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Volume 2 Lesson 1 BE FILLED With The Spirit

LESSON 1

BE FILLED With The Spirit
SECTION 1:
A Story of Being Filled
Acts 4:5-12
The Definition
What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit?
Ephesians 5:14-21
Acts 1:8



The Greek word for the phrase “be filled” is the word “pleroo” [playro-o].  Pleroo means to make full, to fill up, to cause to abound, to
furnish or supply liberally, to complete.  God desires for  you to be
made mature and complete by the power of His presence, the Holy
Spirit. You must, as the Greek tense of this word literally says, “be,
being continually filled with the Spirit
Why do I need to be filled with the Spirit?
Romans 15:13
Acts 4:31
Acts 5:32
Acts 4
How can I be filled with the Spirit?
Acts 8:17
Luke 11:13
Acts 2:38
SECTION 2:
The Study
Ephesians 5:14-21
Ephesians 5:14-21
SECTION 3:
Ephesians 5:14-21
John 14:26
SECTION 4:
SECTION 5:
The Marks of Maturing
SECTION 6:
Go Further
Here are some additional readings for you as you are filled with the
Spirit:
"He exhorts them to be filled with the Spirit. Those who are full of
drink are not likely to be full of the Spirit; and therefore this duty is
opposed to the former sin. The meaning of the exhortation is that men
should labor for a plentiful measure of the graces of the Spirit, that
would fill their souls with great joy, strength, and courage, which
things sensual men expect their wine should inspire them with. We
cannot be guilty of any excess in our endeavors after these: nay, we
ought not to be satisfied with a little of the Spirit, but to be aspiring
after measures, so as to be filled with the Spirit. Now by this means we
shall come to understand what the will of the Lord is; for the Spirit of
God is given as a Spirit of wisdom and of understanding. And because
those who are filled with the Spirit will be carried out in acts of
devotion, and all the proper expressions of it, therefore the apostle
exhorts, to sing unto the Lord, v. 19. Drunkards are wont to sing
obscene and profane songs. The heathens, in their Bacchanalia, used to
sing hymns to Bacchus, whom they called the god of wine. Thus they
expressed their joy; but the joy of Christians should express itself in
songs of praise to their God. In these they should speak to themselves
in their assemblies and meetings together, for mutual edification. By
psalms may be meant David’s psalms, or such composures as were
fitly sung with musical instruments. By hymns may be meant such
others as were confined to matter of praise, as those of Zacharias,
Simeon, etc. Spiritual songs may contain a greater variety of matter,
doctrinal, prophetical, historical, etc. Observe here, (1.) The singing of
psalms and hymns is a gospel ordinance: it is an ordinance of God, and
appointed for his glory. (2.) Though Christianity is an enemy to
profane mirth, yet it encourages joy and gladness, and the proper
expressions of these in the professors of it. God’s people have reason
to rejoice, and to sing for joy. They are to sing and to make melody in
their hearts; not only with their voices, but with inward affection, and
then their doing this will be as delightful and acceptable to God as
music is to us: and it must be with a design to please him, and to
promote his glory, that we do this; and then it will be done to the
Lord.
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http://www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=4&contentID=1777&commInfo=5&topic=Ephesians scroll down to verse 11
www.blueletterbible.org, Mathew Henry, “Commentary on Ephesians 5” Added March 1996




"But be filled with the Spirit: Paul contrasts the effect of the Holy
Spirit with the state of drunkenness. Alcohol is a depressant; it
“loosens” people because it depresses their self-control, their wisdom,
their balance and judgment. The Holy Spirit has an exactly opposite
effect. He is a stimulant; He moves every aspect of our being to better
and more perfect performance. “We find it here imbedded amongst
precepts laying down the great laws of self-control, and it comes just
before the special directions which the Apostle gives for the quiet
sanctities of the Christian home . . . But then, all the while, it is a thing
supernatural. It is a state of man wholly unattainable by training, by
reasoning, by human wish and will. It is nothing less than - God in
command and control of man’s whole life, flowing everywhere into it,
that He may flow fully and freely out of it in effects around.” (Moule)
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http://www.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/comm_view.cfm?AuthorID=2&contentID=8037&commInfo=31&topic=Ephesians scroll down to d. But be filled with the Spirit:
www.blueletterbible.org, David Guzik, “Study Guide for Ephesians 5” Added July 7, 2006



