What does the Holy Spirit become for believers?
For believers, the Holy Spirit becomes their Law—the guideline for Christian living. This is not a set of rules and regulations but His influence and power. The indwelling Spirit is warm and loving, giving believers the desire to live pleasing in God's sight and removing the desire to rebel.
Les explains that the Holy Spirit becomes our Law, our guideline for Christian living. Unlike the Law written in cold stone, which was severe, condemned, and powerless to help, the indwelling Holy Spirit is warm, loving, and embraces us. He gives us the desire first and foremost to live pleasing in God's sight, takes away the desire to be a rebel and to be obnoxious and wicked, and does this work Himself, not us. The Law was like a mirror that shows what needs cleaning but cannot clean; the Spirit actually enables Christian living.