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Thoughts on Today's Verse.... When we became Christians, we were not only cleansed by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:9-11), but the Holy Spirit filled and indwelled us (Acts 2:38-39; Romans 8:9). John speaks of receiving and having the Holy Spirit as "his anointing" — Jesus poured the Holy Spirit out on and into us, when we came to Christ (Titus 3:3-7). The Spirit helps us hear the truth about Jesus (1 John 2:20-21). Our anointing keeps us from surrendering that truth to false teaching that would diminish either side of Jesus' identity — Jesus as God with us and God like us (1 John 2:23). We remain in Jesus when we hold on to both of these incredible truths. As we remain in Jesus, the Spirit — "his anointing" — we have all that we need to know about Jesus as our Savior, Lord, and Messiah (1 John 2:24, 27).