The Filling Of The Holy Spirit | Holy Spirit Series

0:09 You're now in the third session of the Holy Spirit series. So let's have a recap, short recap lang po of this Holy Spirit series. So we discussed two things already. What is the first one? You talked about who the Holy Spirit is, right? That's the first topic of this series. In fact, this is one of the most important messages. After you come to know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, we need to understand who the Holy Spirit is because in the three person of the Trinity, usually the one that is neglected is the Holy Spirit. So, a lot of people don't understand, they don't know that. So, that's why we're discussing this. So, you discussed who the Holy Spirit is. And then last week, you talked about, what did you talk about? The Holy Spirit's relationship with believers. So let's summarize what

0:56 you have learned last week when you talked about the relationship with the Holy Spirit, us and the Holy Spirit. So there are several things that we need to point out there. And what are these several things that we need to point out? So we learn that he indwells us. So the moment you receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior, he indwells you. He is in your life. He is not a force. He is the spirit of God. He indwells you and then he seals you. In other words, it's the assurance that you are with Christ and you are going to heaven. That's the seal meaning to say it's the assurance that we have. It's the insurance that we have that we are going to heaven. That's the meaning of sealing. And then he baptizes us into the family of God. We

1:42 are now part of God's family because the Holy Spirit is in our lives. When we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior, all of these things happen to us and then he leads us. Before our life was headed in the wrong direction, but when we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior, suddenly there's a shift. There's a change of mind. There's a change of heart. And that change comes from the Holy Spirit. And finally, he comes alongside us. This is the promise of God that he will never leave us nor what? >> Forsake us. So that's the Holy Spirit. So now that we have learned these two things, we're going to learn one of the most important parts of of of of knowing who the Holy Spirit is. One of the most

2:28 important parts of this series and that is the filling of the Holy Spirit. Why is this very important? Let me start off by by saying this statement. The most important message and I know I said this already earlier. after receiving Christ in your life is the filling of the Holy Spirit. Why is it very important? Because if we are not filled with the Holy Spirit, we have the tendency to go back to our old ways. Look at some of the effects of not being filled with the Holy Spirit. Let me give you some example. For example, if you're not filled with the Holy Spirit, you're easily distracted. Meaning to say, instead of being focused on the Lord, you get distracted by so many other things. Not necessarily bad, but you get

3:14 distracted. You get addicted by social media. You get addicted by Netflix, by Kdrama, by so many other things. Distract if you're not filled with the Holy Spirit. If you're not filled with the Holy Spirit, you get easily irritated. So you have noticed that and I have noticed that from myself as well. If I'm not filled with the Holy Spirit, even the smallest of things can annoy me. But if I'm filled with the Holy Spirit, the self-control is there. Remember the fruit of the spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience kindness goodness faithfulness, gentleness, and ah

4:01 memorize. So these are the fruit of the spirit. When we have the Holy Spirit, we can exercise that. But if we're not filled with the Holy Spirit, we get easily irritated. Another one is we lack self-control. For example, when we are filled with the Holy Spirit, it's easy to say no to certain things that are not good for us. For example, we know that we need to take care of our body. But we, you know, because of our health, some of us, we have health problems. We cannot practice self-control. So, we keep eating the food that is not good for us. But I promise you, when the Holy Spirit is filling your life or you're filled with the Holy Spirit, you can have the power to say no to those things that are not good to you. So that's why the Holy Spirit filling of the Holy

4:48 Spirit is very important. Another one is this lack of joy. Can you look at your tablemates or today? The proof of being filled with the Holy Spirit is joy. So in other words, if you are not filled with the Holy Spirit, there's a high chance that you experience so much sadness, extreme sadness, it and it may end up leading to depression. But I really believe when we are filled with the Holy Spirit, joy is the evidence there because God doesn't want us to sulk or to experience so much sadness. That's why in the book of uh Philippians Paul said rejoice always and he even repeated it again I say rejoice.

5:35 So being filled with the Holy Spirit without the Holy Spirit we lack joy. Another one is this when we are not filled with the Holy Spirit we make wrong decisions. So if you want to make right decisions it's very important to be filled with the Holy Spirit. And another one is we are afraid to do God's will. There's no courage when you're filled with the Holy Spirit and you know God has called you to share the gospel. It's going to be easier. It's going to be natural because the Holy Spirit is in your life and filling your life. So, it's natural. You have a conversation. You're going to talk to that person. You're going to share the gospel boldly with confidence because it's God who's going to give you the confidence. And finally, of course, if we are not filled with the Holy Spirit, then we're going to sin. That's why

6:20 there are sins that we cannot give up right away. Maybe because yes, we've received Jesus as our Lord and Savior, but we are not filled with the Holy Spirit. That's why this topic is very important. You know, in campus crusade for Christ, this is their statement. What I said earlier that the second most important message after coming to know Jesus as your Lord and Savior is the filling of the Holy Spirit. This is so important because we believe that the Christian life is impossible without Christ. We cannot live this. We need the presence of God and the presence of God is the Holy Spirit. So what are we going to learn from this session? So being filled with the Holy Spirit, not every believer is filled by the Holy Spirit.

