Sermon Title: BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
Scripture Text: EPHESIANS 5:18-21
Sermon Series: HERE I STAND: BUILDING A STRONG FAITH
Sermon Notes:
EPHESIANS 5:18-21 ESV
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
“I kept it simple and focused on skiing, not on winning, not on where I’d place. I remembered to breathe [because] sometimes I don’t.” — Tommy Moe, 1994 Winter Olympics Gold Winner-
“It is impossible to live the Christian life apart from the Holy Spirit.”
Statements of Being
Statements of Doing
2 CORINTHIANS 1:21-22 ESV
21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
GALATIANS 5:16 ESV
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
EPHESIANS 5:18 ESV
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
“If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference.
If the Holy spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, 95 percent of what they did would stop, and everybody would know the difference.” –A.W. Tozer
I. We must seek the filling of the Holy Spirit
EPHESIANS 5:18 ESV
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
IMPERATIVE:
Command
PLURAL:
For everybody
PRESENT TENSE:
Continual action
“The Spirit-filled life is supposed to be the normal way of life for the believer.”
Reflect:
Are you seeking to be filled with the Holy Spirit?
II. We are to surrender to the Holy Spirit
EPHESIANS 5:18 ESV
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
“A person who is filled with the Holy Spirit is a person who is not a self-willed man but a Spirit-controlled man.”
Reflect:
Is the Spirit free to do all that he wants to do in your life?
III. Being filled with the Spirit will show up in my life
SHOWN IN: Joyful Heart
EPHESIANS 5:18-19 ESV
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
“The best songs come from a joyful heart.”
EPHESIANS 5:19 ESV
19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
SHOWN IN: Thankfulness
A Spirit-filled believer is a thankful believer.
EPHESIANS 5:20 ESV
20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
“It is not what we have or what we feel or what we have done that makes us grateful but how much we enjoy God that results in true gratitude.”
EPHESIANS 5:20 ESV
20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
SHOWN IN: Submission
“A Spirit-filled believer is always willing to submit to another believer in any area where the other believer deserves submission.”
EPHESIANS 5:21 ESV
21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
EPHESIANS 5:22 ESV
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
EPHESIANS 5:21 ESV
21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Reflect:
Are you Spirit-filled? Would those around you agree?
“You can’t fill a jar that’s already full, and you can’t fill a jar that is not open.” —Ray Pritchard
“Being filled with the Holy Spirit touches our need to be in control.”
ARE YOU “FILLABLE”?