What does the Holy Spirit bestow upon the soul when He accompanies it?

When the Holy Spirit befriends the soul of the believer, He lifts the veil from before its face, so that it sees its heavenly crucified Bridegroom. It gazes upon Him, and He in turn shines His splendor and light upon it.

The Holy Spirit grants the soul trust in its Bridegroom who was crucified for it, and it loves Him and desires to be crucified with Him; always looking forward to dying with the One who died for it.

As the Holy Spirit accompanies the soul in its journey, He grants it the spirit of power, which enables it to defy the devil, escape from the darkness of desires, and be completely freed from sin.

With each morning, the soul is renewed, sanctified, and grows in faith and knowledge, becoming worthy of eternal life and of sitting as a queen at the right hand of the heavenly King.

As the Holy Spirit accompanies the soul in its journey, He builds it into a holy temple, in which He dwells (1 Cor. 3:16).

“The face of the soul is unveiled, and it gazes upon the heavenly Bridegroom face to face in a spiritual light that cannot be described, mingling with Him in all fulness of assurance, being conformed to His death, ever looking with great desire to die for Christ, and trusting with assurance to receive by the Spirit a perfect deliverance from sin and from the darkness of the passions; in order that having been cleansed by the Spirit, sanctified in soul and body, it may be permitted to become a clean vessel to receive the heavenly unction and to entertain the true King, even Christ; and then it is made meet for eternal life, being henceforward a clean dwelling-place of the Holy Spirit.”⁸⁸⁹