7:06 How do we know that? In Ephesians chapter 5, this is what Paul said. Let's read this together. One, three, go. Do not get drunk with wine which leads to debauchery but instead be filled with the Holy Spirit. So Paul was talking to the Christians in Ephesus and he was telling them not every one of you are filled with the Holy Spirit. That's why he had to say do not get drunk of wine because when you're drunk on wine another spirit is in control and you call that San Miguel. No it depends on what you drink but there's another spirit that is in control. But that's why Paul is comparing being filled with wine with being filled with the Holy Spirit. So the Christians in Ephesus, some of them or maybe a lot of them are not filled with the Holy Spirit. So in

7:52 this session, we're going to learn three things. We're going to learn what are the wrong ideas about being filled because it's very important today with so many things flying around about the Holy Spirit news or statement that you will read online videos that you're going to watch people saying now look this is it I'm being filled with the Holy Spirit and they're doing something that is not biblical so we need to correct those views another one is we need to know what is or what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit And finally, of course, we need to be filled. So, I hope that this message will not just for be for you, but also for the people that you are ministering to. Some of you are leading already. I pray that you'll teach it to them as well. So, before we continue, why don't

8:38 we join our hearts and let's pray. Let's commit this to the Lord. Father, thank you, Lord God, for just allowing all of us to learn this very important truth of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Lord, this is our desire. My heart's desire is that every single one of us will be filled moment by moment daily. I know Lord God, it's only by your power and by your grace that this can happen. So I pray that our maybe some of our wrong mindsets about being filled of the Holy Spirit will be corrected and hopefully we will learn and truly seek to be filled moment by moment by your spirit. Guide all of us, guide me, overwrite everything, speak in and through me in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Okay. So let's look at the first one. Wrong ideas about being filled. Meaning to say not based

9:25 on scripture but based on only experiences. The problem sometimes especially with a lot of uh a lot of Christians today they associate Christianity only in their feelings based on what they feel. So now they associate the Holy Spirit cuz they thought they that's what they think. Okay, I'm filled with the Holy Spirit. So they focus on the feeling. Now there's a feeling here. It's not necessarily always that you will have a feeling when you're being filled with the Holy Spirit. That's why it it needs to be corrected. So what are some wrong ideas about being filled with the Holy Spirit? Here's the first one. Being filled with the Holy Spirit is not a

10:11 sinless perfection. It doesn't mean it's sinless perfection. What does sinless perfection mean? Some people believe that once they are filled, for example, you receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior and then you ask the Holy Spirit, fill me and now you're filled. Some Christians believe that they can never can't ever sin again. They will never sin again if they are filled with the Holy Spirit. But we all know that when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, yes, you will not sin. I really believe somebody who's filled with the Holy Spirit will not sin the moment he is filled. But we are not always filled with the Holy Spirit. Who among you, you still get angry at your family members? Can you raise your hand? Ayan,

10:58 who among you, you get irritated and sometimes drgoup member mo? Yeah. I mean, we're Christians, but how come we have those desires even though we were already filled? Some of us we were already filled. We sought the Lord. The Holy Spirit filled us. And there were moments that yes I you mean you you don't get angry easily. You don't get irritated. There's so much joy in your life. I mean that's the Holy Spirit. Even though the going gets tough, even though there are people that are annoying, you don't get affected by them. That's being filled with the Holy Spirit. But there are moments that you're not filled and then you react negatively. So in other words, it

11:44 doesn't mean that once you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you will never sin again because all we know that all of us even though we were filled before, there are moments we are not filled with the Holy Spirit. So that's why this has to be corrected. Look what John chapter 1 says and John is talking to Christians here. Let's read this together. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word not is not in us. In other words, why did John have to write this and tell the Christians we need to confess our sins? Because as long as we are here on earth, definitely there are moments we will sin. But the

12:31 desire of everyone and of course the desire of of your leaders is for us to sin less and less and less that we will overcome our struggles but we cannot overcome them without the Holy Spirit. Another wrong idea about the filling of the Holy Spirit is not just sinless perfection but also the unusual experience like what I mentioned earlier. The reason why in in the Christian world today, there's some wrong ideas about the Holy Spirit because they based it on feelings. For example, some churches would teach, and I I I'm not I'm not saying that they're not real churches. I respect them, but they have a different interpretation when it comes to the Holy Spirit. That's why in CCF, that's why this is the biblical foundation of Christ Commission

