We believe that this salvation, attested in all Scripture and secured by Jesus Christ, is applied to his people by the Holy Spirit. Sent by the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ, and, as the other Paraclete, is present with and in believers. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and by his powerful and mysterious work regenerates spiritually dead sinners, awakening them to repentance and faith, and in him they are baptized into union with the Lord Jesus, such that they are justified before God by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. By the Spirit’s agency, believers are renewed, sanctified, adopted into God’s family and placed into the universal body of Christ. They participate in the divine nature and receive his sovereignly distributed gifts to be invested in this world for God’s glory and the good of others. The Holy Spirit is himself the down payment of the promised inheritance,  eternally securing the salvation of the believer. In this age the Holy Spirit indwells, guides, instructs, equips, revives, and empowers believers to be progressively transformed into Christ-like living and service.