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Filled With The Spirit. Have you ever asked God to reveal His will to you? If so, the New Testament has already revealed God’s will for you in five different places in the New Testament. If you want to do His will, you should start here before you ask Him for something specific in your life. But in this study we will focus on only one. 3. According to Ephesians 5:17-18 what is the will of God for you?
 4. In Ephesians 5:18 the Greek word translated as “dissipation” refers to reckless
living. What does the illustration “do not get drunk with wine” mean? What happens when one is
drunk?
5. The Greek word for “filled” in Ephesians 5:18 is a command, and it is also
in the passive tense. This means that we are commanded to allow something to happen to us. What does “be
filled with the Spirit” mean? How do we let it happen?
6. What are the evidences that a person is being filled with the Holy Spirit according
to Ephesians 5:19-22, 25; 6:1, 5?
How To Be Filled. If one desires to be filled with the Holy Spirit, how does this happen? The answer is found in the following question, “Do you want the Holy Spirit to take control of your life?” To be filled with the Holy Spirit means that you are completely and totally willing for Him to control you. Notice God’s illustration in Ephesians 5:17-18. He commands us not to become drunk with wine but to be drunk with the Holy Spirit. To be drunk means that wine has taken control of us. In Jesus’ day the Greek word “filled” was used to refer to someone being filled full of food. That is what God wants us to be – to be filled full of the Holy Spirit. To be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be controlled by Him. If we turn to Colossians 3:16-22, we will discover that not only is it a parallel passage to Ephesians 5:17-6:5, but it gives us another aspect to being filled with the Holy Spirit. Both Ephesians 5:17-6:5 and Colossians 3:16-22 help us understand how to be filled with the Holy Spirit. |
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