13:16 Fellowship. We're teaching you that based on the scripture, this is what we believe that is the meaning of being filled with the Holy Spirit. So what is it not unusual experience? So for example, some churches would say if you're filled with the Holy Spirit, you're going to speak in tonesues. I mean I respect those people who speak in tonesues. I have been filled with the Holy Spirit many times and I haven't experienced that. I know there are people who speaks in tonesues and I respect that. But we believe it's not necessary for you to speak in tonesues when you are filled with the Holy Spirit. Because if it's necessary, then how come some of us who are here who has been filled with the Holy Spirit? We've never spoken in tonesues. Another one is some people they say when you're filled with your with the Holy Spirit, you're going to lie down uncontrollably. Have

14:03 you seen videos like that? They're filled with the Holy Spirit. Heila, they're going to lie down and they cannot control themselves. I'm not sure because you will not see that in the scripture. Another one is when you're filled with the Holy Spirit, you will laugh uncontrollably. You cannot help it. They call it the laughing in the spirit. You cannot see that in the scripture as well. Again, I respect those Christians who say this, but I don't see that in the scripture. Another one is when you're filled with the Holy Spirit, they say you are healed instantly. Now I we know that there are many Christians who are still sick today and they are filled with the Holy Spirit and God has not healed them physically. So we know that these things are yes based on

14:49 experience. Maybe some of them have experienced it but it's not biblical. So it is not accompanied by unusual experience. You know where they got this passage? They got this from this passage of Acts chapter 2. Let's read this together. This is their interpretation. Some of the Christians this is their interpretation. In Acts chapter 2, this is what happened to them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, began to speak with other tongues as the spirit was giving them utterances. And then verse 12, they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" But others were mocking, saying, "They are full of sweet wine." In other words, the the people thought they were crazy. So, it's not usually uh it's not ex unusual experience. is not part or

15:38 equivalent to being filled with the Holy Spirit. But for some Christians, they look at this passage and say, "Oh, you know, how come they spoke in tongues?" Yes, in this case, and you know why this happened in this case? Because God was going to use the disciples to preach the gospel in that area where there were so many people from different nationalities. That's Acts chapter 2. If you look at the background of Acts chapter 2, that's what happened in the last few verses, verses 40 onwards. Over around 3,000 of them came to know Jesus. They got baptized. Why? Because they heard the gospel. They wondered how come these disciples were speaking in different languages. So God had to fill

16:23 them with the Holy Spirit. They were filled with the Holy Spirit. And part of that is for them to speak in tongues because God is going to use that to spread his message. But it's not always the case. So let me show you another passage that shows you don't need an unusual experience. Look at Acts chapter 4. Peter was in front of the Jewish rulers, Pharisees when they had placed them in the center because Peter was preaching the gospel and they got him put him in prison because they were they felt that he was doing creating a commotion there. But look at what happened here. They began to inquire Peter by what power or in what name have you done this? Look at what Peter how Peter responded. Then Peter what?

17:09 >> Filled with the Holy Spirit. He didn't spoke in he didn't speak in tongues. What happened to him? Said to them just naturally rulers and elders of the people. In other words, he got the confidence. There was no unusual experience. So that's why we need to clarify that. Another one. So another wrong idea about filling of the filling of the spirit. Sinless perfection accompanied by unusual experience. It's not that. Another one is it's not same as the baptism of the spirit. Now I don't know if this was discussed two weeks ago when you talked about the Holy Spirit or last week when you talked about baptism of the Holy Spirit, but there are two definitions in the Christian world when it comes to the baptism of the Holy

17:55 Spirit. And I want to teach you this so that you are aware and you also are aware of the stand of CCF. Again, we respect other churches that adheres to the other definition, but I want to show you so that you will see also the verses. So, what are the two definitions when it comes to the baptism of the Holy Spirit? First definition is this. Christians are baptized with the Holy Spirit typically during salvation. In other words, when you're saved, the moment you've accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then you're baptized with the Holy Spirit. And what does that mean? It signifies that we are now part of the body of Christ. So there's a passage that I'm going to show you later. But the other view is this. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a separate

18:40 event from salvation. It usually results in speaking in tongues, prophecy, and other spiritual gifts. What are the passages they use? Acts chapter 4. So this is what you call some of the charismatic Christians, some of the Pentecostal Christians. So there are big churches in the Philippines that adhere to this and we respect them. We believe they are Christians. So we don't say that if you speak in tongues you're not a Christian. We don't say that. We believe the gifts of the Holy Spirit is still evident until today. But it's not required if you are filled with the Holy Spirit. It's not a requirement. So what is the CCF statement of faith? Let's read our statement of faith. We believe

