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BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
THE LAMP DEVOTION
Ephesians 5:18
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.
I am sure this verse is not new to anyone who has been a Christian for not less than ten years. What does it actually mean? In the natural thinking, filling carries the idea of pouring something into a container. That is when we say it is half-full or three-quarters full. It is easy to think of being filled with the Holy Spirit that way, but it is not.
The other fact is that the container must be empty to be able to hold what is being poured into it. The container must be clean so the water being poured must remain clean.
Every believer in Christ has the Holy Spirit living in them. That is the Bible teaching about the Holy Spirit indwelling the believer. So, what is the infilling? Is it another experience, like the idea of pouring something into a container?
When something fills another, what fills the other object is what comes out when poured. When you are filled with the Holy Spirit, what comes out of you naturally is of the Holy Spirit. It means when you speak, or act, it is no longer you but the Holy Spirit.
Everyone receives the Spirit only once. He does not leave and come again. He is always there. It is just that He is being overshadowed by all kinds of attitudes, so His flow is always blocked or hindered. We must adopt only attitudes that allow the Spirit who already dwells in us to flow in us. When we purify our spirits, the Holy Spirit flows through us and the outcome is what is described as the person is filled with the Holy Spirit.
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