GodtheHolySpirit•Week5:TheHolySpiritunifies,energizes,revealsandequips

•Week6:TheHolySpiritproducesevidenceofatransformedlife

•Week7:TheHolySpiritfillsuswithpowerforapurpose

Acts2:1-3aWhenthedayofPentecostarrived,theywerealltogetherinoneplace.Andsuddenlytherecamefromheavenasoundlikeamightyrushingwind,anditfilledtheentirehousewheretheyweresitting.Anddividedtonguesasoffireappearedtothemandrestedoneachoneofthem.AndtheywereallfilledwiththeHolySpirit.

Indwelling&FillingdefinitionsIndwelling- TheSpiritofGodtakinguppermanent

residencewithinaBeliever

Filling- TheSpiritofGodhavingcontrolofeveryaspectofaBeliever’slife.

Romans8:9You,however,arenotinthefleshbutintheSpirit,ifinfacttheSpiritofGoddwellsinyou.AnyonewhodoesnothavetheSpiritofChristdoesnotbelongtohim.

Indwelling

Ephesians5:18Anddonotgetdrunkwithwine,forthatisdebauchery,butbe(continuously)filledwiththeSpirit,

Filling

Indwelling &Filling Comparison

IndwellingoftheHolySpirit• TrueofallBelievers• Onetime:occursatconversion

• Permanent

FillingoftheHolySpirit• TrueofsomeBelievers• Continual:happensoverandover

• Temporary

“Iwantedtoshoutouttoeveryone,‘I’mhere’!”– MartinPistorius,survivorofLocked-inSyndrome

Acts1:8Butyouwillreceivepower whentheHolySpirithascomeuponyou,andyouwillbemywitnessesinJerusalemandinallJudeaandSamaria,andtotheendoftheearth.

miraculouspower,ability

“…butyouaretostayinthecityuntilyouareclothedwithpowerfromonhigh.”Luke24:49

What’stheoutcome?Transformation

Galatians5:16-23• decreasedworksoftheflesh• increasedfruitofthespirit

What’stheoutcome?Proclamation

Luke– Acts“filledwiththeHolySpirit”

• spontaneousfillingthatresultsinspeakingthewordofGodwithholypower

Luke1:67-79AndhisfatherZachariaswasfilledwiththeHolySpirit,andprophesied,saying:

“BlessedbetheLordGodofIsrael,ForHehasvisitedusandaccomplishedredemptionforHispeople…”

Acts4:7-8Whentheyhadplacedtheminthecenter,theybegantoinquire,“Bywhatpower,orinwhatname,haveyoudonethis?”8ThenPeter,filledwiththeHolySpirit,saidtothem …

Acts4:31Andwhentheyhadprayed,theplacewheretheyhadgatheredtogetherwasshaken,andtheywereallfilledwiththeHolySpirit andbegantospeakthewordofGodwithboldness.

So,howcanIbefilledwiththeSpirit?-WalkbytheSpirit

ButIsay,walkbytheSpirit,andyouwillnotcarryoutthedesireoftheflesh.Gal.5:16

IfwelivebytheSpirit,letusalso

walkbytheSpirit.Gal.5:25