19:25 that Holy Spirit is God. He possessed all the divine attributes. Here you go. He indwells believers, baptizes, seals all believers when at the moment they trusted in Jesus Christ to be their Lord, their only Lord and Savior. He controls, empowers all true believers to live the Christian life. So what did we learn here? We believe that we are indwelt. We are baptized. We are sealed the moment we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. It's not a separate event. It's not a separate event. What are the verses that we see here? The first verse here is in 1 Corinthians chapter 12. What does it say? For by one spirit. There you go. We were all baptized into

20:11 one body. That's the meaning of being baptized by the spirit. We are now part of the body of Christ since we have one spirit. So tell your tablemates Holy Spirit obvious. Okay, so another one. Okay, let's look at this next verse. Galatians chapter 3. Let's read this together. Verse 26- 27. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you were baptized into Christ, into his spirit, have clothed yourselves with Christ. So look at what Paul is saying here. We are all sons of God through faith in Jesus. We become ch

20:58 became children of God when we believed in Jesus. And we are baptized in Christ. Of course, when you say you're baptized in Christ, you are baptized in his spirit in God himself because the Holy Spirit, God the Father, Jesus, they're one. So these are the wrong cons uh understanding when it comes to filling of the Holy Spirit. But what is now the filling of the Holy Spirit? Now that we have seen the misconception, what is now the filling of the Holy Spirit? The filling of the Holy Spirit, we can find that in 1 Corinthians chapter 2 verse 12 to chapter 3:3. So let's look at this passage in 1 Corinthians chapter 2. Let's read this together. Verse 12, let's read that. Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the

21:44 spirit who is from God so that we may know the things freely given to us by God which things we also speak not in words taught by human wisdom but in those taught by the spirit combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. So the moment we receive Christ so the spirit is from God. So what happens to us? Let's look at the next verse. But a natural man so he contrasted it. A natural man does not accept the things of the spirit of God. So I'm going to explain that later. But a natural man meaning to say those who don't know Jesus for they are foolishness to him and he cannot understand them because they are spiritually appraised. In other words, they just don't know. I don't know if you've talked to somebody who doesn't believe in Jesus. I remember

22:31 talking to an atheist and whatever you say about God, about him creating the world, about him controlling what's happening in this world, they just won't get it because they don't believe. They don't have a relationship with Jesus. It's that's why the gospel is the first part. Even if you tell them how God has transformed your life, it won't make sense unless the Holy Spirit works mightily in their lives and they receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. But look at verse 15. He who is spiritually he's he who is spiritual appraises all things or in other words he has discernment he understands things yet he himself is appraised by no one for who has known the mind of the Lord that he will instruct him but we have the mind of Christ because of the Holy Spirit so

23:16 that's the contrast and then he had another description so he describes somebody who's filled with the Holy Spirit somebody who is controlled he describes somebody who doesn't have the spirit and then he described a Third person. What's this third person in chapter three? And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, for you were not able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able. You are still fleshly. Do you know of certain people? They are already Christians but it's not evident in their lives.

24:02 Can you look at your tablemates Christian? I mean especially today with what's happening in our country recorded. You know what I'm talking about. You can say you're a Christian but then it's just I don't know. I don't want to judge, but at the same time, it doesn't connect. You're a Christian, but it doesn't show in your actions. That's what Paul is saying. He's talking to Christians. I mean, you how come you're still fleshly? You know the truth. You know what you need to do, but how come there is still jealousy? There's still strife among you. So, he's talking about the conflict that's happening in the church in Corinth where there are a

24:49 lot of Christians already. So what can we learn from this passage? We can learn three kinds of people here. First, for a person to be filled with the Holy Spirit, what's going to happen? He must be first receive the spirit of God. You must first receive the spirit of God. You cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit if you don't have the Holy Spirit in your heart. That's the first step. You must be indwelt because if the Holy Spirit is not there, then how can the Holy Spirit fill us, right? It just makes sense. So what's the next one that we need to learn here? Look at what happened in verse 14. How does he describe such a person? The person who does not accept things to those who are natural. He calls him a natural man. Somebody who doesn't know Christ. Somebody who doesn't have a relationship

25:35 with Jesus. You've shared the gospel. Maybe atheist. Maybe another religion but doesn't have a personal relationship with God. It could be people who knows the Bible who goes to church but still doesn't have Jesus in their hearts. Possible there are a lot of people who attend CCF attend a church but they don't have a personal relationship with Jesus. That person cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit without first the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. So that's the first kind of person. The next kind of person that we can see here is this one in verse 15. He uses the preposition but. What does that mean? The spiritual man. The contrast. The opposite. The opposite is this that somebody who doesn't know

