Be Filled

In the book of Ephesians chapter 5 verse 18 Paul says the failed with the spirit, turn your neighbors a neighbor fail with the spirit. No one can be born again are part from the Holy Spirit. Titus chapter 3 verse five not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing all the Holy Ghost. But just because you are born again does not necessarily mean that you are filled with the Holy Spirit. John chapter 14 verse 12 Jesus said to his disciples the Holy Spirit dwells with you, but he shall be future didn't he shall be in you, and then he told him to go to the upper room in Jerusalem, and Terry for the problem as all the other about 6000 promises in the Bible. To my knowledge this is the only promise referred to as fee promise of the father must be born. They waited in worship 10 days past and the Bible says and accepted beginning verse one when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place and suddenly there came a sound from you for some of you be experienced today would be a suddenly experience many of you been seeking to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

But today for someone. This will be a suddenly everybody say suddenly suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Tongues of fire sat upon each of them, which is an emblem of old and they will all members shall, with the holy ghost God wants every one of us to be feel now you to take just a moment and look at the grammar of Ephesians 518. Just these two words be few want to notice the first of all, it is in the imperative mood. What is it me is a command.

This is not a suggestion, God's word says hello when the spirit. The second thing I want to know it is in the passive, which means that are the passive voice which means that it is something that must be done for you. We don't do it for ourselves was in the imperative mood's command to the passive voice which means it is an all time and not an attainment. God said I want to do this you and for you. All you have to do is all for me to enter. The third thing that I want you to notice that it is in the present continuous tense. In other words, it means key being filled with the Holy Spirit. There's only one feeling there are many reasons years ago passengers down in Alabama and this fellow was a sweet guy, but I believe that he was just a few French fries short of a happy meal but you know very friendly and we developed over a period of months, the relationship I could really know that much about, but his question every Sunday when he saw me was how will I get the hip. Well, I first tried to give him you know Scripture because I thought he was wanting to be saved but discovered that it was just again that we were going to play so he would ask me how I like to have a knot. I dredged up every antigen maximum proper. You know, because I wanted to be quick with the response. I would not say will you turn right at Calvary.

That would satisfy how to get to him. Well, this is road to heaven is best traveled owner means you know it was just like that up with every son and then one Sunday I wasn't really thinking about it. I wasn't prepared and he said I would get to have bridge and I said all and he looked at me because Lisa people want. I said people keep in on things that is fine. I went home about. That was really going to know what that means people understood that Ephesians 518 means all being filled with the Holy Spirit, not just what is not a once-in-a-lifetime but every day, every moment of every day. The Holy Spirit is just big poured out old believers and the flow. Jesus said in John seven verse 37. If any man first, to be drink believable me is the Scripture out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water in parentheses despite the spirit which they that believe on him should receive for the Holy Ghost was not because Jesus was not yet glorified. Jesus has been glorified.

The Holy Ghost has been given and is not forced to spirit out will flow out of you, the anointing will flow out of you and make you a blessing so keep all be filled with the Holy Spirit somebody saving see this through three reasons why we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit number one ready for this. Christ himself commanded 2440 nonetheless and the promise of my father bought material to be reviewed with powerful and accepted one being assembled together with them, he commanded them, he commanded them, commanded them. Turn your neighbors would be feel.

He commanded them that they should not apart from drizzle but wait for the promise of what would clearly give her to me for John truly baptized in water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days he verse eight he said, but you shall receive power, the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and you shall be witnesses, and me both in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and under the uttermost part of the work that word of the great powers due to missing piece divine enablement. God delights in overshadowing my went divine all to make the impossible possible. A man is always and I'm going to fill you with my power. I'm going to ignore you to do what I've done and he said church out into the world's song and lightning here we are today all these centuries later, we are enjoying the blessings of the spirit feel like I was somebody would say praise will Christ you know why he wanted us to be filled with the Holy Spirit because everything that he did he did in the power and of the Holy Spirit. Luke Luke chapter 412 drove there with Luke chapter 4 verse one these work and Jesus be full all the Holy Ghost. Jesus was full of the spirit.

I need to be full of the spirit. Jesus, being full of the Holy Ghost.

Verse 14 says of Jesus. He returned in the power of the Spirit in the Galilee that went out through all the region round about. Look at verse 18 Jesus stands up in the synagogue and says the spirit of the Lord God upon me, because things are going to be to preach the gospel to heal the sick and to set the captives free.

