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Feb 24, 2020

#forparker #8

I Must Be Spirit Filled #forparker

By Louie Marsh, 2-23-2020

For more information on the Holy Spirit see my book, Everyday in the Spirit.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT?

 

  1. CONTROLLED by the Spirit.

 

18  Don’t drink too much wine, for many evils lie along that path; be filled instead with the Holy Spirit and controlled by him. Ephesians 5:18 (TLB)

 

  1. POWERED by the Spirit.

 

 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you… Acts 1:8a (ESV)

 

 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 (ESV)

 

  1. DIRECTED by the Spirit.

 

18  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Galatians 5:18 (ESV)

 

14  For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. Romans 8:14 (ESV)

 

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RECEIVING THE SPIRIT & BEING FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT?

 

Receiving:

 

  • Happens AT SALVATION.

 

38  And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 (ESV)

 

  • To Seal us AS GOD’S POSSESSION.

 

13  In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, Ephesians 1:13 (ESV)

 

  • Is done ONCE FOR ALL.

 

14  who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:14 (NIV)

 

Filling:

 

  • Happens AFTER SALVATION.

 

  • For empowered SERVICE.

 

 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8 (NIV)

 

  • Happens as often as NEEDED.

 

 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: "Rulers and elders of the people! Acts 4:8 (NIV)

 

31  After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. Acts 4:31 (NIV)

 

PROOF THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE

 

21  Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." 22  And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:21-22 (NIV)

 

4  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit… Acts 2:4a (ESV)

 

 

ALL OF THIS IS SUMMED UP NEATLY WITH 3 LITTLE WORDS

 

WITH – IN - UPON

 

  1. The Holy Spirit is with MANY PEOPLE He doesn’t indwell.

 

17  even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in youJohn 14:17 (ESV)

 

  1. The Holy Spirit is in ALL BELIEVERS.

 

 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. Romans 8:9 (ESV)

 

  1. The Holy Spirit comes upon us in POWER when He fills us!

 

15  "And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning. Acts 11:15 (NASB)

 

 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you… Acts 1:8a (ESV)

 

13  Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward... 1 Samuel 16:13 (ESV)

 

My Holy Spirit Standard: 

The ONLY way to live Spirit empowered lives of service to God & those around us, and to really be #forparker, is to stay full of the Holy Spirit!