What role does the Holy Spirit play in salvation? From a Biblical perspective, the Spirit is the absolute key to understanding Christian conversion. In fact, in the early church, conversion was primarily understood as the work of the Spirit. So much so, that when inquiring about people’s conversion, no one in the Bible ever asks “Are you saved?” Rather, they ask “Did you receive the Spirit?” (e.g., Galatians 3:2; Acts 19:2). Why? Because the evidence that they were saved in the early church was whether or not they had the Spirit (Romans 8:9; John 3:5). Check out this audio message if you would like to learn more about how the Spirit plays a central role every step in the process of conversion:
