II. Obeying from the Heart and the Filling with the Spirit

Once we understand the five commandments regarding our relationship with the indwelling Spirit of God, we must understand the four conditions necessary to restoration when we grieve or quench the Holy Spirit. These four conditions are necessary to restore the ongoing inner creative work of the Holy Spirit that progressively transfigures the way a believer lives his life and that brings forth “fruit” to God's glory. Salvation is presumed: the first prerequisite to a personal relationship with the indwelling Holy Spirit is salvation “by grace through faith” (Eph. 2:8-9). The natural unregenerate man cannot have “fellowship” with God or neither the indwelling or filling of the Spirit of God.