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Power To ChangeThe Holy Spirit Filling the
Believer

• Part Four
• The Holy Spirit Controls Us

Acts 423-31 Page 928
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Acts 423-31

1. After they were released, they went to their own
   fellowship and reported all that the chief
   priests and the elders had said to them.
2. When they heard this, they raised their voices
   to God unanimously and said, Master, You are the
   One who made the heaven, the earth, and the sea,
   and everything in them.

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25 You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth
of our father David Your servant Why did the
Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot futile
things? 26 The kings of the earth took their
stand, and the rulers assembled together against
the Lord and against His Messiah. 27 For, in
fact, in this city both Herod and Pontius Pilate,
with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
assembled together against Your holy Servant
Jesus, whom You anointed,
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1. to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had
   predestined to take place.
2. And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant
   that Your slaves may speak Your message with
   complete boldness,
3. while You stretch out Your hand for healing,
   signs, and wonders to be performed through the
   name of Your holy Servant Jesus.

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1. When they had prayed, the place where they were
   assembled was shaken, and they were all filled
   with the Holy Spirit and began to speak Gods
   message with boldness.

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What Does it Mean to be Filled?

• To be consumed by and under the control of

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To be Consumed by and Under the
Control of

• Acts 213 But some sneered and said, Theyre
  full of new wine!
• Acts 53 Then Peter said, Ananias, why has
  Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit
  and keep back part of the proceeds from the
  field?
• Acts 517-18 those who belonged to the party
  of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
  So they arrested the apostles and put them in the
  city jail.

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To be Consumed by and Under the
Control of

• Acts 1345 But when the Jews saw the crowds,
  they were filled with jealousy and began to
  oppose what Paul was saying by insulting him.
• Acts 1928 When they had heard this, they were
  filled with rage and began to cry out, Great is
  Artemis of the Ephesians!
• Acts 1929 So the city was filled with
  confusion and they rushed all together into the
  amphitheater

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To be Consumed by and Under the Control of

• And the disciples were filled with joy and the
  Holy Spirit.
• Acts 1352

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To be Filled with the Spirit

• Is to be consumed by the Holy Spirit and under
  His control

A. W. Tozer I am talking about His coming and
possessing the full body and mind and life and
being, taking over the entire personality,
directly but gently making it His, so that we may
become a habitation of God in the Spirit.
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There is one baptism, but many fillings
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All Christians are Indwelt by the Spirit

• Romans 89 You, however, are not in the flesh,
  but in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God lives
  in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of
  Christ, he does not belong to Him.

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All Christians Have Been Baptized by the Spirit

• 1st Corinthians 1213 For we were all baptized
  by one Spirit into one bodywhether Jews or
  Greeks, whether slaves or freeand we were all
  made to drink of one Spirit.

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Scofield Note
The New Testament distinguishes between having
the Spirit, which is true of all believers, and
being filled with the Spirit, which is the
believers privilege and duty. One
baptism, many fillings."
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Case Study 1

• The Jerusalem Christians received the Holy Spirit
  in Act 24
• Acts 21-4 When the day of Pentecost had
  arrived, they were all together in one place.
  Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing
  wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole
  house where they were staying. And tongues, like
  flames of fire that were divided, appeared to
  them and rested on each one of them. Then they
  were all filled with the Holy Spirit

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Case Study 1

• The Jerusalem Christians received the Holy Spirit
  in Acts 24. But
• The same people are said filled with the Spirit
  in Acts 431
• Acts 431 When they had prayed, the place
  where they were assembled was shaken, and they
  were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to
  speak Gods message with boldness.

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Case Study 2

• Acts 917 So Ananias left and entered the
  house. Then he placed his hands on him and said,
  Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to
  you on the road you were traveling, has sent me
  so you may regain your sight and be filled with
  the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 139 Then Saulalso called Paulfilled
  with the Holy Spirit

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How to Be Filled with the SpiritA. W. Tozer

• Present Yourself to God in Complete Surrender
• Romans 121 Present your bodies as a living
  sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God this is your
  spiritual worship
• God cannot fill what He cannot have
• Ask
• Luke 1113 If you then, who are evil, know how
  to give good gifts to your children, how much
  more will the heavenly Father give the Holy
  Spirit to those who ask Him?

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How to Be Filled with the Spirit

• Be Willingly Obedient
• Acts 532 the Holy Spirit whom God has given
  to those who obey Him.
• Trust God in Faith for it
• Galatians 32 Did you receive the Spirit by
  the works of the law or by hearing with faith?

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Ephesians 518

• Ephesians 518 And dont get drunk with wine,
  which leads to reckless actions, but be filled
  with the Spirit

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Ephesians 518

• A Comparison
• Being Filled with the Spirit is like being drunk
  with wine, in that something else is controlling
  you.
• A Contrast
• Being drunk is a bad kind of control resulting in
  bad things
• Being filled with the Spirit results in good
  things

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Ephesians 518

• A Continuous Experience
• Literally, Be ye being filled
• An experience that will have to be repeated
• A Command to Obey
• It is just as wrong not to be filled with the
  Spirit as it is to be drunk with wine

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