"Be filled with the Spirit Within the Greek language is an indicative mode, which is the
statement of fact, and an imperative mode, which states a command.
Ephesians 5:18 is an emphatic imperative, and is literally translated,
"Be being kept filled with the Spirit." It is a command that includes the
idea of conscious continuation. Being continually filled with the Spirit
is not an option for the believer but a biblical mandate. No Christian
can fulfill God's will for his life apart from being filled with the Spirit.
Misconceptions of Being Filled with the Spirit
Much material is in print today that states you can be a Christian but
you don't necessarily have to be obedient to God. Some teach that
simply getting into the kingdom is all that really matters. They
consider one might do in obedience to the Lord through the power of
the Spirit is merely some sort of spiritual "extra credit."
However to resist the filling and control of the Holy Spirit is flagrant
disobedience, and to deny or minimize its importance is to stand
rebelliously against the clear teaching of God's own Word. Every
Christian falls short of God's standards and will sometimes fall into sin
and indifference but those who continually exist in such a state are
obviously not Christians. The Holy Spirit has given us a new nature
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www.gty.org, John MacArthur, Recording of “Be Filled With The Spirit” Part I,December 3, 1978




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“Christians are guilty for not being filled with the Holy Spirit as
sinners are for not repenting. They are even more so, for as they have
more light, they are much the more guilty.”
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Charles Finney, Presbyterian and Congregationalist, 1792 – 1875




“Men ought to seek with their whole hearts to be filled with the Spirit
of God. Without being filled with the Spirit, it is utterly impossible
that an individual Christian or a church can ever live or work as God
desires.”
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Andrew Murray, South African Write, Teacher and Christian Pastor, 1828 –
1917



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LESSON 12 Abide


LESSON 12  
Abide
SECTION 1:

A Story of Abiding
John 15:4-11


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Acts 2:42-47



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The Definition of Abiding
What does it mean to abide?
John 15:1-4


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John 14:26




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Why do I need to abide?
John 15:5-8



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How do I abide?

Proverbs 3:5-10




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John 14:16-18




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1 John 2:3-11
SECTION 2:
The Study of Abiding
John 15:1-11
John 15:1-11



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Go Further



“The connection between the vine and the branch is a living one.
No external, temporary union will suffice; no work of man can
effect it: the branch, whether an original or an engrafted one, is
such only by the Creator’s own work, in virtue of which the life,
the sap, the fatness, and the fruitfulness of the vine communicate
themselves to the branch. And just so it is with the believer too.” ~
Andrew Murray
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http://www.theoldtimegospel.org/message/abide_04.html, Second Paragraph
Andrew Murray, South African Writer, Teacher and
Christian Pastor, 1828 – 1917




“Every thing that a man leans upon but God, will be a dart that will
certainly pierce his heart through and through. He who leans only
upon Christ, lives the highest, choicest, safest, and sweetest life.” ~
Thomas Brooks
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http://www.christian-resources-today.com/christian-quotes.html First paragraph in the section entitled "Abiding,
 Thomas Brooks, British Politician and
Member of Parliament,1880 – 1958


“Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he
must first begin to think as Christ thought.” ~ A.A. Allen
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http://www.tentmaker.org/Quotes/thecrossquotes.htm, 36th quote
 A.A. Allen, Pentecostal Evangelist, 1911 – 1970


1 John 4:13-16 MESSAGE
This is how we know we're living steadily and deeply in him, and
he in us: He's given us life from his life, from his very own Spirit.
Also, we've seen for ourselves and continue to state openly that the
Father sent his Son as Savior of the world. Everyone who confesses
that Jesus is God's Son participates continuously in an intimate
relationship with God. We know it so well, we've embraced it heart
and soul, this love that comes from God. ~ 
1 John 4:13-16 MESSAGE



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The Message Bible  






11–16 Divinely loved ones, since in that manner and to that extent did God love us, also, as for us, we are under moral obligation to be constantly loving one another. God in His [invisible] essence no one has ever yet beheld, with the result that no one has the capacity to behold Him. If we habitually are loving one another, God in us is abiding, and His love has been brought to its fullness in us and exists in that state of fullness. In this we know experientially that in Him we are dwelling and He himself in us, because He has given us from His Spirit as a source [spiritual gifts and their operation] as a permanent gift. And as for us, we have deliberately and steadfastly contemplated, and we are testifying that the Father has sent off the Son as Saviour of the world. Whoever agrees with the statement that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him dwells and he himself in God. And as for us, we have known experientially the love which God has in our case, and have that knowledge at present, and we have believed and at present maintain that attitude. God is, as to His nature, love, and he who dwells in the aforementioned love in God is dwelling, and God in him is dwelling.
1 John 4:13-16