THE SPIRIT FILLED LIFE

THE SPIRIT FILLED LIFE

What is a spirit filled life? Some would say,

It is being baptized in the Holy Spirit…

It is speaking with other tongues…

The gifts of the Spirit working in us….

This is not what the spirit filled life is

The spirit filled life is when we are in union with Christ. Who is the fulness? We have to be emptied first before we can be filled. So many Christians are full of self.

We can not be filled with the spirit if we are full of self.

We must be led by the spirit, not by or own desires.

You can speak in tongues and still live like the devil.

There are two kinds of Christians. Milk fed and meat fed

The baby Christian is milk fed, the mature Christian is meat fed. If we stay milk fed our spirits cannot grow.

Our spirituality is based on how much of us is dead to the world and how much Christ lives in us.

When rivers of living waters flow out of us, self is dead and we are living a spirit filled life.

1 Corinthians 2:12-16   ¹² Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

¹³ Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

¹⁵ But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

¹⁶ For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

We become negative as a result of four basic errors.

1.           Viewing the world through eyes of imperfection.

After the children of Israel fled Egypt, they looked behind them and saw pharaohs army approaching. Instead of being inspired by Gods promise of a better tomorrow, they saw the situation through their own eyes of imperfection.

This is what happens when we look at events through our own limited perspective.

Scripture declares, anyone without the Holy Spirit, does not accept the things that come from the spirit of God.

Reason being, they are foolishness to them.

1 Corinthians 2:14   ¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

They cannot understand because they don’t have spiritual discernment or wisdom.

People who aren’t Christians can’t understand the truths from Gods spirit.

Romans 8:8-9   ⁸ So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹ But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Whether we are believers or non-believers we are made up of body soul and spirit.

The difference is the Holy Spirit lives in the believers which causes the believers spirit to be joined with the spirit of God.

All non-believers have a spirit same as believers. Until unbelievers accept Jesus as savior the spirit of God won’t be activated in their spiritual life.

Romans 8:16   ¹⁶ The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Gods word sounds foolish to non-believers because only those who have the Holy Spirit can understand what the spirit means.

As believers we no longer see the world through the eyes of imperfection… Why? Because we have the mind of Christ.

Error #2.

Remember what people call the good old days? The only reason they are the good old days is because they are not here anymore.

What God is preparing for the future is better than anything we’ve ever known.

Why did the children of Israel wander in the desert for over forty years? They focused on their yesterday, not their tomorrow.

Walking by faith is not always simple. Satan is very much aware of that fact. That is why he wants us to look back and not ahead.

Error #3.

If I were asked to name one thing that will never change, I would probably say my marriage.

As long as Satan is alive and rampaging on planet earth you will always be faced with problems.

2 Timothy 3:1   3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

That is not a doomsday message it is a fact.

There will be times in our lives that we will face unforeseen difficulties.

In the “seen realm” we can handle difficulties. It is in the unseen realm that has a tendency to sneak up on you.

Error #4.

Why do we become negative? Because in many cases the Lord didn’t work out our difficulties in the way we thought he should. Rebellion?

Our problem is we think “I can do it myself”, so we don’t turn it over to the Lord for help. Pride?

In God we trust is much more than a statement engraved on our money. Truth?

It must be the guidance principle that governs every action of our life.

Psalms 33:18-22   ¹⁸ Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

¹⁹ To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰ Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

²¹ For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

²² Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

In Him our hearts should rejoice, for we trust in His Holy name.

The Lord not only erases our errors, he breaks the cycle of our past.

He gives us a new hope and new thoughts.

A new vocabulary and a glorious new life.

I keep seeing among Christians today a great need and a lack in their lives. They seem to be hungry and thirsty for something, and they don’t ‘know how to feed it or quench it.

Some have experienced stress so long than depression has set in and created a lifestyle of hopelessness, a feeling of insecurity and their lives are being defeated by their own thinking.

These people, believers or not, don’t understand the fullness of God, the promises of God and the provisions of God.

Because of spiritual darkness in their life there is no revelation of God’s word.

1 Peter 2:9-10   ⁹ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

¹⁰ Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

We have been made a chosen generation and a holy nation; a peculiar people who have been called out of the darkness into His marvelous light.

In the time past we were not a people of God. Jesus had not bridged the gap so we could have fellowship with the Father. Through His Son Jesus we have obtained Gods mercy and are able to fellowship with God.

The fulness of God, the Promise of God and the provision of God led by the Holy Spirit will complete the purpose that God has for your life.

Regardless of what you might think or feel at times, you are very important to God and the body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20   ¹⁹ What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

²⁰ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Don’t let circumstances around you or what someone might say be a direction for your future. Be a person anointed by God and full of Faith, led by the Holy Spirit and not by circumstances.

As long as we are on this earth and live in his flesh body, Satan will use every worldly tool and circumstance he can to challenge our confidence in God’s word.

Never step into the world mind set of negative thinking and start looking at the circumstances around you. That is just where Satan wants you. Get over and stay in the word mindset

Satan will use wicked deception to fool those who refuse to believe the truth, when the truth is what saves them.

John 8:31-32   ³¹ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

³² And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

You will know the truth and only then will the truth set you free.

Isaiah 55:11   ¹¹ So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Gods word is a living thing. It is alive with Gods own faith. Just as Gods faith energized the words he spoke, the faith he has given you, mixed with his words can create new realities in your life.

If you fill that word with faith and speak it out, it will work for you. God said his word would not come back void.

Words are so powerful: they are containers that can carry faith and love. They are so important they can determine our eternal destiny.

Proverbs 18:21   ²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

We are the only creature on the planet earth that has the power to speak words. Words can take an inner image and project it from the natural realm to the supernatural realm.

You need to realize that when you start putting these principles and this power to work you are going to run into some heavy resistance from Satan.

He is going to do everything he can to stop you. You have become one of his greatest enemies.

Satan uses five things to try and get your mind off the word and onto natural things.

1.           Persecution.  2. Affliction.  3. Care of this world.  4. Deceitfulness with riches.  5. the lust for things.

Paul says, walk by faith, not by sight. God has given you the faith, He has given you the word and He has given you the Holy Spirit.

So, get into the word. Let it begin to shape the way you think. Then speak it out in power and faith in the name of Jesus.

If we want supernatural promises and blessings of God to manifest in our lives we must stop thinking in the natural.

We don’t live by the natural world’s way, so why would we make spiritual decisions using the ways of the world?

We are reborn into the supernatural things of God by the renewing of your mind. If you want your today and tomorrow to be different from your yesterday, stop thinking that God can’t, God won’t and probably never will.

Start confessing God can, God will, and stop blaming God for everything that doesn’t go along with our small way of thinking.