January 7, 2024 BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
EPHESIANS 5:18, 4:30 “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.”
1 Corinthians 6:19 “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirt within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.”
Acts 11:24, 13:52 “For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirt. And a great many were added to the Lord.” “And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.”
It is impossible to live the Christian life as God intended without being filled with the Holy Spirit. When a person accepts Christ as Savior, the Holy Spirt comes to live in that person. However, it is possible for a believer to not yield to the Spirt; as Ephesians 4:30 tells us, a believer can grieve the Holy Spirt who has been given to us. We grieve the Holy Spirit when we live according to our flesh, and not according to the Spirit. We may be doing all the things a Christian should be doing-attending church, praying, reading the Bible, being faithful, and being a ‘good’ citizen; yet we may do all these things without being filled with the Spirit. Being filled with the Spirit is not the same as receiving the Spirt at salvation. Being filled with the Spirit is a matter of emptying ourselves of self, the flesh and yielding wholly to the Spirit of God. We empty selves by turning our minds and hearts to the Lord and turning form the self-centered life; we tell God that we need His Spirit to fill us; we say yes to the things of God; and we yield everything about us-our health, our future, our possessions, our career, our reputation, and our thought life. Being filled with the Spirt is not a one time occurrence, but a way of life; as we go about our day, we have an attitude of being filled with His Spirit. When we live according to the Spirit, we will experience the peace of God and the pressures and frustrations that come as a result of living according to self will be gone. The Spirit equips us and empowers us to be overcomers even in the most difficult times and circumstances. As one of the verses above reminds us, we are the temple of God. Let us live by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law,”
Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Blessings, Buddy
EPHESIANS 5:18, 4:30 “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.”
1 Corinthians 6:19 “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirt within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.”
Acts 11:24, 13:52 “For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirt. And a great many were added to the Lord.” “And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.”
It is impossible to live the Christian life as God intended without being filled with the Holy Spirit. When a person accepts Christ as Savior, the Holy Spirt comes to live in that person. However, it is possible for a believer to not yield to the Spirt; as Ephesians 4:30 tells us, a believer can grieve the Holy Spirt who has been given to us. We grieve the Holy Spirit when we live according to our flesh, and not according to the Spirit. We may be doing all the things a Christian should be doing-attending church, praying, reading the Bible, being faithful, and being a ‘good’ citizen; yet we may do all these things without being filled with the Spirit. Being filled with the Spirit is not the same as receiving the Spirt at salvation. Being filled with the Spirit is a matter of emptying ourselves of self, the flesh and yielding wholly to the Spirit of God. We empty selves by turning our minds and hearts to the Lord and turning form the self-centered life; we tell God that we need His Spirit to fill us; we say yes to the things of God; and we yield everything about us-our health, our future, our possessions, our career, our reputation, and our thought life. Being filled with the Spirt is not a one time occurrence, but a way of life; as we go about our day, we have an attitude of being filled with His Spirit. When we live according to the Spirit, we will experience the peace of God and the pressures and frustrations that come as a result of living according to self will be gone. The Spirit equips us and empowers us to be overcomers even in the most difficult times and circumstances. As one of the verses above reminds us, we are the temple of God. Let us live by the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law,”
Romans 15:13 “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Blessings, Buddy
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