26:21 Christ, natural man. Somebody who knows Christ and controlled by the spirit, filled by the spirit, he is a spiritual man. A spiritual man is so filled with God's spirit. He's abiding in the in the word of God. He knows the mind of Christ on many issues. He is guided by the spirit to always ask what will Jesus do control is the Holy Spirit is controlling you. That's where you get the verse that you walk by the spirit. Instead of being filled with wine, you be filled with the Holy Spirit. So that is a spiritual man. But there's another kind of man. And what do you call that next kind of man? It's the >> carnal. Those who call themselves Christian, but they're infants. So there's a drawing here and I think it's in your workbooks. The three drawings is

27:08 this are this one. Natural man, spiritual man and >> carnal man. So what kind of drawing do you associate yourself today? I hope it's the spiritual man. So the natural man is s is self. Self is on the throne and Christ is not in your life. Spiritual man, Christ is on the throne. self is on the side following Christ and a carnal man self is on the throne but you've received Jesus in your heart Christ is already in your life but you are in control of your life so these are the three kinds of persons that we have in the spiritual world but our topic

27:55 today is about being filled how can we do that let's look at the next part first so being filled with the Holy Spirit can also be explained of by how much of us are what controlled because if the Holy Spirit if Christ is the one ruling our lives then it means he has the driver's seat it means he's the one in in control so what does that look like so first it looks like this completely occupied with in other words if you have a bottle of water that is full that's what it means you are filled you're full of the Holy Spirit you are filled with the Holy Spirit when our life is filled with the Holy Spirit spirit. No other person or thing can occupy it. Holy Spirit. So what are some manifestations when we are completely

28:42 filled with the Holy Spirit? Let's read this together. Christlike character, power over vices, sin, self, the world, power to do ministry, passion for Christ evangelism submission to every human authority, including the government. We need to be filled. Can you tell your seatmate, be filled with the Holy Spirit. We may not understand what's happening all over the world or even in our country, but we need the filling of the Holy Spirit. And the beautiful thing about being filled with the Holy Spirit is God is going to give us wisdom how to respond in situations like this. So when we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we are completely occupied with the Holy

29:29 Spirit like the bottle of water and we are overflowing with the Holy Spirit. Overflowing with the Holy Spirit. What does that mean? Look at Ephesians chapter 5. Let's read that together. Do not get drunk with wine for that is dissipation. Be filled with the spirit. And what happens to us when we are filled? speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual song singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ even the father and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ there's an effect in fact after chapter 5 of Ephesians I didn't put it there but chapter 6 talks about children obeying your parents husbands love your

30:16 wives. Wives submit to your husband and then masters be kind to your slaves. Slaves obey your masters. Did you see that? If you read chapter 6 of Ephesians, this is a continuation of the passage that when we are filled with the with the Holy Spirit, the submission or being subject to one another is going to happen. In other words, we are going to be a blessing to each other because it's overflowing. So, it's not just that we are filled like a bottle of water that's filled. It's overflowing. It's impacting other people. Look at John chapter 7. What happens to us when we are filled with the Holy Spirit or with Christ? Jesus talked about that on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him

31:03 come to me and drink. For he who believes in me, as the scripture says, what happens to us? From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water." We bring life to other people. >> Amen. Lord, no. We bring life to other people. So what are the evidences? When we are filled contagious joy. When people see you, they smile, Pastor Marty. You're a blessing to other people when people see you. You're a blessing to other people. You're a source of encouragement

31:49 cuz it's overflowing. You know there are people in the in even in church sad to say there are people in church that yeah they claim to be Christians but when you look at them joy church I don't think that happens to somebody who's filled with the Holy Spirit because it's contagious because it's not you reflecting your life you are reflecting Christ to them so when you're reflecting Christ and showing Christ to them I don't think that people will be discouraged. just say, "I don't want to go there. I don't want to be with that person." I believe people would love to be with you because you're filled with the Holy Spirit. You're a source of encouragement. You're a peacemaker.

32:34 Debate that's happening now. You're a peacemaker. Even though you don't understand what's happening, God is giving you the wisdom. The Holy Spirit is giving you the wisdom how to respond to the things that are polarizing our nation. You know how to respond to that. Another one is you're busy leading others to Christ. That's the overflowing of the Holy Spirit. It will impact the lives of other people. So, can you tell your tablemates, "Thank you. You are a blessing to me." Yeah. Okay. But seriously, I pray, you know, my prayer is that all of us will be such a blessing to one another. And it can happen when we are filled with the Holy Spirit. So, let's go on. What is filling of the Holy Spirit? We are completely occupied with the Holy Spirit. We are

