Dedicated To The Men of God
Who Preach the Word of God As It Is To Men As They Are
"Preach The Word"
The Forgotten Command To The
Church
Text: Eph. 5:18- 6:9
Introduction:
There are three attitudes that hinder the the filling of the Holy Spirit in one’s life:
1. Ignorance (Acts 19:2)
2. Indifference -There were 380 absent on the day of Pentecost.
3. Iniquity- Sin in the heart.
The moral filling with the Spirit should be distinguished from His miraculous filling. Apart from the moral filling of the Spirit, wives, husbands, children, fathers, servants, and mothers cannot act toward one another as God commands.
I. The Must Of The Spirit-Filled Life
A. The Word of God commands it.
B. The work of God commands it.
C. The witness of God inspires it.
II. The Marks Of The Spirit-Filled Life
A. The realization of Christ’s abiding presence (Eph.3:17)
B. The reproduction of Christ’s holy life (Gal. 5:22-23)
C. The re-enactment of Christ’s supernatural power (Acts 1:8)
III. The Manifestation Of A Spirit Filled Life
The Spirit filled life is manifested with love. Being filled with the Spirit is being filled with love.
A. Personal life
1. Praising love (v.19)
2. Joyful love (v.19)
3. Thankful love (v.20)
B. Church life
1. Submitting love (v.21)
C. Domestic Life
1. Husband and wife sacrificing and submitting love.
2. Parents and children
a. Caring love
b. Obeying and honoring love
D. Vocational Life
Employer and employee
a. Laboring love
b. Respectful love
Conclusion:
Now can a person be filled with the Spirit?
1. There must be a craving.
2. There must be a cleansing.
3. There must be a claiming.
Sermon
By Dr. Curtis Barbery
Bennett, NC--USA
