The Holy Spirit is the Helper of the Born Again Believer

The Holy Spirit in us abides there to help us, He is called the Helper. One of the ways He helps us is to redirect us when we go astray.

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

Suffering in the believer is for chastisement sometimes and also for strengthening. We do our greatest growing when we have to face and go through difficulties. Christ, the Holy Spirit goes through with the believer as the trainer and helper.

God does not change someone into a new creation by His power and then take it away because we don't measure up. He works with us over our lifetime to grow in holiness.

Anyone who says they do not sin after being made a new creation denies what God has said in Hebrews.

1 John 1:9-10 "…9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us."

This verse in 1 John is speaking to believers. The problem is that so often we get confused when we see people claiming to be Christian and not ashamed of their sin even defending it. The born again believer is ashamed of their sin and eventually confesses to be cleansed. The one who is not born again sees nothing wrong with the sin they love. They will even become angry at believers who suggest they are sinning. These people are pretenders in the church.

Our Spirit is born again, we are no longer who we used to be, however we are trapped in this body of death. Notice too that the body does not go to heaven when the believer dies, it stays on earth to rot. That's because the body is sinful but our Spirit is no longer sinful when we become born again. This is why we grieve at our own sin, even hiding it until we become so broken we cannot ignore the promptings of the Holy Spirit, then is when we confess to be cleansed.

1 Peter 2:11
"11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul."

The problem comes when someone does not confess, when they do not battle the flesh but even embrace it and defend it, that is when we must realize the person who does this is not saved.

A believer hates it when they sin, they do not rest until that sin is confessed. The believer who is in sin will see consequences in our life for that sin because we belong to God.