (Romans 8:10)). But Christ and the Father, as the enjoyed object of our hearts, only dwell in them by faith and as we keep His words (Eph. 3:17¹⁷That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, (Ephesians 3:17); John 14:23²³Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:23)). The indwelling of the Holy Ghost is not the same as the new life in us, they are distinguished (Rom 8:16¹⁶The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: (Romans 8:16)).