For me Truth is simple; if God says it then it is true. How do we know if God said it. We know if the Bible says it then it’s true for the Bible is Gods word. Truth never contradicts others truths. The Bible is truth so if something is true then it will not contradict the Bible or Gods words.
To say crying will show you that you’re in the truth or have the Holy Ghosts witness is silly. That’s like saying every time you are scared you had a truthful reason to be scared. I have gotten scared at seeing a shadow only to find out it was a chair. Holy Ghost Truth does not come from feelings such as a crying emotion. Many times I cried and found out later I was wrong about what I cried about. I found out that a goose bump feeling can come from lies as well.
Several scriptures show the evidence that you need to know you have the Holy Ghost in you.
1. You know that you have the Holy Ghost in you, if your life shows the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Ghost) and doesn’t want the things of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16-26 KJV
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections F12 and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Ephesians 5:3-20 KJV
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. F15 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For
the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
2. Another way you know that you have the Holy Ghost in you is if you believe in Jesus and His ways enough to follow them with you whole life.
1 John5: 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness (the Holy Ghost) in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
There are more Biblical tests to know if the spirit is in you. But these are all I have time to look up now.
-Sam