33 Truths at Salvation for Every Believer
Key Verse: John 14:20 · NASB1995
Key Verse
“In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.”
John 14:20Scripture reaches for image after image to describe how deep your union with God actually goes — you are not simply near Him. You are described as living inside a mutual, indwelling relationship with all three persons of the Godhead.
What This Means for You
“Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.”
1 Thessalonians 1:1 · NASB1995Paul can describe an entire church as existing “in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thess. 1:1) — not merely under His care from a distance, but located, spiritually, inside God’s own life.
“For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.”
1 Corinthians 12:13 · NASB1995“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5 · NASB1995“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.”
Ephesians 2:19-22 · NASB1995“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.”
John 10:27-29 · NASB1995“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.”
Ephesians 5:25-27 · NASB1995“Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.”
Revelation 20:6 · NASB1995“But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;”
1 Peter 2:9 · NASB1995Scripture reaches for image after image, and each one shows a different facet of the same union. First Corinthians 12:13 pictures a body: “by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.” John 15:5 pictures a vine: “apart from Me you can do nothing.” Ephesians 2:19-22 pictures a temple “built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit,” and John 10:27-29 pictures sheep known personally by name, held so securely that “no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.” Ephesians 5:25-27 pictures a bride, loved and prepared “holy and blameless” for her husband; Revelation 20:6 pictures a priest reigning in a kingdom of priests; and 1 Peter 2:9 pictures a people of God’s “own possession.” No single picture says it all; together they say you cannot be separated from Him.
“However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.”
Romans 8:9 · NASB1995The Holy Spirit doesn’t just visit believers occasionally. Romans 8:9 says plainly, “you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you” — if you belong to Christ, you are, right now, in the Spirit’s permanent sphere of life.
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Read John 14 · NASB95 on Blue Letter BibleAdapted from “The Riches of Grace in Christ Jesus” by Lewis Sperry Chafer, from Salvation (Sunday School Times Company, 1917, public domain).
Scripture quotations are from the NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible, 1995 update), © The Lockman Foundation.