Be Filled By the Spirit - Page 1

I.        The Spirit’s Initial Work:

1.      Regeneration – Titus 3:5 – 6

2.      Baptism – Galatians 3:27 – 28; 1 Cor. 12:13

3.      Indwelling – Rom. 5:5, 8:8 – 11; 1 Cor. 6:19

4.      Sealing – Eph. 1:13 – 14, 4:30; 2 Cor. 1:22

II.      The Spirit’s Imperative Work: Eph. 4:18

1.      The Word:

A.     Imperative 

B.     Present tense

C.     Passive

D.     Plural

1 Cor. 2:14 – 3:3, Galatians 4:19

2.      The Analogy: 

Colossians 3:16

3.      The Meaning:

A.     R. A. Torrey “To be filled with the Spirit means to have the Spirit pervading with His holy and glorious presence every chamber and nook and corner of your being, controlling every purpose, every affection, every thought, every fancy, every action, every utterance.”^[1]

B.     Wayne Grudem “To be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be filled with the immediate presence of God himself, and it therefore will result in feeling what God feels, desiring what God desires, doing what God wants, speaking by God’s power, praying and ministering in God’s strength, and knowing with the knowledge which God himself gives.”^[2]

C.     John MacArthur “The Spirit-filled life is no great mystery; it is simply Christ-consciousness.^[3]

4.      The Reality:

A.     Negatively:

i)        Do not Grieving the Holy Spirit (Eph. 4:25 – 32, 30)

ii)       Do not Quench the Holy Spirit (1 Thess. 5:12 – 22, 19)

B.     Positively:

i)        Confess yourself a sinner (1 John 1:9)

ii)       Present yourself to God (Rom. 12:1 – 2, 6:12 – 14)

iii)     Prayer (1 Thess. 5:17 & Eph. 6:18)

iv)    Intake of the Word of Christ (Col. 3:16)

III.      The Spirit’s Invisible Work: Eph. 4:19 – 21

1.      Addressing one another

Col. 3:16

2.      Singing and making melody to the Lord

3.      Giving thanks

4.      Submitting to one another

John Stott “We need to distinguish between the tolerant mind and the tolerant spirit. Tolerant in spirit a Christian should always be, loving, understanding, forgiving and forbearing others, making allowances for them, and giving them the benefit of the doubt, for true love ‘bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things’ [1 Cor. 13:7]. But how can we be tolerant in mind of what God has plainly revealed to be either evil or erroneous?”[1]

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