Presence – By receiving grace we enter permanently into the presence of God. The presence of God lives within every believer, and we are never separated from God’s presence. This means we are now the permanent home or temple of the Almighty, living God. God’s presence is our constant companion.

In the Old Covenant it was all about ascending and descending of the mountain or going into the temple to experience the divine presence, but now in the New Covenant God has taken up residence with his people permanently. The means by which this will take place is a building of a living, breathing, walking temple. The purpose of this new structure is impossible to miss, because it is not built and constructed in stone, but in living human flesh.

This is an astonishing statement. It means that “God with Us” is now a reality, the full presence of God lives in us. By grace we now live in the presence of God.