SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES

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SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis
Glendale Baptist Church Houston,
Texas quicknotes.org 2006
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FILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

• And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess
  but be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 518
  KJV).

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And do not get drunk with wine, for that is
dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit
(Ephesians 518 NASB).Do not get drunk on
wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be
filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 518 NIV).
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Do not get drunk with wine, for that is
debauchery but be filled with the Spirit
(Ephesians 518 NRSV).
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MEMORIZE THIS VERSE!
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FILLING THE TEMPLE

• the Shekinah Glory fills the Tabernacle (Exodus
  403435), Solomons Temple (1 Kings 81011),
  and millennial Temple (Ezekiel 435 444 Haggai
  27)

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today our bodies are temples of the Holy
Spirit(1 Corinthians 619)
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the Holy Spirit lives inside (indwells) every
believer (Romans 89 1 Corinthians 619 Jude
19) and wants to fill His temple completely
(Ephesians 518)
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DEFINITION

• the filling of the Spirit is found 14 times in
  the NT (Luke 115, 41, 67 41 Acts 24 48,
  31 63 755 917 1124 139, 52 Ephesians
  518)

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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?
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the opposite of Spirit-control is controlling
your own life
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COMPARISON BETWEEN DRUNKENNESS AND THE FILLING OF
THE SPIRIT IN EPHESIANS 518
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a drunk is filled with alcohola Christian is
filled with the Holy Spirit
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alcohol is a substance inside the bodythe
Holy Spirit is a person living inside the body
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alcohol controls thoughts, speech, and behavior
from within the Spirit controls thoughts,
speech, and behavior from within
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alcohol is addictive the filling ministry of
the Spirit should be a moment by moment influence
in your life
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alcoholism is chemical dependencythose
filled with the Spirit depend on Him for help,
instruction, and guidance
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drunks like the effect of alcohol
Spirit-filling is also desired for its effect it
produces the fruit of the Spirit and good works
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as alcohol dominates those under its
influence, the Spirit dominates those under His
influence
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APOSTOLIC COMMAND IN EPHESIANS 518
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the filling of the Spirit is a command
(imperative mood) addressed to every church-age
believer (plural number)
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it's a repeated, not continual, filling
(iterative present tense)and is something you
receive from God (passive voice)
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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)
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unbelievers are not indwelt and therefore
cannot be filled with the Spirit
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RESULTS OF THE SPIRIT'S FILLING
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filling is a prerequisite of spiritual growth
because the Holy Spirit is the divine author,
teacher, and illuminator of Scripture
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filling is a prerequisite for church
leadership deacons had to be "full of the
Spirit and of wisdom" (Acts 63)
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doing the hard things (difficult commands and
prohibitions of Scripture) is proof of the
Spirit's filling (self is not in control)
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production of the fruit of the Spirit is proof
of the Spirit's filling (Galatians 52223 cf. 2
Peter 159)
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the filling of the Spirit makes you Christlike
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the filling of the Spirit makes you a blessing
to others (John 73739)a single drink
(indwelling) becomes rivers of running water
(filling) flowing out of your soul in the form of
blessings to others
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the filling of the Spirit produces a local
church that glorifies God (Eph 51821)exhorta
tion in song, worship in song, frequent prayers
of thanksgiving, and submission to church leaders
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the Holy Spirit is free to do everything He
came to do in the lives of Spirit-filled believers
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the Spirit's presence is known only by divine
revelation and by the results it produces in the
lives of believersit is not a feeling
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THE FILLING MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT IS NOT UNIQUE
TO THE CHURCH AGE
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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)
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Old testament examplesto make the furnishings
of the Tabernacle (Exodus 313 3531)to help
rule the people (Deuteronomy 349)to prophesy
(Micah 38 Luke 167)of Elizabeth and John the
Baptist (Luke 115, 41)
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the filling ministry of the Holy Spirit began
on the Day of Pentecoston the first day of the
Church Age (Acts 24)manifestation 120
believers who were waiting in the upper room for
the promised outpouring of the Holy Spirit began
speaking in tongues (cf. Acts 18, 13, 15 214,
1518, 33)
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the outpouring and filling of the Spirit is a
promise of the New Covenant (Acts 21618, 33)
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SHEEP IN THE WORD MINISTRIES Rev. Robert C. Lewis
Glendale Baptist Church Houston,
Texas quicknotes.org 2006