33:20 overflowing with the Holy Spirit. We are led by the Holy Spirit. It's like a sail. The boat. So the boat will move, especially a sail, it will move in the in the direction of the wind. So that's the meaning of being led by. We allow the Holy Spirit just like a wind, we allow the Holy Spirit just to move us to where he wants to lead us. Look at what happened to Jesus in Luke 4. Jesus full of the spirit, of course they are one, God the father, son, and the holy spirit one, returned from Jordan and was led around by the spirit in the wilderness and he was tempted there. Do you see that? So this was part of God's plan. Of course, this is part of the plan in the life of Jesus. Yes, he's 100% God. He's 100% man. But it's to show to us that

34:09 even though he was here, he was tempted. He modeled what it means to be led by the spirit. And yes, the father, the son, and the holy spirit is one just to model to us. So according to this verse, what can we learn about Jesus here? We can learn that he was full of the spirit. He was led around by the spirit. And there's another person who also experienced this. When Jesus ascended to heaven, he gave us the paraclettos or the holy spirit. So Paul in Acts chap 20, let's read that together. Now behold, bound by the spirit, controlled by the spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city

34:54 that saying that bonds and affliction await me. In other words, Paul knew when he goes back to Jerusalem, that's it. He's going to be taken captive. He's going to be led to prison. But he knew that the Holy Spirit is leading him there. This is part of God's plan. You know why this is part of God God's plan? I really believe that God used this opportunity for Paul to preach the gospel to the Roman officials which eventually after hundreds of years led to the Roman Empire becoming a a a Christian empire. Did you know that that the Roman Empire became a Christian empire? I really believe it started this with this one. Paul had to preach the

35:40 gospel to the prisoners, to those who are guarding the prisoners, to the officials, even to Caesar. And this led to what's happening now. So I really believe we need to be led by the Holy Spirit. Another one is this. You're completely occupied with the Holy Spirit. You're overflowing with the Holy Spirit. You're led by the Holy Spirit. And you are >> controlled by the Holy Spirit. What does that mean? Acts chapter 4, let's read this together. Verse 31. After they prayed, what happened? The place where they were meeting was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke the word of God boldly, and they preached the gospel. It was the Holy Spirit guiding them. So, it's the opposite of being controlled by wine.

36:27 That's why Paul again repeated this passage. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit. So what does that mean to be controlled by the Holy Spirit? It means this filling of the spirit should be a moment by moment submission by a believer. It's a moment by moment submission. That's why earlier I mentioned that we are not always filled with the Holy Spirit but we need to be aware of that so that every day we seek God and we ask God Lord please today fill me with your Holy Spirit or whenever you're in the office and there are some challenging situation happening or you saw again the office mate that you don't like and you are tempted to

37:14 respond in a negative way. Then you ask the Holy Spirit, "Holy Spirit, fill me with the Holy Spirit." Or you want to respond to somebody who's very irritating at home. So you're tempted to say words that shouldn't be said by a Christian. So you ask the Holy Spirit, "Holy Spirit, please." Or maybe you're struggling with pornography and you know at a certain time at night when everybody's asleep, you are tempted to open that file, to go to that website or to scroll on your

38:01 phone. So what do you do to overcome? Then you ask God, "Holy Spirit, please give me the power." That's what you mean when you say it's a momentby-moment thing because we can't do this on our own. So what's filling of the Holy Spirit? In other words, this is what happened to us. surrendering to Christ moment by moment. Depending on God moment by moment, obeying God moment by moment, trusting God moment by moment, walking in his presence moment by moment, and thanking God moment by moment. It's a daily thing, a consistent thing. It's being aware that yes, we are sinful beings. We need the power of God.

38:49 We need the presence of God. And we cannot do that on our own. We need the power of the Holy Spirit. And the beautiful thing is this. That's why Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit. It's to help us overcome all our struggles on a consistent basis. Why don't we give glory to the Lord that he never left us? He never forsaken us. That's what it means when you're filled with the Holy Spirit. So the last portion that we're going to talk about is how can you now be filled now that we know the misconceptions about the being filled with the Holy Spirit. Now that we know what it means that you're controlled, you are moment by moment obeying the Holy Spirit, obeying God, how can you now be filled? You see the secret here? Let me teach you the secret here. It's

39:35 not there in your notes, but I added this. To be filled with the Holy Spirit starts >> from a humble heart. This is very important guys. It starts from a humble heart. >> Yes, I know it's asking God, Lord, please fill me the Holy Spirit. But I also know that a lot of us have tried that. We've tried asking, but it seems like our self is still making the decision when it comes to our life. We need a humble heart. It starts there. Why is that very important? Look at Isaiah chapter 57. I'll prove it to you that this is very important. Look at Isaiah 57. For thus says the high and exalted one who lives forever, whose name is holy, I dwell on a high and holy place. This is God talking to the

