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“HOLY GHOST FIRE, PT. VI,”
EPH. 5:18 (KJV)
Ephesians 5:18 (KJV)
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.
FILLED, EPH. 5:18, DEFINED
Greek pleroo, pronounced play-ro-o, Strongs G4137, to make replete, that is (literally) to cram (a net) level up (a hollow) or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence) satisfy, execute (an office) finish ( a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction) etc.:-accomplish, after (be) complete, end, expire, full (up), fulfil (be made) full (come) fully, preach, perfect, supply.
“But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]: then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do. But if you are guided (led) by the [Holy ] Spirit, you are not subject to the Law. Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency, Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies), Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge]. And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires. If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit, [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.] Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and imitating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another,” Gal. 5:16-26 (Amplified Bible).
WALK, GAL. 5:16, DEFINED
Greek peripateo, pronounced per-ee-pat-eh-o, Strongs G4043, to tread all around, that is walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary):-go, be occupied with, walk (about).
When we’re filled with the Holy Spirit and walking in the Spirit, we have a strong moral compass. Holy Spirit fire will burn out all of the immorality out of us and Holy Ghost fire gives us power over this flesh, v. 19-24; Xrf. Ex. 20:1-17. Many in this generation have lost their moral compass because they’re not filled and walking in the Holy Ghost, Jesus is the Baptizer with the Holy Ghost and fire, Matthew 3:11 (KJV):
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.
Luke 3:16 (KJV)
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.
Mark 1:8 (KJV)
8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Acts 11:15–16 (KJV)
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
We live in an immoral, disrespectful generation. Children don’t respect their parents. Authority is not respected. If people don’t respect the Supreme authority, God, they’re not going to respect any authority. Ours is a disrespectful generation and no wonder. God is not on the radar of many. The Holy Spirit’s fire will burn out Sodom and Gomorrha. Sodom and Gomorrha was not just locations, they became symbolic of the wicked condition of men’s hearts, Jeremiah 23:14 (KJV):
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing:
They commit adultery, and walk in lies:
They strengthen also the hands of evildoers,
That none doth return from his wickedness:
They are all of them unto me as Sodom,
And the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Ezekiel 16:46–56 (KJV)
46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. 47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. 48 As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. 51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. 52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: 54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. 56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride.
In these last days men still resist the Holy Ghost, Luke 17:26–30 (KJV):
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
2 Timothy 3:1-9 (KJV)
3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
OUTLINE FOR BIBLE STUDY MONDAY, 3-23-26
“THE FRUIT & GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT,”
ACTS 2:38, 39 (KJV)
Acts 2:38–39 (KJV)
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Faith is the common thread throughout the Bible. See Heb. 11; Xrf. 2 Cor. 5:7 (KJV); Rom. 10:17 (KJV); 12:3 (KJV); Matt. 9:27-31 (KJV): 2 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV):
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:).
Romans 10:17 (KJV)
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 12:3 (KJV)
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Matthew 9:27–31 (KJV)
27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
In all of the above is what is called “general faith.” As Rom. 10:17 reveals, this faith comes by hearing God’s Word, but it is also how we receive all that we receive from God, including the gift of the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit, healing, get needs met, receive salvation, peace, joy, victory over the flesh, all can be received once we hear the Word concerning that subject, or another way I can put it is, once I know what the will of God is on any particular subject then I can have faith for it, 1 John 5:14–15 (KJV): 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. This is what is called “general faith,” and all believers have the measure of that faith.
Then, there’s the gift of faith. Now, understand something very powerful and I mentioned this above. You still need the general faith that comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God to receive the gift of faith, as well as all the gifts of the Spirit.
Besides general faith and the gift of faith there’s another kind of faith in God’s Word found in Gal. 5:22, 23, and that if the fruit of faith. In the original Greek, the word “faith” in Gal. 5:22 could be translated
faithfulness. The fruit of the Spirit are for character, the gifts of the Spirit are for power. Fruit-or faithfulness-is a fruit that grows in the life of a Christian to establish him in godly spiritual character.
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