Filling With the Spirit

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e. Filling With the Spirit. “They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (). When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness” (). “Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit” ().

The filling of the Spirit has to do with the life and work of the Christian, by which he is empowered to do that which is commanded by the Lord.

(1) What? There are many opinions as to the meaning of the “filling” of the Spirit. Some say it happens when a person is born again. The believer does receive the Holy Spirit at conversion but this is not the filling of the Spirit; it is the of the Spirit (). Others propose that the “filling of the Spirit is that experience by which [the believer] receives the Holy Spirit sometimes later after he is saved.” However, the Word declares that all believers have received the Holy Spirit: “Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his” ().

The “filling” of the Spirit may be confusing to many because of that word “filling.” They think of a , as a vessel being filled with water. The Spirit, however, is , but a . It is true that a half-empty vessel can be filled with more water, but it is impossible for the believer, who has the Spirit, to get more of Him. One cannot get more of God, but God can get more of him.

Now the believer already has the Spirit, yet he is told to be “filled” with Him. The believer is by the Spirit; he is with the Spirit; he is with (in) the Spirit, and he is by the Spirit; and still he is to be “filled” with the Spirit. What is the “filling’ of the Spirit? A better word or thought for “filling” is “” the Spirit. Thus, the Christian is admonished to be by, to be by, to be by the Spirit. We know the full meaning now of the expression, “It is not how much of the Holy Spirit one has, but how much of one the Holy Spirit has.”

(2) How? Is this experience secured through seeking, and through prayer? There is no passage in the Word where a person ever prayed for the “filling” of the Spirit and received it. It is all brought about by to the Lord. When we are yielded to him, our wills die, and His will is the will for our lives; our ambitions fall as ashes at our feet. Some may ask, “What is ‘yieldedness’”? It is that act of the believer which places himself upon God’s altar: “Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour” (). The sweet-smelling savour offering spoken of here is the : that offering which never lacked a , for when one was consumed, another was put in its place immediately — one in the morning and one at night. This was the only way it could be a continuous offering. This burnt offering was never instituted as a , but rather as a . The Christian is beseeched to give himself as a , a continual burnt offering, showing forth the praises of Him who hath called him out of darkness into His marvelous light ().

(3) When? When does the Spirit take over? When does He control the believer? Just as soon as the believer yields — completely yields!

Are there a certain number of steps one must take in order to become yielded? No. What are the requirements, then, for yieldedness? A to the will of God! For some it may take ; others, ; still others, the , etc. Whatever it may take to become yielded to the will of God — that is the requirement!

(4) Why? Should the believer ever ask this question? Is there a need for the “filling” of the Spirit? We answer “yes” to both of these questions. Some Christians do not understand that there is such a thing as the “filling” of the Spirit, and therefore they are . In addition to God’s command to be “filled” with the Spirit, we realize that this “filling” is for power in service and in life — not for selfish gain, but for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ and the winning of the lost to him.

(5) What Then? A survey of those who have been truly “filled” with the Spirit reveals these results:

(a) They Will Christ.

(b) They Will the World.

(c) They Will the Word.

(d) They Will Be With Power.

(e) They Will Be .


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