40:20 Israelites also. So he's saying, I dwell in a high and lofty place. Holy place set apart. That's where God is. But he also dwells, his presence dwells also to those who are contrite meaning to say humble, lowly of spirit. So his presence is in the grand grandeur, the holy place, the heavenly holy place. He is there but he is also in the contrite. In other words, he desires to fill us. He desires to be in our lives, but it requires humility. The reason why there are a lot of Christians not filled with the Holy Spirit even though they receive

41:06 Jesus as their Lord and Savior is because we are unwilling to be humble before the Lord. Humility is very important. Look at what what the psalmist says in Psalm 41. Let's read this together. As the deer pants for streams of water, meaning to say the deer is so thirsty that he's longing for water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirst, longs for you, for the living God. Where can I go and meet with God? The longing comes from a humble heart. In other words, just like a deer who's so thirsty of water, he doesn't care about anything. Even though just to get access to the water, he's going to do it because he's thirsty. If we have that kind of heart, then God honors that kind of heart. A heart that

41:53 doesn't care. I just want to be in the presence of God. I just humble myself. I know I'm broken. I need the Lord. That is what it means. When we have a humble heart, look at what happens to us. When we have a humble heart, certain things happen to us. Number one, in Matthew 5, we're going to have the desire. When we are humble before the Lord, we will desire his presence. Matthew 5:6 says, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness." And what's going to happen? >> They will be filled. The desire should be there. The reason why our prayer sometimes is not, you know, even though we pray, Lord, fill me with your holy spirit and nothing is happening because maybe we don't have that desire. The desire won't be there if we're not willing to be humble. You know why being

42:39 humble is very important. Look at what's going to happen to us. Also, when we before we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we are going to confess. >> Do you know that you cannot listen to me? You cannot be filled with the spirit when there is unconfessed sin or sins you are not willing to repent from. We cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit when there is unconfessed sin or sins you are not willing to repent from. That's a very important truth. That's why John said this. We need to confess our sins. That's why it requires a humble heart. Have you heard the term grieving the Holy Spirit?

43:25 >> That's what it means. We grieve the Holy Spirit when we are not willing to confess our sins. When we are not willing to repent from our sins. And here's another term that I don't want to happen to any of us. Have you heard the term blasphemy of the Holy Spirit? >> And Jesus said it's an unforgivable sin. You know what that means? It means we constantly reject the spirit's conviction. That's what it means. He was talking to the Pharisees when he mentioned the term blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. If you read that passage in Matthew chapter 4 and Matthew chap Matthew chapter 12 and Mark chapter 3, if you look at Matthew chapter 12 and Mark chapter 3, he was talking to the Pharisees. They were blaspheing the Holy

44:12 Spirit because the Holy Spirit was already convicting the people and convicting the Pharisees. If we constantly reject the conviction of the Holy Spirit, then I don't think we are Christians. That's what it means. That's why the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit present active tense constantly. He Jesus said it's a constant thing. We're not willing to listen to the Holy Spirit. Maybe we're not Christians. That's why it's called an unforgivable sin because we're not willing to repent. We need to confess. Confession is very important. This is key when it comes to being filled with the Holy Spirit. This is key also when we are going to receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Right? You receive Jesus by admitting you're a

44:59 sinner and receiving him because you need a savior. So that's the first step. Now that you have understood that you're a sinner, you need Jesus as your Lord and Savior. You receive him and then the Holy Spirit indwells your life. But to be filled, it's a momentby-moment thing. Because even if you receive Jesus, sometimes we fall into sin. But if we're not willing to change, then maybe we didn't really receive Jesus genuinely. Because I really believe somebody who genuinely received Jesus as their Lord and Savior, he will get convicted by the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit will change the life of that person. Humility is the first step. We need to humble ourselves. So the desire is going to be there when we humble ourselves. We're going to confess our sins when we humble ourselves. And then we're going to

45:46 surrender all. How will our how will I surrender all if I'm not humbling myself before the Lord? Romans 12:1 and 2. What does it say? I urge you brothers and sisters in view of God's mercy, offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God. This is the true proper worship. Living sacrifice. Offer your bodies. So what do you surrender? Everything. What did what does it mean when you say all your time, talent, treasure, family, ambition, and future? Humility. That's why being filled with the Holy Spirit, it starts from a humble heart. I

46:33 cannot have that desire if I'm not willing to be to humble myself before the Lord. I won't confess my sins if I'm not willing to humble myself before the Lord. And definitely I'm not going to surrender my life if I'm not willing to humble myself before the Lord. Once we humble ourselves before the Lord, then when we ask in faith, God is going to give that because in Luke 11, let's read that passage. If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? Do you know the story there that if somebody persistently enters the door or knocks at your door

