THESE ARE EVIL DAYS, WALK CAREFULLY. (PART FIVE)

Aug 28, 2020 | Devotional | 0 comments

Shalom beloved family of God. Here is the word for today.

✅ To walk carefully, you must be filled with the Holy Spirit (5:18).
Paul gives another contrast (5:18), “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the spirit “

✅TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT MEANS TO BE CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT . Christians should be under the control or influence of the Holy Spirit. Briefly, note two things about being filled with the Spirit:-
↪ Being filled with the Holy spirit is ongoing and repeated practice. The verb tense indicates, “Be continually filled.” As you study the examples in the New Testament, you learn that godly men were filled on more than one occasion (Acts 2:4; 4:8, 31; 9:17; 13:9, 52). The filling of the Spirit must be distinguished from the baptism of the Spirit. After the Day of Pentecost, the baptism of the Spirit is a one-time action that takes place at the moment you are saved, when you receive the Holy Spirit and are placed into the body of Christ (Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:2, 5). Contrary to what many say, the baptism of the Spirit is not an experience subsequent to salvation that you are to seek. It is not an experience; it is a fact.
↪ But the filling of the Spirit is a repeated experience that empowers us for godliness and service. It is essentially the same thing as walking by means of the Spirit (Gal. 5:16), which gives us victory over the flesh and produces the fruit of the Spirit in us. It should be the normative daily experience of every Christian.
↪ Being filled with the Holy spirit is commanded . We are never commanded to be baptized with the Spirit, but we are commanded to be filled. We should take the positive command to be filled with the Spirit just as seriously as we take the negative command not to be drunk. If you are not being filled with the Spirit as an ongoing experience, you are disobeying God!
↪ To be filled with the Holy Spirit, you yield yourself completely to Him and keep doing it! If being filled means being controlled, you must continually yield the control of your life to the Holy Spirit.
✅ Are you walking carefully in this evil world by using your time wisely for eternity, by understanding God’s will for the ages, and by being filled with the Holy Spirit? If you’re not walking carefully, Repebt and ask God to fill you with His Spirit. Commit to get into His Word regularly, you will be empowered to overcome evil in this evil days in Jesus Name. 🙏🙏🙏

By Apostle Gift Sira.

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