Now if you go over to John's gospel chapter 14 verse 12 and I alluded to earlier. He said he believable the works that I do shall he do also and greater works than these shall he do because I going to my father once average Alaska bonding that the father may be glorified in the son shall ask anything in my name I will do it if you love me, keep my commandments. I will pray the father shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you forever, even the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because you did not know if you don't work well with you, and shall be in you. Somebody say praise God now go from John 14 John 16. Look at verses seven. It is expedient for you that I know what the word expedient is some fairy in the Greek I sound like a teacher did something, but God just put this all my heart that it is profitable as it is expedient or profitable for you articulate that I go away. Think about that. Pete just told his disciples what is best for you that I go away is even making is profitable, for if I go not away, as the explosion, the comforter will not come in but a body part. I will send about you and what is coming soon in righteousness and of judgment. The company before you were Christian before you feel the Holy Spirit you could see and with impunity but not anymore.

The Holy Spirit will body slam. You don't have to worry about me, stand up your Sunday and tell you what you need to do to live life you will live right you talk right no trust right you believe what you will overwrite because of the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life is 3626 and 27 says in the Old Testament, a new part will I give you a new spirit will I put within you and I will cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments. That's the power of the Spirit filled life. Jesus commanded us to be filled is a second reason, we desperately feel when the Holy Spirit everything Jesus did in the power of the hose but exited the Jesus of Nazareth, the Holy Ghost would power about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil. Even when he laid his life down on Calvary Hebrews 914 says how much more shall the blood of Christ, who spirit himself without spot to God, your content work. So Jesus did in the power the Holy Spirit and I'm supposed to do what Jesus also be Holy Spirit in the power of the Holy Spirit. I was in Greenwood Mississippi as a young evangelist and I was so naïve.

I didn't believe that churches have problems been raised in a parsonage. My father was a pastor my grandfather was a pastor but it was it was a tradition in our family never to discuss church problems.

I never heard my mother or father complain about church never heard them talk about problems. I grew up thinking that churches were perfect places. Today were going to give an opportunity for you to unite with the church.

If you're looking for a perfect church.

Please do not, it is not perfect and if it were when you joined, it would cease to be part because your number. Nobody's perfect. Unfortunately, sometimes churches don't know how to resolve their differences in prayer and so church fights break out and there are few, and churches can become divided.

I just happened to go to preach a revival in a church that was as divided as the red sea when Moses stretched his rod out over the ritzy. There was a box that sat on the backside that didn't like the bond and they did not like the pastor because the pastor invited me to preach guessing they really did not.

This clue I have no idea what's coming up, young evangelist just started in full-time ministry and I'm supposed to preach a two-week revival now that's back when they had revivals that lasted sometimes to three weeks so I have two weeks to spin in this glorious atmosphere. I stand up to preach the first nine and the ones that managed to come out were so disgruntled and so angry and so bitter and so resume full and you know, if you don't do something about resentment, it turns into bitterness and eventually it will turn into hatred so they're sitting there with her arms folded, looking at me like what you think you're going to get me and I wish somehow that we could clear up that misconception.

I'm not trying to get you to do anything, even when we stand up and tell you to give what were trying to do is remove every hindrance to the free flow of the anointing of the Spirit of God so that you can be blessed gloriously.

One glance that's all we're trying to do and so you know you you can imagine how and it was like nobody would save me about anything and just like they were just they had their heels dug in and that was it and I thought this is terrible. I didn't know what was wrong. I went to pray or begin to fast second day, I thought this be a breakthrough not when it was worse than the first night I got Ms. blasting up half the night oriented crime God what will will see you know it's possible be wrong about about the way God operates and proceed to act as if you know what your new C. Up until that time I thought the only way that God could ever give a breakthrough is for every body had ever done anything wrong. The big scope exposed and God would deal with that and remove all I really didn't believe that God could bless you. She is long as there were some goats hanging around eating in Kansas they can place a I found out that the Lord will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies so I'm praying about what's wrong and try to figure out God. How can we expose this visit in the past was like is in the lives of the people.let's just get to the root of it is made.

What we have a breakthrough in the first week was just absolutely.

I was so embarrassed. I was so put out.

I was so ashamed. I honestly thought about given up. I thought I'm going to just leave my stuff go because there is no way there's ever going to be a breakthrough in this church. One night I got up to preach all hail almost every event has a great red-hot sermon only, but that night I preached that sermon differently.

I didn't just talk about hail. I talked about hail like I was glad they would go even sooner that I wanted to know where they would go.

I got to the end of the message and I said if you don't want to go to hail come down here and bring you could hear crickets and I saw this guy who was in a wheelchair and one woman brought him.

I do not know, but she brought him to church.

He motioned for her and whispered in her ear. I want to go down to the altar. Now this is how backslidden they were. She pushed him to the left. He is all in the altar and he's in a wheelchair any time soon.

What's your name. He told me I said when he will like that much compassion was what he will not only go to hell