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SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis • Glendale Baptist Church • Houston, Texas quicknotes.org • 2006. FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18 KJV).
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SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis • Glendale Baptist Church • Houston, Texas quicknotes.org • 2006
FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18 KJV).
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18 NASB).Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18 NIV).
Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18 NRSV).
FILLING THE TEMPLE • the Shekinah Glory fills the Tabernacle (Exodus 40:34–35), Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 8:10–11), and millennial Temple (Ezekiel 43:5; 44:4; Haggai 2:7)
• today our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit(1 Corinthians 6:19)
• the Holy Spirit lives inside (indwells) every believer (Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 6:19; Jude 19) and wants to fill His temple completely (Ephesians 5:18)
DEFINITION • the filling of the Spirit is found 14 times in the NT (Luke 1:15, 41, 67; 4:1; Acts 2:4; 4:8, 31; 6:3; 7:55; 9:17; 11:24; 13:9, 52; Ephesians 5:18)
• to be filled with the Spirit is to be completely controlled by the SpiritSO• who is going to control your life, you or the Holy Spirit?
• the opposite of Spirit-control is controlling your own life
COMPARISON BETWEEN DRUNKENNESS AND THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT IN EPHESIANS 5:18
• a drunk is filled with alcohol;a Christian is filled with the Holy Spirit
• alcohol is a substance inside the body;the Holy Spirit is a person living inside the body
• alcohol controls thoughts, speech, and behavior from within;the Spirit controls thoughts, speech, and behavior from within
• alcohol is addictive;the filling ministry of the Spirit should be a moment by moment influence in your life
• alcoholism is chemical dependency;those filled with the Spirit depend on Him for help, instruction, and guidance
• drunks like the effect of alcohol;Spirit-filling is also desired for its effect: it produces the fruit of the Spirit and good works
• as alcohol dominates those under its influence,the Spirit dominates those under His influence
• the filling of the Spirit is a command (imperative mood) addressed to every church-age believer (plural number)
• it's a repeated, not continual, filling (iterative present tense)and is something you receive from God (passive voice)
• the filling of the Spirit is lost by sinning, restored by confession, and maintained by obedience(sin grieves the Holy Spirit, quenches His work, and prevents Him from controlling your life)
• unbelievers are not indwelt and therefore cannot be filled with the Spirit
• filling is a prerequisite of spiritual growth because the Holy Spirit is the divine author, teacher, and illuminator of Scripture
• filling is a prerequisite for church leadership: deacons had to be "full of the Spirit and of wisdom" (Acts 6:3)
• doing the hard things (difficult commands and prohibitions of Scripture) is proof of the Spirit's filling (self is not in control)
• production of the fruit of the Spirit is proof of the Spirit's filling (Galatians 5:22–23; cf. 2 Peter 1:5–9)
• the filling of the Spirit makes you a blessing to others (John 7:37–39):a single drink (indwelling) becomes rivers of running water (filling) flowing out of your soul in the form of blessings to others
• the filling of the Spirit produces a local church that glorifies God (Eph 5:18–21):exhortation in song, worship in song, frequent prayers of thanksgiving, and submission to church leaders
• the Holy Spirit is free to do everything He came to do in the lives of Spirit-filled believers
• the Spirit's presence is known only by divine revelation and by the results it produces in the lives of believers:it is not a feeling
THE FILLING MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE CHURCH AGE
• in the Old Testament the filling of the Spirit was selective, temporary, and given to accomplish a specific purpose (task, rule, prophesy, ministry);today it is universal (for every believer), permanent (for a lifetime), and normal (a requirement for living the Christian life)
Old testament examples:to make the furnishings of the Tabernacle (Exodus 31:3; 35:31)to help rule the people (Deuteronomy 34:9)to prophesy (Micah 3:8; Luke 1:67)of Elizabeth and John the Baptist (Luke 1:15, 41)
• the filling ministry of the Holy Spirit began on the Day of Pentecost—on the first day of the Church Age (Acts 2:4):manifestation: 120 believers who were waiting in the upper room for the promised outpouring of the Holy Spirit began speaking in tongues (cf. Acts 1:8, 13, 15; 2:1–4, 15–18, 33)
• the outpouring and filling of the Spirit is a promise of the New Covenant (Acts 2:16–18, 33)
SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis • Glendale Baptist Church • Houston, Texas quicknotes.org • 2006