47:19 asking for something, what will the other the person say who's living in that house even though it's nighttime and his kids are asleep? Everybody's going to go out and give his friend even though he was so bothered, he's so annoyed, he will give what that person is asking. And then what did Jesus say? Keep asking. Seek and you shall find. Knock and the door shall be open unto you. And then he mentioned this. He said that when you keep asking, when you keep seeking, when you keep knocking, God will give the Holy Spirit. Why? It's the best gift for us. We need the presence of God. That's what it means. That's what the passage means. So once we have that desire, once we humble ourselves before the Lord, now we

48:05 ask God, Lord, please, I I need you. I can't do this. I'm surrendered to you. I need your help. I'm going to end with this story uh just to show to you how important surrender is. And just to show also to you that everything in this world will lead us to surrender to God. So when my wife was pregnant with our second child, she was already in the ninth month, so about to give birth. I brought her to the hospital. We were in the labor room. We were just waiting until she's ready to deliver the child and go to the delivery room. So we were waiting there and uh of course we were praying, keep on asking God. So they attached some some devices on on on her just to check the heart rate of the baby, heartbeat of the mom and everything just to check.

48:51 And then after several minutes the heart rate of the baby started dropping. So the heart rate of 150 140 but that's the normal above 100. And then it started dropping to 90 80. Of course it if it gets zero she he the baby's dead. So the doctor was kind of alarmed a little bit and then she said to my my wife could you turn to your left side? So she turned to her left side and the heart rate went back up again. So okay we felt good. Okay this is good. But then after several minutes it started going down again. Oh no. So we told the doctor and the doctor said, "Okay, can you turn to your other side?" The man to the right side. So she turned to the right side and then we went back up again. But again, we don't know what's happening inside that that that that pl that body of my wife. We don't know what's happening to the baby. I mean, maybe the

49:37 doctor knew, but of course, she doesn't see it. Only God knows what's happening there. And then after several minutes again while she was lying on her right side, the heart rate keeps on dropping. So the doctor decided, okay, we need to bring her to the delivery room. We need to get the baby out right away. And then they were able to get the baby out by God's grace. And they saw that there was a cord coil. That's why the heart rate was dropping. If we didn't, if the doctor didn't do that, then baby, okay, that's my daughter, our second child. Why am I sharing that story? I'm sharing that story because in that moment I realized that everything in life will show that I need to

50:24 surrender everything to God. You know with what's happening in our country right now, we don't know really how to solve this. Whenever I pray and I ask God, Lord, I don't know anymore. I don't know what's the truth. I don't know how this country is going to survive from this. I mean, we keep praying. We keep begging you, but we don't have a choice but to surrender. I mean, even in your business, in your company, you don't know what's going to happen five years from now. You don't even know what's going to happen next year. You don't even know what's going to happen next month. Everything in life will show to us surrender. I need to surrender to God.

51:11 That's why the message of being filled with the Holy Spirit is anchored on humility and the response of that is surrender. We cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit if we will not humble ourselves before the Lord and say to God, okay Lord, I surrender my life. Because once we say to God that moment that we are tempted, I surrender my life to you. Then we're not going to do the sin. We're going to follow the Holy Spirit. It's a surrendering moment by moment. I don't know where you are when it comes to that aspect of your life. I know all of us still struggle. I know all of us we have some failures. We have some weaknesses. But that's why being this message is so important. It's the second most important message. After you receive

51:58 Jesus, this is it. We need to know what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit and how we can be filled with the Holy Spirit. But like what I said, it starts with a humble heart. We need to humble ourselves so that we can surrender to God. Again, tell your seatmate, be filled with the Holy Spirit. >> Can I pray for you guys? Let's bow down our heads and let's close this time. Let's pray. Father, thank you so much for speaking to us. Thank you, Lord, for revealing your word, allowing us to understand what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit and allowing us to see how we can be filled with the Holy Spirit. This is your desire. This is your heart. That's why you sent your Holy Spirit to us, the paracletos, to

52:44 come alongside us because we cannot live this life on our own. We are weak, fragile, sinful beings. our tendencies to choose ourselves. But Lord, thank you that because of your presence and and your power, we can overcome that. So Lord, we humble ourselves before you. It starts there. I know we can never be filled with the Holy Spirit on a momentby-moment basis if we are not willing to humble ourselves. Lord, we humble ourselves. We're seeing right now with everything that's happening in this country, with everything that's happening in our families, in our lives, in our workplace, we're seeing that we we are not in control, but you are. So, we surrender everything to you. And we ask you, Holy Spirit, please fill us

53:31 daily, moment by moment. So, the way we respond is going to be pleasing to you. The way we respond is going to be honoring to you. We will show love, joy, peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self-control. The fruit will be seen in our lives. And so many people around us will be impacted because of your presence. Lord, we ask that and we beg you to please, I pray that every single one here will truly walk with your spirit moment by moment. We love you and honor you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. And amen. God bless you.