How to be filled with the Holy Spirit
Pre-salvation: Convicts & Convinces
Jn 16:8 Rom 2:12-16 Mtt 16:17 1 Thess 2:13
I At the moment of Salvation:
Converted Jn 3:1-3 Titus 3:3-7
Sealed Eph 1:13-14 Eph 4:30
Baptized 1 Cor 12:13 Col 2:12
Indwelt Jn 14:16-17 1 Cor 6:19
Given insight (understanding) 1 Cor 1:18 1 Cor 2:6-16
II How to be filled with the Holy Spirit Eph 5:18 (Jn 7:37-39)
Imperative ( not optional / not automatic )
Plural ( not select few, but for all )
Passive ( requires willing surrender )
Present tense ( constant, conscious, choice )
How to be filled with the Holy Spirit:
Walk in the light of God’s revealed truth Eph 5:1 – 14
Determine to know and do God’s will Eph 5:15 – 17
Choose to receive spiritual truth Eph 5:18
How to know you’re filled: (4 present tense participles)
Speaking biblical truth Eph 5:19
Singing heart-felt truth to the Lord Eph 5:19
Acquiring an attitude of gratitude Eph 5:20
Submissive serving of one another Eph 5:21
III Clarifications, cautions, celebrations
“Test the spirits” 1 Jn 4:1-6
Trust biblical truth, not feelings or circumstances 2 Cor 11:1-33
Spiritual gifts are sovereignly given, we don’t pick and choose
1 Cor 12:4-11
Servant attitude precedes gifts and service Jn 13:1-17 1 Pet 4:7-11
To the Father – Thru the Son – In the Holy Spirit
The Spirit does not come when we call on Him
The mystical mutual relationship of the God-head
Jn 14:6-27 Jn 16:13-15 Phil 2:19 Acts 16:7 Phil 2:1
2 Cor 13:14 Rom 8:9-14 Eph 1:17 Jn 8:29 Luke 4:1
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